herpetarium

Several types of rattlesnake call the herpetarium home.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

Several types of rattlesnake call the herpetarium home.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

A herpetarium is a building that houses reptiles and amphibians.

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The herpetarium is a first for Seattle's public parks, a small part of a larger mission to make the west side of Beacon Hill - sometimes referred to as "the jungle" - a safer and more cared-for place.

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Leaving the herpetarium, I immediately enter the green, humid, sun-lit biodome where I find just a trace of Coahuila millions of years ago.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

Turtles bask on the shore, iguanas stare through a window into the herpetarium in the next room, and dinosaur eggs lay nestled beneath lush foliage.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

There's a pretty steady flow of people through the museum, especially the new herpetarium, in which snakes and lizards from Mexico and other parts of the world populate glass enclosures where the makers of the exhibit have skillfully recreated a broad range of habitats for each reptile.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

There's a pretty steady flow of people through the museum, especially the new herpetarium, in which snakes and lizards from Mexico and other parts of the world populate glass enclosures where the makers of the exhibit have skillfully recreated a broad range of habitats for each reptile.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

Turtles bask on the shore, iguanas stare through a window into the herpetarium in the next room, and dinosaur eggs lay nestled beneath lush foliage.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007

The biodome recreates parts of Coahuila as it existed 70 million years ago; other new attractions include the new pabellon on "Evolution and Biodiversity" with huge replicas of mammoth and mastodon skeletons, descriptions of how man and animal have interacted with biodiversity, and the herpetarium.

Saltillo's Museum of the Desert in Mexico explores every aspect of desert Life 2007