Note: In Australia the lizard families are: geckos, legless lizards, dragon lizards, goannas (monitor lizards) and skinks. All families are found in Sydney.

www.smws.org/../ Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services Inc (SMWS).
Reptiles found in the Sydney region. Note the homepage requires you to download a plug-in to work (avoid this sort of thing is the emerging view).

www.reptilesdownunder.com Reptiles Down Under.
Info on Australian reptiles. See Classified ads to buy reptiles.
See the Australian Reptile Online Database (AROD). Complete list of every Australian Reptile.

reptile.senet.com.au Ultimate Rep[tile supplies.
A large breeder and supplier of reptiles.

users.sunet.com.au/~reeftech Zacs Reptile Homepage.
Excellent photos and description of min cost indoor and outdor enclosures plus other keeping advice.

www.mogozoo.com.au
This is a unique zoo. It was started by couple with no particular qualifications other than lots of commitment. They wrote to various zoos offering to take their problem animals or any animals they just wanted to get rid of.

Zoos responded and bit by bit they built up a zoo in the country town of Mogo on the south coast of New South Wales in Australia that is now right up there taking part in all the inter-zoo breeding programs contributing toward conservation of endangered species from Australia and around the world.They recieve no Government funding and they are worthy of your support.

www.mogozoo.com.au/friends
If you can help Mogo Zoo with financial support or a donation of goods, services, expertise or labour, or, if you would like to join the Friends of Mogo Zoo (FOMZ) please contact the Friends of Mogo Zoo. Support will be acknowleged on display boards, printed matter and the website as appropriate for the support provided.

www.zoo.nsw.gov.au
Taronga Park Zoo and Dubbo Plains Zoo. Very attractive website, but for Taronga they list 21 animals implying that they only have 21 animals. This is not true of course, but that's not the message. A classic case of conflict between visual impact, presentation, appearance or whatever and information content. At Dubbo the animals roam free.
www.zoofriends.org.au Zoo Friends. Volunteer work for zoos (membership fee). Has paid full-time co-ordinator.
Also see (separate) volunteer animal keeper and bushcare organisations.

www.featherdale.com.au Featherdale Wildlife Park in Sydney. Australian birds and animals, reptiles (including the worlds top five dangerous snakes) and kid's walk in farm animal enclosure. Ph 9622 1644.

www.wonderland.com.au/awp/awp.html Wonderland's Australian Wildlife Park in Sydney. Open 9am to 5pm. Visitor snake handling (harmless pythons) 10 am (if anyone shows ..get there 5 min before!). Snake talk 2-30pm. Crocodile feed Sundays 3pm. Walk among kangaroos, wallabies and emus. Other unique Australian birds and animals.

www.reptilepark.com.au The Australian Reptile Park at Somersby (near Gosford) outside Sydney, Australia.
Reptiles include snakes and lizards (crocodiles and alligaters too). I found the legless lizards facinating. They look just like snakes but they are lizards. I'm not exactly sure but you look for large deformed scales at the sides which are evidence of where legs use to be and I think there is something to do with eyelids as well.
Although traditionally a reptile park they have a large range of Australian animals, birds and spiders too.

www.oceanworld.com.au Ocean World at Manly Beach.
An aquarium that also has reptiles and a saltwater crocodile.

www.npws.nsw.gov.au NSW National Parks And Wildlife Service.
For Keepers Licences and rules on obtaining reptiles in NSW.
Renewel date is 31 October each year. Choice of 1, 2 or 5 year licences.

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