Zoo Central
Our home to a wide variety of animals and educational displays.
Some of the first animals you’ll notice are the black-crested mangabey monkeys that inhabit our beautifully muraled two-story exhibit at the heart of Zoo Central. You’ll come nose-to-nose with a large snapping turtle and admire the bright, colorful fish and corals in our saltwater reef tank. Griggs Learning Center is home to many of our small, furry, feathered and scaly friends. Parrots, snakes, lizards, and chinchillas are just a few of the animals in Griggs that serve as our education ambassadors.
Animals in this exhibit:
- Moluccan Cockatoo
- Double Yellow-headed Amazon
- Black-headed Caique
- Blue and Gold Macaw
- Green-winged Macaw
- Military Macaw
- American Robin
- Ring-necked Dove
- Northern Bobwhite Quail
- Red Crested Turaco
- Cochin Bantam Chicken
- Black-crested Mangabey Monkeys
- African Pygmy Hedgehog
- Ferret
- Rabbit
- Chinchilla
- Guinea Pig
- Fancy Rat
- African Straw-colored Fruit Bat
- Gila Monster
- Dune Gecko
- Leopard Gecko
- Veiled Chameleon
- Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
- Emperor Scorpion
- Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
- Giant Stick Insect
- Snapping Turtle
- Painted Turtle
- Red-eared Slider
- Box Turtle
- Desert Tortoise
- Red-footed Tortoise
- Ball Python
- Burmese Python
- Bull Snake
- Western Hognose Snake
- Brazilian Rainbow Boa
- Tiger Salamander
- African Bullfrog
- Native Frog Species
- Coral Species
- Reef Fish