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Location:

Forest of Uco - end of trail small glassed enclosures "Mercado"

Photo by: William R. Driver, Zoo Volunteer

Uco Reptiles and Amphibians

  • Red-eyed Tree Frog

  • Tiger Legged Monkey Frog

  • Bumblebee Toad

  • Lemur Leaf Frog

  • Poison Dart Frogs

  • Annulated Boa

  • Tiger Rat Snake

  • Rainbow Boa

  • Smallwood's Anole

  • Amazon Milk Frog

  • Smooth Helmeted Iguana

*Animals in this exhibit may occasionally change. Current as of 5/10/25 

Identifying Features:

History:

More Information:

Bumblebee Toad

  • Distinctive black and yellow pattern

  • Found in Argentina, may extend into Bolivia

  • Occur in grasslands with rocky outcrops

  • Toxic in the wild due to diet, become non-toxic in captivity

Tiger-Legged Monkey Frog

  • Found in South America

  • Nocturnal

  • Female frog lays eggs on leaves overhanging the water. The tadpoles fall into the water after they hatch.

Lemur Leaf Frog

  • Found in Central America - Costa Rica, Panama, and some areas of Colombia

  • IUCN: Critically Endangered

  • Nocturnal

  • Color can change depending on activity & time of day

Poison Dart Frogs

  • Also called poison arrow frogs

  • The most brightly colored frogs in the world

  • Diet contributes to the toxins they secrete throught their skin

  • Live in tropical forests in Central & South America

Tiger Ratsnake

  • Found in Central America - forested areas

  • Diet: Squirrels, rodents, birds, lizards, frogs and other snakes

Rainbow Boa - larger individual found in Boa Hut. More info on Uco Boa Constrictors page

Smallwood Anole

  • Diet of invertebrates, plants, other lizards

  • Inhabit forests and deserts

  • Will poke a hole in the ground with its nose to lay eggs

Smooth Helmeted Iguana

  • Ambush hunter - will sit in a tree for hours not moving waiting for prey

  • One of ours will do this right up against glass, so sometimes guests are concerned that he's dead.



Currently not on exhibit (4/20/24), but have been in the past:

Amazon Tree boa

  • Can be a wide variety of colors and are primarily arboreal

  • Nonvenomous

  • Native to South America

  • Grow 5-6.5 feet

Amazon Milk Frog (see more in separate entry) 

  • Named for its milky white secretion

  • Arboreal

  • Found in tropical rainforests of South America

  • Can hold up to 14 times the animal's body weight

Kaup's Caecillian 

  • Amphibian

  • Can breath air, but lives mostly in water and rarely surfaces

  • Can absorb oxygen from the water through it's skin

  • Often seen wiggling in place to increase water flow

  • Found in fresh water river systems of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers

Suriname Dwarf Toad

  • Is called a 'toad' because of its skin, but is actually an aquatic frog

  • Newly hatched toads develop under the skin of their mother's back.

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