Australian exhibit opened in February 1988 — the largest addition to the zoo since its opening. The Education department was also expanded in 1989 and a walk-through aviary (Zack's Aerie, made possible by private donations) was also opened. Africa Addax African lion African wild dog Angolan black-and-white colobus Black-and-white ruffed lemur Blue crane Bongo Bontebok Bushbuck Chimpanzee Common warthog Dama gazelle Dromedary camel Grant’s zebra Gray-crowned crane Kori bustard Kudu Mandrill Pygmy hippo Radiated tortoise Red ruffed lemur Red-flanked duiker Reticulated giraffe Ring-tailed lemur Serval Southern ground-hornbill Southern white rhinoceros Western lowland gorilla Yellow-backed duiker Asia-Australia Arabian oryx Black swan Edward’s pheasant Gaur Komodo dragon Magpie goose Müller’s gibbon Nilgai Philippine crocodile Pileated gibbon Rhinoceros hornbill Saltwater crocodile Siamang Southern cassowary Sumatran orangutan Tawny frogmouth Tiger Asia-Australia (Indoor Exhibits) Carpet python Eastern blue-tongued skink Matschie’s tree kangaroo Northern greater galago (*) Northern treeshrew Seba’s short-tailed bat (**) Short-beaked echidna Sugar glider Virginia opossum (**) Western gray kangaroo Yellow monitor (*)=actually an African species (**)=actually an American species Herpetarium Alligator snapping turtle American alligator Arabian sand boa Asian giant toad Axolotl Black-spotted newt Blue-spotted tree monitor Brazilian salmon-pink bird-eating tarantula Broad-banded copperhead Brown recluse spider Brown widow Central American bushmaster Chiapan beaded lizard Common knob-tailed gecko Common leopard gecko Cuvier’s dwarf caiman Desert hairy scorpion Gaboon viper Giant African bullfrog Giant cave cockroach Giant plated lizard Giant vinegaroon Gray-banded kingsnake Gray’s monitor Green iguana Green tree python Green tree skink King cobra Madagascar hissing cockroach Malaysian blood python Mandarin ratsnake Mangshan pit viper Mexican hognose snake Mexican redknee tarantula Mottled rock rattlesnake Narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle Narrow-bridged musk turtle Neotropical ratsnake Northern caiman lizard Prehensile tailed skink Red-eyed crocodile skink Reticulated python Rhinoceros rat snake Ridge-tailed monitor Rio Fuerte beaded lizard Shingleback lizard Slender glass lizard Smoky jungle frog Southern black widow Southern house spider Southwestern speckled rattlesnake Sri Lankan pit viper Striped bark scorpion Tamaulipan milksnake Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake Taylor’s cantil Texas brown tarantula Texas coral snake Texas indigo snake Thai bamboo rat snake Tiger rattlesnake Trans-Pecos rat snake Western diamondback rattlesnake Western green mamba Russell Aquatic Ecology Centre Alligator gar Atlantic needlefish Atlantic sergeant major Atlantic spadefish Atlantic stingray Atlantic tripletail Axolotl Bighead searobin Black drum Caribbean ocean surgeonfish Common snook Cownose ray Diamondback terrapin Flag-fin mojarra Florida pompano Giant Atlantic murex Giant hermit crab Gulf killifish Gulf toadfish Hardhead catfish Island apple snail Koi Lined seahorse Lionfish Mangrove snapper