Behind the Scenes at the Houston Zoo Reptile House

Nathan Hall

Nathan Hall

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Andrew Godambe was kind enough to give us a tour of the Houston Zoo Reptile House last week. He showed us some of the current research projects. Thanks Andrew! Enjoy the photos.

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Mottled Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus lepidus)

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Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum)

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Snake-necked Turtle

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Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus morulus)-I'm probably wrong. I know this is a Mexican rock rattlesnake, but I'm not sure of the subspecies. I'm a gecko guy. Gimme a break!
 
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weswright

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Did your herp club take a tour? I really need to get into mine, they get tours of our zoo, but its 2 hours away, and I havn't had the time lately. Awsome pics like always :)
 
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Geckophile Admin

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It was me, my wife, and a couple of my friends from the East Texas Herp Society. We spent a couple of hours behind the scenes. It was a real treat!
 
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oscar

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Nathan.. great pics. that last rattler is really cool. i dont know anything about any venomus species, so i'd never see that one before. kida reminds me of a greybanded king with a little color shift.
 
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UnReal Reptiles

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Damn, I REALLY need to get around to joining the ETHS, Got told about it by DR David Doherty, My vet, And still havent sent in to join.
 
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ScottW

New member
Nathan said:
How many times did I offer, punk? They even gave us all free beaded lizards when we left.
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I think that they must have forgot to give me mine or something :oops: Awesome pics dude that morulus pic is spectacular. I'm already haveing west tx withdrawls
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ScottW

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GECKOSUNLIMITED said:
What about the IHS? We can herp all the way out to Arizona!
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I cant wait we have to convince the man beast(brandon) to come along. Have ya looked into the ihs yet ?

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