Thursday 12 March 2015

London Zoo - Reptile House

My latest visit to London Zoo was in April 2014. I spent a long time in the Reptile House and here are some of the pictures of herpetofauna from that trip.


King cobra
Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)
Elapidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014

The longest venomous snake in the world and one of the world's most feared.


Blue tree monitor
Varanus macraei (Böhme & Jacobs, 2001)
Varanidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014

An unusually coloured species of monitor lizard endemic to the eastern Indonesian island of Batanta. 


Rhinoceros viper
Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1792)
Viperidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Long-nosed viper
Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Viperidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Puff adder
Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820)
Viperidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Gila monsters
Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869
Helodermatidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014

These venomous lizards were mating.


Male Yemen veiled chameleon
Chamaeleo calyptratus (Duméril & Bibron, 1851)
Chamaeleonidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Royal (or ball) python
Python regius (Shaw, 1802)
Pythonidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Male Fiji iguana
Brachylophus bulabula Keogh et al., 2008
Iguanidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014

This recently discovered, endangered, bright blue and turquoise iguana is endemic to a few of the islands of Fiji, whose nearest relatives, apart from the other Fijian members of Brachylophus, are from South America.


Annam leaf turtles
Mauremys annamensis (Siebenrock, 1903)
Geoemydidae; Testudines; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Yellow-crested Jackson's chameleon
Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus (Eason, Ferguson & Hebrard, 1988)
Chamaeleonidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Caiman lizard
Dracaena guianensis (Daudin, 1802)
Teiidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Radiated tortoise
Astrochelys radiata Shaw, 1802
Testudinidae; Testudines; Sauropsida; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Lake Oku clawed frog
Xenopus longipes Loumont & Kobel, 1991
Pipidae; Anura; Amphibia; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014


Mallorcan midwife toad tadpole
Alytes muletensis (Sanchiz & Adrover, 1977)
Alytidae; Anura; Amphibia; Chordata
London Zoo, April 2014

Mammals, birds, and more coming soon.

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