Official Description The Sacramento Zoo, located in California's capital, is the largest accredited zoological park in the demographically diverse Central Valley. Set on 15-acres in William Land Park, the zoo opened in 1927. Accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association since 1975, the zoo collection exhibits more than 400 animals including 32 endangered or threatened species in a lush park environment. The zoo manages national breeding programs for two endangered species: thick-billed parrot and golden-bellied mangabey. We offer the zoo visitor wildlife wagons, animal talks, and stage presentations as well as our ZooMobile outreach program. Annual attendance is 450,000, with approximately 80,000 school children visiting the zoo each year on organized field trips. The Sacramento Zoological Society, formed in 1957, assumed daily financial management of the zoo (from the city of Sacramento) in July 1997. Since its inception, the society has served as the fund-raising organization for the zoo, providing funds for habitat improvement, education and conservation programs
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Species List AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES AFRICAN BURROWING BULLFROG FIRE-BELLIED TOAD TIGER SALAMANDER WHITE'S TREE FROG AFRICAN PANCAKE TORTOISE CHINESE STRIPE-NECK TURTLE FOUR-EYED TURTLE DESERT TORTOISE LEOPARD TORTOISE MATA MATA TURTLE SAVANNA HINGED TORTOISE SPUR-THIGHED TORTOISE STAR TORTOISE PACIFIC POND TURTLE BENGAL MONITOR CHINESE CROCODILE LIZARD EGYPTIAN SPINY TAILED LIZARD EMERALD MONITOR GILA LIZARD GREEN CRESTED BASILISK GIZA HARDUN PREHENSILE-TAILED SKINK STANDING'S DAY GECKO WEST AFRICAN DWARF CROCODILE BALL PYTHON BRAZILIAN RAINBOW BOA BROAD-BANDED COPPERHEAD CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN KING SNAKE CANTIL DUMERIL'S GROUND BOA EASTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE EYELASH VIPER GLASS LIZARD GREEN ANACONDA GREEN TREE PYTHON HONDURAN DWARF CLUBTAILED IGUANA IMPERIAL ROCK LIZARD JUMPING PIT VIPER NORTHERN PACIFIC RATTLESNAKE PACIFIC GOPHER SNAKE PETER’S RAINBOW SAND LIZARD PRZEWALSKI’S GECKO PUERTO RICAN BOA RUBBER BOA SIDEWINDER RATTLESNAKE SPOTTED GIRDLE TAILED LIZARD SUNGAZER YELLOW MARGINED BOX TURTLE YUCUTAN DWARF CLUB TAILED IGUANA BIRDS EMU OSTRICH AMERICAN FLAMINGO TAWNY FROGMOUTH LADY ROSS’ TURACO BLACK-NECKED SWAN CHILOE WIGEON FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK HOTTENTOT TEAL MARBLED TEAL RED-BREASTED GOOSE ROSYBILL POCHARD SOUTHERN CRESTED SCREAMER WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK ABYSSINIAN GROUND HORNBILL BUTON HORNBILL GREAT HORNBILL BLACK PARROT BRONZE-WINGED PARROT HAWK-HEADED PARROT MEYER'S PARROT PLAIN-COLORED AMAZON RED-FRONTED MACAW THICK-BILLED PARROT WHITE-BELLIED CAIQUE RUPPELL'S VULTURE BATELEUR EAGLE HIMALAYAN MONAL FISH WHITE CLOUD MOUNTAIN MINNOW MAMMALS MARSUPIALS WALLAROO BENNETT’S WALLABY EDENTATES TWO-TOED SLOTH RODENTS BRAZILIAN AGOUTI AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE PRIMATES MONGOOSE LEMUR RED-RUFFED LEMUR RING-TAILED LEMUR ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY FRANCOIS LANGUR GOLDEN-BELLIED MANGABEY GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN SCHMIDT'S SPOT-NOSED GUENON WHITE-FACED SAKI CHIMPANZEE ORANGUTAN WHITE-HANDED GIBBON MUSTELIDS NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER VIVERRIDAE CUSIMANSE (DARK MONGOOSE) PROCYONIDAE RED PANDA FELINES CHEETAH *CLOUDED LEOPARD FISHING CAT GEOFFROY'S CAT MARGAY SERVAL JAGUAR LION SNOW LEOPARD SUMATRAN TIGER HYAENIDAE SPOTTED HYENAS UNGULATES: HOOFED ANIMALS BONGO COMMON ELAND GIRAFFE GREVY'S ZEBRA NILE HIPPOPOTAMUS NYALA REEVE’S MUNTJAC EDUCATION ANIMALS: ZOOMOBILE (Off Exhibit) BEARDED DRAGON BLUE-TONGUED SKINK GREEN IGUANA LEOPARD GECKO BOX TURTLE DESERT TORTOISE BALL PYTHON COLOMBIAN RED-TAILED BOA GOPHER SNAKE RAINBOW BOA YELLOW RAT SNAKE BLUE AND GOLD MACAW ECLECTUS PARROT RED-BREASTED GOOSE RED-TAILED HAWK AFRICAN HEDGEHOG SERVAL CAT KINKAJOU BIG BROWN BAT * OFF EXHIBIT, BREEDING ONLY
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