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Abyssinian ground hornbill

African clawed frog

African pancake tortoise

African Plated Lizard

Aldabra tortoise

Allen's swamp monkey

Alligator lizard

Alligator snapping turtle

American alligator

American flamingo

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Aquatic caecilian

Asian small-clawed otter

Asian water dragon

Australian snake-necked turtle

Banded leporinus

Banded mongoose

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Banded rock rattlesnake

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Barred tiger salamander

Bennett's wallaby

Black howler monkey

Black-and-white ruffed lemur

Black-crowned night heron

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Black-footed ferret

Black-tailed prairie dog

Blue-billed curassow

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Boa constrictor

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Brazilian rainbow boa

Brush-tailed bettong

Burmese rock python

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

California sea lion

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Chameleon forest dragon

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Channel catfish

Chilean rose tarantula

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Chinese alligator

Chinese crocodile lizard

Chinese three-striped box turtle

Clouded leopard

Corals and sea anemones (anthozoa)

Coronated tree frog

Crocodile Monitor

Cuban crocodile

Damaraland mole rat

Eastern box turtle

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Eastern indigo snake

Eastern red-backed salamander

This animal is only at SCBI.

Emerald tree monitor

Emperor tamarin

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Eyelash palm pitviper

False water cobra

Fiji banded iguana

Flagtail characin

Fly River turtle

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Freshwater stingray

Geoffroy's marmoset

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Giant leaf-tailed gecko

Goeldi's monkey

Golden lion tamarin

Golden mantella frog

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Golden-headed lion tamarin

Goliath bird-eating tarantula

Grand Cayman blue iguana

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Greater Madagascar hedgehog tenrec

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Green crested basilisk

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Green salamander

Green tree python

Green-winged macaw

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Guam kingfisher

This animal is only at SCBI.

This animal is only at SCBI.

Hawk-headed parrot

Home's hinge-back tortoise

This animal is only at SCBI.

Hooded merganser

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Impressed tortoise

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Japanese giant salamander

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

La Plata three-banded armadillo

Lance head rattlesnake

Land hermit crab

Larger Malay mouse-deer

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Lemur leaf frog

Lesser Madagascar hedgehog tenrec

Loggerhead shrike

This animal is only at SCBI.

Long-tailed chinchilla

Long-tailed salamander

Madagascar Giant Day Gecko

Malagasy giant jumping rat

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Matamata turtle

Meller's chameleon

Miniature donkey

New Caledonian gecko

North American porcupine

North American river otter

North Island brown kiwi

This animal is only at SCBI.

Northern copperhead

Northern Luzon giant cloud rat

Northern pine snake

Northern red salamander

Northern tree shrew

Oriental fire-bellied toad

Ossabaw Island hog

Painted river terrapin

Pale-headed saki monkey

Panamanian golden frog

Patagonian mara

Perdido Key Beach Mouse

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

This animal is only at SCBI.

Philippine crocodile

Pink-toed tarantula

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Prehensile-tailed porcupine

Prevost's squirrel

Przewalski's horse

This animal is only at SCBI.

Radiated tortoise

This animal is only at SCBI.

Red-bellied piranha

Red-crested cardinal

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Red-crowned crane

This animal is only at SCBI.

Red-footed tortoise

Red-fronted lemur

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Red-ruffed lemur

Red-rumped agouti

Rhinoceros snake

Ring-tailed lemur

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Roseate spoonbill

Ruppell's griffon vulture

Schmidt's red-tailed monkey

Scimitar-horned oryx

Screaming hairy armadillo

Short-eared elephant shrew

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Sinaloan milksnake

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Smallwood's anole

Smooth-sided toad

Southern swamp sparrow

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Southern tamandua

Southern two-toed sloth

Spider tortoise

Spiny-tailed monitor

Spotted Pond Turtle

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

Taylor's cantil

Tentacled Snake

Timber rattlesnake

Vietnamese mossy frog

Virginia opossum

Von der Decken's hornbill

Western lowland gorilla

White's tree frog

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

White-cheeked gibbon

This animal is not currently on exhibit.

White-naped crane

This animal is only at SCBI.

White-nosed coati

This animal is only at SCBI.

Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle