Oregon Zoo Amazon Flooded Forest Exhibit

Amazon Flooded Forest Exhibit

Overview | Animals

Overview

OPENED SEPTEMBER 29, 2001
Each year, torrential rains flood the Amazon basin, transforming it into a watery world, known as the varzea, for nearly six months. The varzea is home to some of the planets most extraordinary and diverse plants and animals. The plants, animals and people there actually thrive when the river is at flood stage. With your first step into this zoo's exhibit, you will be engulfed in a world inhabited by Emerald Tree boas and colorful poison dart frogs. Around the corner you'll encounter pygmy marmosets, toucans, iguanas and rare species of fish, some of which are seven feet long. Just a few steps away under the forests canopy you'll see saki and howler monkeys, fearsome-looking caiman and two-toed sloths. The best has been saved for last, when you'll come eye to eye with the legendary green anaconda, which can grow up to 30 feet in length, making it the worlds largest snake.

Interpretive Screens The ambitious exhibit, which offers below and above water viewing,
is one of the first of its kind at any zoo.

Animals

Mammals	Birds	Reptiles & Amphibians	Fish
Agouti	Swainson's Toucan	Arrau Turtle	Cardinal Tetra
Black Howler Monkey		Blue Poison Dart Frog	Heckle Discus
Two-Toed Sloth		Dwarf Caiman	Orange Spot Freshwater Stingray
Pale Faced Saki Monkey		Emerald Tree Boa	Pacu
		Green Anaconda	Plecostomus
		Green Iguana	Raphael Catfish
Insects		Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog
Brazilian Cockroaches