Reptile House

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  • The Reptile House replaced a building of 1882-83, which was itself a replacement of the world's first reptile house built in 1849 (see Bird House). It was built on the site of an Ape House of 1901-02, parts of which were incorporated. It was built 1926-27 by Joan Beauchamp Procter, Curator of Reptiles; Sir Edward Guy Dawber, architect; Prestige and Company, builders; George Alexander, sculptor; original landscaping by John Bull, theatrical scene artist; original heating system devised by the General Electric Company. It now houses several species of reptile, including Jamaican boa, Philippine crocodiles, western diamondback rattlesnakes, Annam leaf turtles, Fiji banded iguanas, northern caiman lizards, puff adders, king cobras, tokay geckos, emerald tree boas and Yemen chameleons. In December 2012, a refurbished amphibian section was opened to the public, displaying amphibians such as Chinese giant salamaders, axolotls, caecillians and various types of poison dart frog.

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          Memorandum by Secretary for Council Meeting on December 16th 1914
          SEC/9/2/7/14 · Unidad documental simple · 16 Dec 1914
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Memorandum by the Secretary for a Council Meeting of the Zoological Society of London, on topics including general finance, capital account and loan, salaries of officers, the House and Library Committee, Publication Committee, Garden Guide, Zoological Record Committee, Prosectorial Committee, Garden Committee, new works, the canal bank slip, provisions, works, purchase of animals and special arrangements for the admission of visitors
          New Reptile House
          SEC/9/2/20/8 · Unidad documental simple · 13 Jun 1927
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Memorandum to the Council of the Zoological Society of London regarding the new Reptile House
          d'Auvergne, Edmund B
          SEC/7/4/3 · Unidad documental simple · 1902
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Letter from Edmund B d'Auvergne to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of live animals to snakes in the Reptile House
          Scherren, Henry
          SEC/7/18/14 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1886
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Letters from Henry Scherren to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding corrections to the proof of 'Region' and the banning of members of the public during feeding time in the Reptile House