THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



in the Park, contains a series of examples, carefully se- 

 lected, to afford a general view of the four important 

 groups of living reptiles— turtles, crocodiles, lizards and 

 snakes— and of the still more interesting amphibians- 

 frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Even in this large 

 building it is impossible to show anything approaching a 

 complete collection of the reptiles of the world, and the 

 arrangement of exhibits varies from time to time according 

 to conditions and demands on space. 



To the right of the south or entrance hall there is shown, 

 for purposes of local interest and instruction, a collection 

 of the harmless and poisonous snakes of New York State. 

 The window cases at the left of this hall house a series of 

 American batrachians, including various frogs and toads, 

 among them the huge bullfrog; the curious glass snake 

 (really a lizard but having no external legs), the hell- 

 bender, salamander and others. 



At the western end of the great central hall of the Rep- 

 tile House is the Crocodile Pool with its sloping banks, for 

 which the conservatory of tropical vegetation behind affords 

 a natural setting and a homelike outlook for the inmates. A 

 number of American alligators, from two or three to twelve 

 feet long, inhabit the pool the year round. 



One division of the Crocodile Pool is occupied by the 

 gavial, a rare crocodile from the Ganges River. 



Young alligators are kept in four groups, according to 

 size, in various parts of the Reptile House. 



The central space of the main hall is devoted to the tur- 



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