Days & Hours of Operation - We Never Close  (Well, Almost Never!!)

 

 

Reptilia Is Open Everyday Except Christmas 

 

 Monday to Friday

 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Saturdays and Sunday

10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Holidays

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

 

 

Please Note: Our facility is available for bookings before or after public hours for your special event.
 

  

 

 

 

Summer Camp for the Kids - Fun & Education at Reptilia!!

Book Early to Have Your Child Enjoy and Learn During Their Holidays

 

 


Summer Camp - 2010
Plan ahead for your child's Summer Break!  Reptilia has fun and education Summer Camp this year,  for your camper ages 4-12.  Reptilia offers a safe, exciting and unforgettable experience, where your camper can learn about science related activities and enjoy all kinds of educational fun at the same time.
 

 
   

 

 

 

Reptilia’s Junior Keeper Program

A Very Good Way to Educate Your Child on How to Properly Keep a Pet

 

 

 
Our customers often requested a program for their son or daughter on how to best care for their reptile.  Because of this, Reptilia  developed an 8 week (Saturdays and one after school evening per week) program that allows children to learn 'Hands On' about being a zoo keeper and how to care for harmless reptiles.  To do this, we built a Junior Keeper Zoo that houses 10 types of non venomous reptiles.  This allows the Junior Keepers to work with reptiles of their choice utilizing the lessons learned in their Junior Keeper Zoo. 

 

Please click this box for complete details on our Junior Keeper Program.
 

 

  

 

 

Admissions - Affordable For All

Reptilia Has Been Awarded the 2009 Mark of Excellence By Top Choice Awards

 

 

Zoo Admissions

 

Ages - 0 to 3 

Free

Ages - 4 to 12

$10

Ages - 13 to 64 

$15

Ages - 65 plus

 $12

 

Taxes Extra

 

 

 

  

 

 

Appearances & Entertainment By Reptilia

 

If You Want to Bring Kids and Their Parents to Your Event or Business Have Reptilia Attend and Entertain Them 

 

The Only Type of Business For Which We Have Not Entertained is a Funeral Home!!

 


Reptilia at the
CNE!


Come to Kid's World at the CNE to see Reptilia and a host of reptiles.  Stay for a show or two - talk with one of our staff members about your favorite reptile and take a tour of Reptilia's Special Events Cruiser which is 45' long and 

features 26 exhibits housing a variety of reptiles from around the world.  Some highlights included an American Alligator, Burmese Python, Eyelash Vipers, and Cobras.  Knowledgeable staff members provide live shows daily and hands on (if you wish) interactive encounters with our reptiles throughout the day.


 

   


 

Your Own Dedicated Host and Birthday Room Plus Great Food

 

 


Party Platters

When you have your child's birthday party at Reptilia, you can leave the catering to us - it will be ready and in your private birthday party room.  Our birthday party catering choices include wraps, vegetables, fruits, seafood, cheeses, and deserts.  Please click through for a complete listing with prices.

 

  

 

 

Care Sheets For Your Reptile and the Reptiles That Make the Best Pets

 

 


Please click here for Care Sheets on most of the reptiles in common collections today.  We also rate the suitability of certain reptiles for home collections and this information is included with the care sheets. 

Reptilia complies with all regulations on reptile keeping within communities and has helped several municipalities prepare draft by laws on which reptiles are suitable for home collections.

 

 

 

 

Reptilia's Position on the Environment

Our Give Back Program For the International Community

 


A Word or Two About the Environment

As mankind increases its land consumption for both agrarian and urban uses, the consequence is the reduction of natural habitat which once served as homes for wildlife including those of the reptile clan.  In simple terms, when animals and reptiles lose their ‘feeding range’ they lose their ability to survive, and are forced to attempt to live in areas taken over by humanity's growth. 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Founded in 1996 to Serve the Education Community & Now  Enriching the Students of More Than 3,000 Clients Across Southern Ontario

 

 

 
Reptilia's Curriculum Compliant Programs

Reptilia's writing group wrote curriculum compliant programs for the Life Strands Section of the Ontario Ministry of Education Science and Technology Curriculum in 1998 when the Ontario Curriculm was standardized across the Province.

Since that time, Reptilia's Educators have provided enrichment through the use of live reptiles to teach not only this curriculum, but to enhance literacy and numeracy components as well.  In the more than 3,000 education community clients across Southern Ontario for whom we have the pleasure of teaching, our programs are repeated year after year.  


Reptilia's Curriculum Compliant Programs From Kindergarten through Grade 12

Experience our curriculum compliant education programs in your classroom. Your students will enjoy and more importantly learn and remember this unique enrichment program because of the live reptile in attendance.
  

 

 

 

 

 

Since March 1997 a Birthday Party at Reptilia Has Been Special For Each Birthday Person We Have Had the Pleasure to Host

 

 

The Most Unique Birthday Party Ever!!!

 

If you want to have the most unusal birthday party for your child, consider holding the party at Reptilia or have Reptilia come to your home. 

 

Since 1997 we have done thousands of parties!!  At our facility in Vaughan - just east of Hwy 400 on Rutherford Road (around the corner from Canada's Wonderland) - you will have your own Birthday Host and Birthday Party room - just for yourself and your guests. 

 

Click here for full details on all our parties - economical to over the top!!

 

 

 

 

Reptile Zoo Extraordinare - 25,000 Square Feet of Nothing But Reptiles

Live Theatre or Keeper Tours on the Hour and Feedings Every Day

 

Note:  We Do Not Feed Live Prey Items

 


Croc Feeding - Last Sunday of Every Month at 1:45 PM
 


Induna and Nandi, our Nile Crocodiles, are fed the last Sunday of every month.  Although Induana weighs about
1,200 lbs, he eats far less than the average adult male human being.  In fact, we humans will eat about 10 times as much for each pound of body weight as a Nile Crocodile. 
But when the Nile eats, it really is something to see.  You probably have seen it on TV - now join us to see one of our keepers right in with the Crocs.  Bone crushing jaws - huge teeth and lots of them - and hunting the keeper all the time he is in the exhibit.  Join us on Sunday for a very close up and personal croc feeding.   

See Canada's Largest Venomous Snake.


Reptilia's
male King Cobra is likely the largest venemous snake in Canada.  When he arrived two years ago, National Post did an article setting the official measurement at 13' 1".  We think he is around 14' now and will be measuring him again sometime early in the new year.  Watch for information on the date, because if your favorite snake is the King Cobra, you may wish to watch him being measured.

 

 

 

 

Reptiles for Film - Wrangling - Studio for Reptile Shoots

We Have Everything You Need to Perform a Cost Effective Shoot

 


Reptilia has worked with the film and TV industries since 1997 providing reptiles, spiders, scorpions, rodents, and amphibians for shoots.  Our reptiles are accompanied by an experience staff member who will give you the shots you need with minimum set time.  Reptilia has worked with all the major networks, on set in several 'A' films, and provided studio services for shoots in our facility. 

 

   

 

 

Featured Videos - Of Snakes, Crocs, Lizards, Births, Kids

and Other Interesting Characters

 

Please Enjoy

 


Welcome to Reptilia

Reptilia's zoo contains more than 75 species of reptiles including all the 'Big Names' such as Nile Croc, King Cobra, Black Mamba, Reticulated Python, American Alligator, Boa Constrictor, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Burmese Python, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, and the World's Largest White American Alligator.

  

Education in Our School

Reptilia teaches its curriculum enrichment programs for more than 3,000 customers including all the School Boards in the Toronto area, private schools, daycares, Hebrew schools,  home schooling, lunch and after school programs, and for elements of the curriculum that parents fund directly for the school in which their children attend.  As well, we have 6 classrooms in our facility which accomodate up to 60 students for onsite programs and zoo tours.

 

Crocodilian Eggs!

These eggs - laid in the water - by a Cayman were successfully incubated in one of our incubators.  The little Caymans have grown and are now part of our education group of reptiles, visiting students in their classrooms each day. 

  

Canada's Largest Venomous Snake

This is a video of the largest venemous snake in Canada, a male King Cobra.  He is one of the 'Stars' at Reptilia and you are invited to visit him while here.  Don't worry - he is behind thick tempered glass!!

 

Croc Feeding!

Induna is Canada's largest crocodile. Despite his large size, he eats only once a month - some Nile Crocs only eat once every six months in their natural habitat.  In fact, several large crocodiles in exhibits have died from obesity due to overfeeding.  Our live crocodile feedings are a great opportunity to see these massive predators in action. They eat at 1:45 PM on the last Sunday of each month.

 

Python Eats 70 Lb Goat

Watch one of Reptilia`s Reticulated Python feedings online or come in and see it in person.  Our Python Feedings are on the first Sunday of every month at 1:45 PM.  

 

 

Monkey Tail-Skinks

One of the rarest reptiles, Monkey Tail Skinks are only from the Solomon Islands.  Reptilia is one of the first to successfully breed these rare skinks.

 

  

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes

This video shows the Easterns when they were born.  They are no longer tiny.  Visit them in Reptilia's zoo - they grow to be one of the largest rattlesnakes in the world.

 

  

Green Mambas Arrive!

Since their arrival, Reptilia has successfully bred our Green Mambas twice.  Visit the parents and the babies (some of them not so small any longer) while in the zoo.