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A coronated tree frog hanging onto a green stem

Coronated tree frog
Scientific Name: Anotheca spinosa
Reptile Discovery Center
A black-and-white holstein calf (cow) running through the grass in front of the barn at Smithsonian's National Zoo's Kids' Farm exhibit

Cow
Scientific Name: Bos taurus taurus
Kids' Farm
A large reptile, called a crocodile monitor, with long, curved claws, a lean body and scaly, spotted skin, climbs over rocks that line a pond and sticks its forked tongue out toward the water

Crocodile monitor
Scientific Name:
This animal is not currently on exhibit.
Cuban Crocodile

Cuban crocodile
Scientific Name: Crocodylus rhombifer
Reptile Discovery Center
A dama gazelle with short, curled horns and long legs grazes on grass in the sun

Dama gazelle
Scientific Name: Nanger dama
This animal is not currently on exhibit.
Small golden-brown furry animal with no eyes and enormous teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom

Damaraland mole rat
Scientific Name: Cryptomys damarensis
This animal is not currently on exhibit.
Small furry animal

Degu
Scientific Name: Octodon degus
This animal is not currently on exhibit.
Forward profile of a dunlin, a small brown and grey shorebird with long legs and a long beak.

Dunlin
Scientific Name: Calidris alpina
Bird House
A dwarf mongoose standing on a rock

Dwarf mongoose
Scientific Name: Helogale parvula
Small Mammal House
An eastern box turtle standing in mulch

Eastern box turtle
Scientific Name: Terrapene carolina carolina
This animal is not currently on exhibit.
An eastern diamondback rattlesnake with light gray skin covered in mottled black and cream colored scales is curled up in the mulch, resting its head on its body

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Scientific Name: Crotalus adamanteus
This animal is not currently on exhibit.
Head of long, shiny, black snack with a black eye and forked tongue outretched. The lower neck and face are a paler brown color

Eastern indigo snake
Scientific Name: Drymarchon couperi
Reptile Discovery Center