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Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday 10am - 4pm Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday 10am - 4pm

Riverside Reptiles Education Center

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Riverside Reptiles Education Center

ZAA-accredited reptile zoo in Enfield, CT. Explore 100+ species through exhibits, live programs, field trips, birthdays & hands-on education.
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Open Tue–Sun 10–4; closed Mondays except major holidays. 132 South Rd. For Educational Programming contact the education office at [email protected]

08/22/2026

Irwin the Northern Blue-tongued Skink loves his roaches! 🪳🦎

Blue-tongued Skinks are omnivores, enjoying a varied diet of leafy greens, vegetables, some fruit, and animal protein such as cockroaches, crickets, superworms, and other invertebrates.

Blue-tongues can be incredibly rewarding pets—but do your research first! Along with their specific heating, lighting, dietary, and enclosure requirements, they’re also a long-term commitment. With proper care, Blue-tongued Skinks can live 20–30 years or more!

Irwin is one of our education animals and regularly travels with us for programs. Have you ever met him? 💙👅

08/20/2026

PERCY’s PARTY RAFFLE WINNERS!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us on August 16th for Percy’s Party, our annual fundraiser benefiting our nonprofit, Conservation & Education Reptile Rescue!

Thanks to your incredible support, we raised $6,000! 🎉🐢🦎🐍

Watch the video below to find out who won these wonderful raffle prizes!

We’re so grateful to everyone who attended, donated, participated, and helped make Percy’s Party such a success. Thank you again for supporting our rescue and our mission! ❤️

Conservation & Education Reptile Rescue

08/16/2026

Percy's Party at Riverside! is happening RIGHT NOW! 🐍

Come on down to Riverside Reptiles before 4PM and enjoy vendors, food, animal encounters, face-painting/henna, conservation educators, and more! Admission is only $12 and all ticket proceeds go directly to our 501(c)3 non-profit, Conservation & Education Reptile Rescue. Buy tickets online or at the door at cereptilerescue.com/percysparty.

See you soon!

08/15/2026

Tomorrow is Percy's Party at Riverside! We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow coming to support our cause. Percy's Party is the biggest fundraising celebration of the year for our 501(c)3 non-profit, Conservation & Education Reptile Rescue. Funds from last year's event helped cover the costs of food, heating/lighting, enrichment, veterinary care, and enclosure upgrades to over 60 rescue animals that call Riverside Reptiles home.

When you come tomorrow, you will see the frame of Toast's new enclosure. Toast the Gopher Tortoise was much in need of an upgrade as he has grown so much since coming into our care a few years ago. He will be better able to dig (a gopher tortoise's favorite activity!) in this deeper enclosure. Follow along as our rescue continues to grow and join us tomorrow at Percy's Party where 100% of the ticket proceeds, as well as money spent on face-painting, raffle tickets, and ice cream, will go directly towards CERR.

08/04/2026

🎉🐍 Everyone’s invited to our biggest fundraising celebration of the year - Percy’s Party at Riverside! 🐸🎉

Join us on Saturday, August 16th at Riverside Reptiles Education Center for a fun-filled day while supporting a great cause!

✨ Discounted admission - just $12!
🎨 Food & art vendors
🐍 All-day animal encounters
🎟️ Raffle prizes
🎭 Face painting
…and so much more!

Every admission helps support the rescued animals in our care through our nonprofit, Conservation and Education Reptile Rescue (CERR). Your visit directly contributes to their daily care and the construction of future rescue enclosures.

🎫 Tickets are available at the door, or skip the line by purchasing in advance:
👉 www.cereptilerescue.com/percysparty

🐍 Who is Percy? He’s the Burmese Python whose incredible story inspired our rescue mission. Read his story here:
👉 www.cereptilerescue.com/percysstory

We hope to see you there for a day of family fun, amazing animals, and a chance to make a real difference for wildlife in need!

08/02/2026

Did you know that Riverside Reptiles has a non-profit partner?

Approximately 40% of our animals come our center as rescues, so in November of 2023 we launched a 501(c)3 to help us provide the necessary care that they deserve. Conservation & Education Reptile Rescue (CERR) is a safe haven for unwanted or illegally kept amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, and large fish.

Our annual summer fundraiser for Conservation and Education Reptile Rescue is coming in two weeks. Please join us for Percy's Party on August 16th at Riverside Reptiles Education Center. The center will be open with discounted admission ($12 per ticket) and all ticket sales will go directly towards the care of our rescue animals.

Check out details of the fundraiser at cereptilerescue.com/percysparty. If you'd like to donate to the cause, please head to cereptilerescue.com/donate.

07/26/2026

Leo (Aldabra Giant Tortoise) had a lovely day snacking and hanging with his pal Tank (Sulcata Tortoise).

07/25/2026

𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘙𝘌𝘊! 🐸🪱

Visit our amphibian corner to see our two new species: Bird-Poop Frogs (Theloderma asperum) and Rio Cauca Caecilians (Typhlonectes natans)!

Bird-poop frogs, aka pied-warty frogs, are a tiny species home to South and Southeast Asia. It may take you a while to find all four due to their incredible camouflage - they look just like a splatter of bird dung!

Caecilians are long, limbless relatives of frogs and salamanders. While most species of caecilians are fossorial, the Rio Cauca Caecilian is fully-aquatic, making it a great animal to see on display!

Come visit these unique animals at Riverside today!

Address

132 South Road
Enfield, CT
06082

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18602079335

Website

https://www.riversidereptileseducationcenter.com/, https://www.facebook.com/RiversideReptilesEnfieldZoo/

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