A returning favorite from the original Steinhart Aquarium, the Swamp contains an albino American alligator, several alligator snapping turtles and a variety of fish. Visitors can view the animals from the surface as well as get eye to eye with the animals from an underwater window. A tank of ...more ↓
The American green tree frog, Hyla cinerea, is a common species of New World tree frog belonging to the genus Hyla. A common backyard species, it is popular as a pet, and is the state amphibian of Georgia and Louisiana.
The lesser siren (Siren intermedia) is a species of aquatic salamander native to the eastern United States and northern Mexico. They are referred by numerous common names, including two-legged eel, dwarf siren, and mud eel. The specific epithet intermedia denotes their intermediate size, between the greater siren, Siren lacertina, and ...more ↓