A herpetarium is a

zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...

logical exhibition space for

reptile Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...

s and

amphibian Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excl ...

s, most commonly a dedicated area of a larger zoo. A herpetarium which specializes in

snake Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...

s is an ophidiarium or serpentarium, which are more common as stand-alone entities also known as

snake farm A snake farm is a facility that houses and breeds a wide variety of snakes, often for the purpose of research and the collection of snake venom, venom for the creation of antivenom. Many snake farms are primarily tourist attractions. Notable sna ...

s. Many snake farms

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfeeding, breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. ...

snakes for

venom Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a sti ...

for medical and scientific research.

Notable herpetariums

* Alice Springs Reptile Centre in Alice Springs, Australia * Armadale Reptile Centre in Perth, Australia *

Australian Reptile Park The Australian Reptile Park is located at Somersby on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is about north of Sydney, and is just off the M1 Pacific Motorway, near Gosford. The Park has one of the largest reptile collections in ...

in Somersby, Australia * Chennai Snake Park Trust in Chennai, India * Crocodiles of the World in Brize Norton, UK *

Crocosaurus Cove Crocosaurus Cove is a crocodile (and other reptile) herpetarium and aquarium attraction located in an indoor-outdoor complex in the Darwin_central_business_district, city district of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australi ...

in Darwin, Australia * Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood, Pennsylvania * Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Slade, Kentucky * The LAIR at the Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles, California * Serpent Safari in Gurnee, Illinois * Saint Louis Zoo Herpetarium in St. Louis, Missouri * Staten Island Zoo Serpentarium in New York City, New York * World of Reptiles at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, New York

References

* Murphy, James B., ''Herpetological History of the Zoo and Aquarium World'', Krieger Publishing Company,

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, 2007. Reptiles and humans Zoos Herpetology Buildings and structures used to confine animals {{snake-stub

Notable herpetariums

See also

References