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  1. PossumRoach

    PossumRoach Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    In Japan there is iZoo which has kept and bred rare species which are not found anywhere else in Japan such as earles monitors and fiji banded iguanas. This place is not Jaza accredited if you believe that accreditation makes one place better than another.This video can give an idea about the place.


    Also among all the zoos I have been in Japan Tennoji and Ueno had the best diversity of species and cage aesthetics.
     
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    Cleveland is pretty nice too.
     
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    yes I heard about the big croc from Ueno
    what kinds of reptiles do they have?
     
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    Wrocław Zoo currently has 234 forms of reptiles and 62 amphibians, mostly in a huge two-level reptile house.

    It probably holds the world record in most species and the biggest dedicated reptile house.
     
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    Dvorec Zoo 26 Naja Species and sub-species
    Nockalm Reptilienzoo alot snakes think 120 species
    Reptile Garden South Dakota worlds biggst collection 230 species
    Eimsheim Gift tier haus
    Snake Farm in Texas
     
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    Reptile Garden in south Dakota is in guinnes record book 2018 with biggest collection of reptiles
     
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    Is that the zoo that not much time ago kept marine iguanas?
     
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    Well the video shows it.
     
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    wow marine inguanas in zoos... that's rare
     
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    Quick math reveals that Wroclaw beats Reptile Gardens (234 is more than 225).
    Largest reptile zoo

    Maybe somebody should pass to the management at Wroclaw Zoo that they qualify to the Guinness Book of Records? However, Wroclaw may be more interested in making publicity on conservation.
     
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    ...and illegal. The marine iguanas in Japan are all smuggled animals.
     
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    They got a good collection of turtles, Batagurs and Fly Rivers for example. They got nice crocodilians, like Gharial. And also, some nice lizards, like Fiji Banded Iguana.
     
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    I have been, but it was quite a long time ago. I remember that they had a decent collection of reptiles, but not an amazing one. It’s really a place that you only need to visit once.
     
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    Weak collection, sorry been there several times. Maybe one poision snake that's all!
     
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    Been there too. Jimmy crickets the place is crawling! An they have elephant trunk snake too!
     
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    St. Louis you bet! Been there too! Solid collection, rare answer usual vipers. Was there during heavy thunder storm snakes were all moving about. Totally was only person in building.
     
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    Are, or was? There is still some places holding ithem, or they returned to Galapagos?
     
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    do they have tiger keelback/Yamakagashi only both venomous and poison snake because eat toads and use poison
     
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    Yea I assume they were given to this zoo by the customs after being found. If this place was a first hand buyer it would have had a really bad time.