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Hours
Open every day of the year
Summer Hours (March 1-October 31)*
Admissions Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Grounds close at 6 p.m.
* the zoo will close at Noon on June 16th
Winter Hours (November 1-February 28)
Admissions open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grounds close at 5 p.m.
This weeks tour will take us from South America to the Orient.
Stay tuned. Next weeks tour we will go from the Outback of Australia to the African Safari.
Treasures of the Amazon Rain forest
First exhibit: Amazon Milk Frog
The Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) is a large species of arboreal frog native to South America. It is sometimes referred to as the blue milk frog.
Second exhibit: Bicolor Dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor) is the second most toxic of the wild poison dart frogs.
Third exhibit: Pastel Redtail Boa - Female *Soon male hypo red tail on display.
Though all boids are constrictors, only this species is properly referred to as "Boa constrictor"; an almost unique instance of an animal having the same common and scientific binomial name. (The distinction is shared with Tyrannosaurus rex.)
Fourth Exhibit: Green iguana
Iguana is a vegetarian genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Travels through the Orient
First exhibit: Gonocephalus Chamaeleontinus
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus is an iguana from Indonesia and Malaysia
This species lives in a humid tropical environment, in the forests of central Java. It is a species of around 22–25 cm, and quite territorial. The lifestyle is close to that of the chameleons. The females are green, with the males bluer, with yellow touches.
second exhibit: Green Flying Frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii)
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches of China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Noted for being able to bank steer from the extra webbing on the front feet.
Third exhibit: KOI
The word koi comes from Japanese, simply meaning "carp".
Fourth exhibit: Leopard geckos
he leopard gecko is a nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko naturally found in the deserts of southern Central Asia, and throughout Pakistan, to the northwestern parts of India. Unlike most geckos, leopard geckos possess movable eyelids
Hours
Open every day of the year
Summer Hours (March 1-October 31)*
Admissions Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Grounds close at 6 p.m.
* the zoo will close at Noon on June 16th
Winter Hours (November 1-February 28)
Admissions open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grounds close at 5 p.m.
This weeks tour will take us from South America to the Orient.
Stay tuned. Next weeks tour we will go from the Outback of Australia to the African Safari.
Treasures of the Amazon Rain forest
First exhibit: Amazon Milk Frog
The Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) is a large species of arboreal frog native to South America. It is sometimes referred to as the blue milk frog.
Second exhibit: Bicolor Dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor) is the second most toxic of the wild poison dart frogs.
Third exhibit: Pastel Redtail Boa - Female *Soon male hypo red tail on display.
Though all boids are constrictors, only this species is properly referred to as "Boa constrictor"; an almost unique instance of an animal having the same common and scientific binomial name. (The distinction is shared with Tyrannosaurus rex.)
Fourth Exhibit: Green iguana
Iguana is a vegetarian genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Travels through the Orient
First exhibit: Gonocephalus Chamaeleontinus
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus is an iguana from Indonesia and Malaysia
This species lives in a humid tropical environment, in the forests of central Java. It is a species of around 22–25 cm, and quite territorial. The lifestyle is close to that of the chameleons. The females are green, with the males bluer, with yellow touches.
second exhibit: Green Flying Frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii)
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches of China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Noted for being able to bank steer from the extra webbing on the front feet.
Third exhibit: KOI
The word koi comes from Japanese, simply meaning "carp".
Fourth exhibit: Leopard geckos
he leopard gecko is a nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko naturally found in the deserts of southern Central Asia, and throughout Pakistan, to the northwestern parts of India. Unlike most geckos, leopard geckos possess movable eyelids
