Hey folks - what are the best reptile collections out there? Melbourne Zoo has the following that I recall off the top of my head. These are the animals on display - there might be others 'out the back'. Philippine Crocodile Freshwater Crocodile American Alligator Aldabra Giant Tortoise Star Tortoise Elongate Tortoise Twist-necked Turtle Macquarie River Turtler Golden Coin Turtle Asian Three-toed Box Turtle Lace Monitor Merten's Water Monitor Pygmy Mulga Monitor Gila Monster Green Iguana Fijian Banded Iguana Crested Basilisk Jewelled Lizard Jackson's Chameleon Philippine Sailfin Dragon Frilled Dragon Tawny Dragon Southern Forest Dragon Tokay Gecko Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko Madagascar Day Gecko Striped Legless Lizard Eastern Water Skink Hosmer's Skink Pink-tongued Skink Blotched Blue-tongued Skink Centralian Blue-tongued Skink Arafura File Snake Blood Python Black-headed Python Rough-scaled Python Green Tree Python Boa Constrictor Emerald Tree Boa Corn Snake Taiwan Beauty Snake Brown Tree Snake Mangrove Snake Honduran Milk Snake Eyelash Viper Rhinoceros Viper Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Aruba Island Rattlesnake Broad-headed Snake Coastal Taipan White-lipped Cobra
Chester Zoo has * denotes currently kept offshow turtles Zhou's Box Turtle* Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle Indochinese Box Turtle* Spiny Hill Turtle* Beale's Four-eyed Turtle* Vietnamese Four-eyed Turtle* Annam Leaf Turtle* (first UK breeding 2009) Black-breasted Leaf Turtle* Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle* Pig-nosed Turtle Egyptian Tortoise Radiated Tortoise Galapagos Giant Tortoise crocodiles Philippines Crocodile tuatara Common Tuatara lizards British Sand Lizard Green Pricklenape Hispaniolan Rhinoceros Iguana Lesser Antilles Iguana Fiji Banded Iguana Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana Blue Spiny Lizard* Sudanese Spiny-tailed Agama Northern Caiman Lizard Veiled Chameleon Green Tree Monitor Mangrove Monitor Crocodile Monitor Lace Monitor Komodo Dragon Rio Fuerto Beaded Lizard Reticulated Gila Monster snakes Boelen's Python* Green Tree Python Reticulated Python Jamaican Boa Green Anaconda Emerald Tree Boa* Red-tailed Racer Corn Snake* Black Ratsnake* King Ratsnake Mexican Tiger Ratsnake Banded Mangrove Snake Snouted Cobra East African Green Mamba Eyelash Viper White-lipped Pit Viper Western Gaboon Viper Rhinoceros Viper
Marwell's Reptiles (not including off-show stock): West African Dwarf Crocodile Common Boa Carpet Python Royal Python Western Hognose Snake Green Tree Python Central American Tree Boa Rainbow Boa Corn Snake Nile Monitor Yemen Chameleon Spiny-Tailed Lizard Cunningham's Skink Oriental Water Dragon Tokay Gecko Flap-Neck Chameleon Frilled Lizard Beaded Lizard Leopard Gecko Malayan Box Turtle Leopard Tortoise Egyptian Tortoise
Cincinnati Crocodilia: Chinese alligator American alligator American crocodile Lizards: Ackies dwarf monitor African fat-tailed gecko Blue spiny lizard Black tree monitor Blue tree monitor Desert grassland whiptail lizard Green Anole Green tree monitor Heckel's leaf-tailed gecko Knight Anole Komodo dragon Madagascar giant day gecko Ornate monitor Quince monitor Razo Island skink Reticulated Gila monster Solomon Islands skink Snakes: Angolan python Aruba Island rattlesnake Black rat snake Boa constrictor Brazilian lancehead Brazilian rainbow boa Caatinga lanceheads California king snake Corn snake Dumeril's ground boa Eastern diamonback rattlesnakes Everglades rat snake Eyelash viper Gaboon viper Green tree python Jameson' mamba King cobra Mangrove water snake Mexican west coast rattlesnake Nelson's milksnake Puff adder Rough green snake Southern copperhead Tercipelo Thai red mountain snake Timber rattlesnake Yellow rat snake Yucatan neotropical rattlesnake Turtle and tortoises: African-helmeted turtle Alligator snapping turtle Common snapping turtle Florida cooter Galapagos tortoise Gopher tortoise Loggerhead musk turtle Mata mata Radiated tortoise Red-eared slider Red-footed tortoise Northern red-bellied turtle Pancake tortoises Peninsula cooter Spotted turtle Newport Aquarium American alligator Cuvier's dwarf caiman Common caiman Dwarf crocodile Eyelash Viper Malaysian gharial Morelet crocodile Nile crocodile Orinoco crocodile Siamese crocodile
Mexican Tiger Ratsnake,East African Green Mamba,Snouted Cobra,Reticulated Gila Monster,Phillipine Crocodile,Beale's Four-eyed Turtle,Vietnamese Four-eyed Turtle,Sudanese Spiny-tailed Agama and Lace Monitor have all left the collection!
A * indicates that the animal is an education animal or is off-exhibit. American Alligator (Some on exhibit and some are education animals) Yacare Caiman Eastern Box Turtle Common Snapping Turtle Yellow-Bellied Slider Cooter Turtle Florida Red-Bellied Turtle Amazon Tree Boa Black Rat Snake Boa Constrictor Eastern Milk Snake Common Garter Snake Mata Mata Turtle Emerald Tree Boa Musk Turtle Red-Footed Tortoise Three-Toed Box Turtle Spotted Turtle Wood Turtle Eastern Mud Turtle Diamondback Terrapin Red-Bellied Slider (Some on exhibit and some are education animals) Green Iguana* Northern Pine Snake* Red-Tailed Boa* New Caledonian Crested Gecko* Blue-Tongued Skink* Inland Bearded Dragon* Bull Snake*
