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The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago

While other students were partying in Mexico during spring break 2005, I took a trip to Chicago to see their zoological institutions. The Brookfield Zoo was a highlight because I had never visited it prior to this trip. Unfortunately, at the time I visited, the reptile house was thinning out its collection to prepare for renovations and it was not as large as I had hoped for. Below are photographs of some of the species in the reptile house.


Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)

Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates azureus)

Frilled dragon
(Chlamydosaurus kingii)

Galapagose giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus)

Western green toad (Bufo debilis)

Western green toad (Bufo debilis)

Green tree monitor
(Varanus prasinus)

Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) and its enclosure.

Green tree monitor
(Varanus prasinus)

Green tree python (Chondropython viridis)

King cobra
(Ophiophagus hannah)

From Madagascar, Grandidier's Frog (Mantidactylus grandidieri).

Grandidier's Frog (Mantidactylus grandidieri)

Rhinoceros Igauana (Cyclura Cornuta)

Rhinoceros Viper (Bitis nasicornis)

Sungazer (Cordylus species)

Sungazer (Cordylus species). Notice the strong ultra-violet lighting.

An enclosure housing tomato frogs (Dyscophus antongilli). River stones are used as a substrate.

Two-striped forest pit viper (Bothriopsis bilineata)

Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusina sauvagi)

A zoo keeper feeding a caiman.

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