Behind the scenes tour of the Houston Zoo's Reptile House
Re: Behind the scenes tour of the Houston Zoo's Reptile House
Awsome pictures. Just one question though. The zoo keeps the burm and retic in the same enclosure?
Re: Behind the scenes tour of the Houston Zoo's Reptile House
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redstormlax12
Awsome pictures. Just one question though. The zoo keeps the burm and retic in the same enclosure?
Yeah. I didn't get a chance to ask that question but they have been kept together for years I believe. It's a very, very large enclosure although every time I've seen them, they seem to be on top of each other. There are other examples of different species being kept together. The eyelash viper had two other snakes in the enclosure that were different species so 3 species in one in that case. The Texas ratsnake had a timber rattler in with him! I guess they know what's compatible and what's not. Kind of the same principal as a vivarium I guess which I wouldn't mind having at some time. Just have to know what can and can't get along.
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Nice trip, and pretty cool shots!
From what I can see in your photo of him/her, that smallish iguana is a Fijian banded. They're gorgeous, with white or blue bands, and very endangered and hard to come by.
~Bruce
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BrucenBruce
Nice trip, and pretty cool shots!
From what I can see in your photo of him/her, that smallish iguana is a Fijian banded. They're gorgeous, with white or blue bands, and very endangered and hard to come by.
~Bruce
That's not good news. I thought they were pretty freaking cool but if you are right, I won't ever have one :(
