reptilarium

English

A reptilarium

Noun

reptilarium (plural reptilariums or reptilaria)

1. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising reptiles.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 208:

     […] because she believed with the natives of the district that if a woman killed a snake she would give birth to a monster, she took pains to leave the pests alone, so that the house, being in a region over-run with snakes, was often like a reptilarium.

   • 1991, W. E. B. Griffin, chapter 1, in Battleground‎^[2], New York: Jove Books:

     There were going to be large numbers of Japanese aircraft: "Probably in excess of one hundred," the skinny, bespectacled, school-teacherish Navy full Lieutenant intelligence Officer had announced at the most recent briefing, sounding as bored as a guide in the Atlanta Zoo telling visitors about the wonders they could find in the reptilarium.

   • 2011, The Rough Guide to Las Vegas, Rough Guides, Penguin Random House, Chapter 7, [3]

     Besides displays on the geology and history of the region, the centre provides an introduction to local wildlife, with reptilariums holding live rattlesnakes.