reptilarium

Simon hid in a utility closet off the snake exhibit area until the last employee had left the reptilarium a little after seven-thirty.

Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003

The reptilarium looked fairly crummy from the outside—it shared a strip mall with a hoagie shop—but once inside, Simon was not disappointed.

Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003

And this particular individual had been born and raised under the lights of the reptilarium: he or she had no yearning for the wide open spaces, not when there was food under the house.

Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003

Surely the reptilarium staff wouldn’t miss just one coral and one scarlet king out of that whole tangle.

Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003