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Black Hills Reptile Gardens

Hwy 16 on road to Mount Rushmore, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

Order on-line: NewGuineaArt.com showcases Joe Maierhauser's extensive New Guinea collection. He also curates exhibitions of Oceanic art for colleges and museums in the region.

Buy New Guinea Tribal Art direct from Art-Pacific.com and NewGuineaArt.com at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

• Saturday, Jan. 29 - Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, 10 AM - 7 PM at the Pueblo Gem and Mineral Show
• Riverpark Inn, 350 S. Freeway (west side of I-10, south of Congress St. exit), Tucson, AZ 85745 USA
• Rm. 130, our NEW room fronts on the main patio and is just across the hall from our previous room, enter from the patio or from the hallway in Bldg. A - look for our bright yellow signs
• more info: lynda@newguineaart.com

Reptile Gardens feaures New Guinea artifacts in the Jungle Outpost Gallery. The gallery is on-line at New Guinea at Reptile Gardens.

Figure 1: Kamindimbit Village water spirit at Reptile Gardens.

Reptile Gardens' Sky Dome is a tremendous walk-through terrarium. An oasis of flowers, tropical gardens and unique mineral specimens, it is filled with unusual and beautiful lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodiles and alligators, finches, doves, parrots and raptors from the desert to the tropics.

The Gardens host the largest collection of reptiles in the world. Their total includes 963 animals of over 200 species and sub-species. The grounds are crawling with excitement. Entertaining educational programs are presented daily during the season.

Figure 2: Komodo dragon named "Awas" which means beware in Bahasa Indonesian. Their 2 Komodo dragons are young males and growing rapidly. Reptile Gardens is the first private facility to be approved by the AZA to hold Komodos. Photo courtesy of Reptile Gardens.

Reptile Gardens research staff has breeding programs for rare and endangered species. Once when we visited, Joe showed us a brood of baby albino cobras, flaring their tiny opalescent hoods and hissing vigorously.

Reptile Gardens is open to the public from April through October. Located 6 miles south of Rapid City on Highway 16 on the road to Mount Rushmore. AAA Star Rated Attraction. Senior and Group Rates.

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Reptile Gardens
Box 620, Rapid City, SD 57709 USA
Tel: 1-605-342-5873
Fax: 605-342-6249
For more info, email Lynda Mitchell:Lynda@NewGuineaArt.com

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Artifacts on this site are collected in the field by my husband, Ron Perry. I take the photographs, do the html, text and maps. More background in Who We Are. Art-Pacific has been on the WWW since 1996. We hope you enjoy our New Guinea tribal art and Indonesian folk art as much as we do. Carolyn Leigh, P.O. Box 85284,Tucson, AZ 85754-5284 USA, Art-Pacific at http://www.art-pacific.com/