A herpetarium is a exhibition space for and , most commonly a dedicated area of a larger zoo. A herpetarium which specializes in is an ophidiarium or serpentarium, which are more common as stand-alone entities also known as . Many snake farms Venomics snakes for venom for medical and scientific research.
Notable herpetariums
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Alice Springs Reptile Centre in Alice Springs, Australia
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Alligator Bay (zoo) in Beauvoir, France
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Armadale Reptile Centre in Perth, Australia
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Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, Australia
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Chennai Snake Park Trust in Chennai, India
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Crocodiles of the World in Brize Norton, UK
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Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia
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Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood, Pennsylvania
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Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Slade, Kentucky
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The LAIR at the Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles, California
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Serpent Safari in Gurnee, Illinois
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Saint Louis Zoo Herpetarium in St. Louis, Missouri
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Staten Island Zoo Serpentarium in New York City, New York
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World of Reptiles at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, New York
See also
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Murphy, James B., Herpetological History of the Zoo and Aquarium World, Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 2007.