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Serpent Safari

Q: Where is Serpent Safari?

United States. Serpent Safari is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 42.389° N, 87.957° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 450 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Serpent Safari?

22 species. Citizen-science photos record 22 species at Serpent Safari, including Three-toed Box Turtle, Bobcat, Chinese Pond Turtle, Rhinoceros Iguana and Grey Parrot. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Serpent Safari in the wild?

Bobcat: Yosemite National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Serpent Safari also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bobcat (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Yosemite National Park), Chinese Pond Turtle (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hiroshima) and Rhinoceros Iguana (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Jaragua National Park).

Q: When did Serpent Safari open?

Opened 1999. Serpent Safari, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1999, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 22 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 22 spp. present

Serpent Safari was a reptile zoo located inside the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The zoo advertised itself as "America's Finest Reptile Zoo". The zoo housed some rare specimens, including the world's heaviest snake (over 375 lbs. as of February 2010), an albino alligator, and an alligator snapping turtle estimated at 150 years old. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

42.389° N 87.957° W

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🦒 Animals in captivity

Terrapene triunguis

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or citiesNearby records

LC Endemic

Lynx rufus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

in Yosemite National Park+ 15 more parks · Nearby records

Mauremys reevesii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Hiroshima+ 4 more cities · Nearby records

Cyclura cornuta

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Jaragua National ParkNearby records

Psittacus erithacus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Odzala-Kokoua National Park+ 4 more parks · Nearby records

Terrapene ornata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Saguaro National ParkNearby records

VU Endemic

Malaclemys terrapin

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge+ 1 more park · Nearby records

Asio flammeus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Biebrza National Park+ 21 more parks · Nearby records

Before you go

Where is Serpent Safari?

United States

Serpent Safari is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 42.389° N, 87.957° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 450 km away.

What animals can you see at Serpent Safari?

22 species

Citizen-science photos record 22 species at Serpent Safari, including Three-toed Box Turtle, Bobcat, Chinese Pond Turtle, Rhinoceros Iguana and Grey Parrot. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Serpent Safari in the wild?

Bobcat: Yosemite National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Serpent Safari also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bobcat (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Yosemite National Park), Chinese Pond Turtle (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hiroshima) and Rhinoceros Iguana (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Jaragua National Park).

When did Serpent Safari open?

Opened 1999

Serpent Safari, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1999, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 22 species are photographed there.