reptilarium

reptilarium (plural reptilariums or reptilaria)

1. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising reptiles.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia‎, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 208:

     […] because she believed with the natives of the district that if a woman killed a snake she would give birth to a monster, she took pains to leave the pests alone, so that the house, being in a region over-run with snakes, was often like a reptilarium.

   • 1991, W. E. B. Griffin, chapter 1, in Battleground‎, New York: Jove Books:

     There were going to be large numbers of Japanese aircraft: "Probably in excess of one hundred," the skinny, bespectacled, school-teacherish Navy full Lieutenant intelligence Officer had announced at the most recent briefing, sounding as bored as a guide in the Atlanta Zoo telling visitors about the wonders they could find in the reptilarium.

   • 2011, The Rough Guide to Las Vegas, Rough Guides, Penguin Random House, Chapter 7,

     Besides displays on the geology and history of the region, the centre provides an introduction to local wildlife, with reptilariums holding live rattlesnakes.