We have been very busy performing shows at: schools, birthday parties, scout meetings, libraries, summer camps, parks, nature centers, festival, fairs, shopping centers, senior centers, toy stores, and all kinds of other special events. Between September 30, 2009 through October 1, 2010 we performed a total of 792 programs for approximately 61, 100 people of all ages.
A new show, “Wetlands Alive!”, was introduced this summer. Our Wildlife Educator Rachel Walker produced the new show which introduces audiences to the importance of wetlands and features some really cool animals including an alligator, water monitor lizard, snapping turtle and more. This show is now being offered as a school assembly, scout show or library show. The teacher’s guide to “Wetlands Alive!” should be finished soon, and we will post it on our site.
In addition to performing shows, we provided help to injured wildlife and abandoned exotic pets. Box turtles hit by cars, snakes caught on glue traps, and a stray albino Burmese python found in a park in Fairfax City are just some of the animals we were able to help this year.
We also provided advice and assistance to local animal shelters, animal control agencies and the public with reptile related issues. A large collection of exotic snakes was turned in at a local animal shelter and two Reptiles Alive staff people worked with the shelter staff to make sure each animal was housed and cared for properly until it could be adopted or transferred to a reptile rescue group.
There have been a few new additions to the team at Reptiles Alive. Brad Pratt is our new Wildlife Educator and Lead Animal Keeper. We also now have Amaya Perez who is both an Animal Keeper and a graphic designer for us. Our new iguana t-shirts, postcards, show posters and other designs are created by Amaya. You can check out many of her designs at our new online store.
The animal collection went through a few changes this year as well. Sadly, a few of our older animals died this year including our: Eastern glass lizard, tokay gecko, and both of our marine toads. New animals we accepted into the collection included a: crested gecko, white lined gecko, and a young iguana we named “Juan Amigo.”
2010 Reptiles Alive Animal Inventory
African Spurred Tortoise | 1 | Geochelone sulcata | ||||
American Alligator | 2 | Alligator missipiensis | ||||
American Toad | 2 | Bufo americanus americanus | ||||
Ball Python | 1 | Python regius | ||||
Bearded Dragon | 1 | Pogona vitticeps | ||||
Black Rat Snake | 1 | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | ||||
Blue Tongue Skink | 2 | Teliqua scincoides | ||||
Boa Constrictor | 2 | Boa constrictor constrictor | ||||
Bull Frog | 2 | Rana catesbeiana | ||||
Bull Snake | 1 | Pituophis melanoleucus | ||||
Burmese Python | 3 | Python molurus bivittatus | ||||
California King Snake | 2 | Lampropeltis getula californiae | ||||
Central Asian Tortoise | 1 | Testudo horsefieldi | ||||
Cope’s Gray Treefrog | 3 | Hyla chrysoscelis | ||||
Crested Gecko | 1 | Rhacodactylus ciliatus | ||||
Corn Snake | 1 | Elaphe guttata guttata | ||||
Earthworm | 25+ | Eisenia fetida | ||||
Eastern Box Turtle | 1 | Terrapene carolina carolina | ||||
Eastern Snapping Turtle | 1 | Chelydra serpentina serpentina | ||||
Garden Slug | 5 | Limax maximus | ||||
Green Iguana | 2 | Iguana iguana | ||||
Haitian Brown Tarantula | 1 | Phormictophis cancerides | ||||
Haitian Cockroach | 25 + | Blaberus sp. | ||||
Honduran Milk Snake | 2 | Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis | ||||
House Cricket | 1000 | Acheta domestica | ||||
Kenyan Sand Boa | 1 | Eryx colubrinus loveridgei | ||||
Leopard Gecko | 1 | Eublepharis macularius | ||||
Leopard Tortoise | 1 | Geochelone pardalis | ||||
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches | 25+ | Gromphadorina portentosa | ||||
Malagasy Giant Hognose Snake | 1 | Leioheterodon madagascarensis | ||||
Mealworm | 1000 | Tenebrio molitar | ||||
Mexican Red Leg Tarantula | 1 | Aphonopelum bicoloratum | ||||
Nelson’s Milksnake | 1 | Lampropeltis triangulum nelsonii | ||||
Nile Monitor Lizard | 1 | Varanus niloticus | ||||
Prehensile-tailed Skink | 1 | Corucia zebrata | ||||
Schneider’s Skink | 1 | Eumeces schneideri | ||||
Spiny Softshell Turtle | 1 | Apalone spinifera | ||||
Spotted Salamander | 1 | Ambystoma maculatum | ||||
Spotted Turtle | 1 | Clemmys guttata | ||||
Sudan Plated Lizard | 1 | Gerrhosaurus major | ||||
Tegu Lizard | 1 | Tupinambis teguixin | ||||
Tokay Gecko | 1 | Gekko gecko | ||||
Uromastyx Lizard | 1 | Uromastyx acanthurus | ||||
Water Monitor Lizard | 1 | Varanus salvator | ||||
White Line Gecko | 1 | Gecko vittatus | ||||
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle | 1 | Podocnemis unifilis |