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