Chambal – Pavilion of Gharials

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This pavilion is the fiefdom of the most remarkable – and the most endangered – crocodiles in the world: gharials.

Chambal, photo: Petr Hamerník Chambal, photo: Petr Hamerník

Its other denizens include various small fishes and several species of water turtles, such as the critically endangered Southern river terrapin and the brown-roofed turtle, the latter of which Prague Zoo was the first zoo in the world to breed.