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Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in India. Similarly the Museum and Botanical Gardens are also one of the oldest of their kind in the country. Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1816–1846), the ruler of Travancore during 1830–1846, was the visionary behind the establishment of the Thiruvananthapuram Museum and Zoo. He had a broad variety of animals, including elephants in his horse breeding centre. In the Trivandrum, stables he incorporated a menagerie and kept tigers, panthers cheetahs, deer, bears and a lioness there. It was however left to his brother Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma and the then British Resident General Cullen which resulted in the establishment of Napier Museum and Zoo in Thiruvananthapuram. A committee was formed in 1855 with the Maharaja of Travancore as Patron, General Cullen as president, The Elaya Raja as vice president and Mr. Allen Brown as Secretary of the Committee and the Director of Museum. The Museum was thrown open to the Public in September 1857. But the Museum by itself could not attract the people much, and therefore a Zoo and a park were started in 1859. The zoo was originally built with the typical iron-barred cages prevalent at the time, and was designed for recreational purposes, but with increased loss of forest and wildlife due to human development, the goal of the Zoo has changed from recreation to conservation.[citation needed]

 Asiatic lions in the zoo

A modernization project started in 1995, aims to gradually replace the old enclosures with spacious naturalistic enclosures. The state government of Kerala is undertaking this renovation with financial and technical help from the Central Zoo Authority.[2]

 American black bear in the zoo

Mammals

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The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is home to 82 species from around the world. Indigenous species at the zoo include lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, Indian rhinoceros, Asiatic lion, royal Bengal tiger, white tiger[4] and leopard,[2] as well as nine Asian elephants (as of 31 March 2009).[5] Soon in 2020, animals from Africa include giraffes, hippos, zebras, and Cape buffalos.[2]

The zoo also includes a snake farm called 'The Reptile House', which exhibits both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes. It also houses 7 Anacondas too.[6]

 Deer in the zoo Tiger in the zoo

Birds

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 Emu in the zoo Peacock in the zoo Green Winged Macaw in the zoo

Ostrich

Scarlet macaw

Green-winged macaw

Indian peafowl

White spoonbill

Greater flamingo

Cassowary

Sulfur-crested cockatoo

Common crane

White-necked crane

Black-necked crane

Grey heron

White ibis

Blossom headed parakeet

Rose-ringed parakeet

Alexandrine parakeet

Mustached parakeet

Gray pelican

Rosy pelican

Silver pheasant

Ring-necked pheasant

Rock dove

Adjutant stork

Painted stork

White stork

White necked stork

Black-necked stork

Cinereous vulture

King vulture

White-backed vulture

Turkey vulture

Pariah kite

Brahminy kite

Emu

Reptiles

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Anaconda

Reticulated Python

Gharial

Mugger crocodile

Spectacled caiman

Monitor lizard

Bamboo pit viper

Indian cobra

Indian rock python

Rat snake

Russell's viper

Checkered keelback

King cobra

Red sandboa

Green tree snake

Indian flapshell turtle

Indian black turtle

Crowned river turtle

Travancore tortoise