London Zoo - Reptile House

My latest visit to London Zoo was in April 2014. I spent a long time in the Reptile House and here are some of the pictures of herpetofauna from that trip.

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)

Elapidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

The longest venomous snake in the world and one of the world's most feared.

Blue tree monitor

Varanus macraei (Böhme & Jacobs, 2001)

Varanidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

An unusually coloured species of monitor lizard endemic to the eastern Indonesian island of Batanta. 

Rhinoceros viper

Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1792)

Viperidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Long-nosed viper

Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Viperidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Puff adder

Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820)

Viperidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Gila monsters

Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869

Helodermatidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

These venomous lizards were mating.

Male Yemen veiled chameleon

Chamaeleo calyptratus (Duméril & Bibron, 1851)

Chamaeleonidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Royal (or ball) python

Python regius (Shaw, 1802)

Pythonidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Male Fiji iguana

Brachylophus bulabula Keogh et al., 2008

Iguanidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

This recently discovered, endangered, bright blue and turquoise iguana is endemic to a few of the islands of Fiji, whose nearest relatives, apart from the other Fijian members of Brachylophus, are from South America.

Annam leaf turtles

Mauremys annamensis (Siebenrock, 1903)

Geoemydidae; Testudines; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Yellow-crested Jackson's chameleon

Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus (Eason, Ferguson & Hebrard, 1988)

Chamaeleonidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Caiman lizard

Dracaena guianensis (Daudin, 1802)

Teiidae; Squamata; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Radiated tortoise

Astrochelys radiata Shaw, 1802

Testudinidae; Testudines; Sauropsida; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Lake Oku clawed frog

Xenopus longipes Loumont & Kobel, 1991

Pipidae; Anura; Amphibia; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Mallorcan midwife toad tadpole

Alytes muletensis (Sanchiz & Adrover, 1977)

Alytidae; Anura; Amphibia; Chordata

London Zoo, April 2014

Mammals, birds, and more coming soon.