Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly
Underwritten by Banknorth
January 15 - May 8, 2005
Looking for some close encounters of the scaly kind? Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly, on view January 15-May 8, 2005, features many of the world's most recognized and fearsome reptiles. Rendezvous with 20 species of live reptiles while you explore and learn about the role these vertebrates have played in their 200-million-year history. The exhibit is loaded with cool facts about reptiles and plenty of hands-on action. Examine real reptile remains, including snake skins, bones and a snapping turtle's shell. Meet face to fang with the venomous pink-spotted Gila monster from the Southwest and seven other snake species; confront real-life reptilian monsters and dragons displayed in natural habitats; and get up close to the veiled chameleon with a tongue longer than its body, the side-necked turtle, and many more creatures in this exhibit that comes to the Berkshires from Clyde Peeling's Reptiland.
In addition to reptileland animals, there will be the following reptiles at the display;
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon Platyrhinos)
Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus)
California King Snake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
Arizona Mountain King Snake (Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana) Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
Diadem Rat Snake (Spalerosophis diadema)
Pueblan Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli)
Red Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)
Central American Tiger Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus)
Ball Python (python regius)
Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
Timor Monitor (Varanus timorensis)
Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus)
Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)
Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
THIS WILL BE COOL! DONT MISS IT!
http://www.berkshiremuseum.org/exhibition/upcoming.html
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- Happy herping!
KE
