The East Bay Vivarium is one of the oldest retail herpetological stores in the country and specializes in production and sales of reptiles, amphibians and arachnids as well as related accessories such as cages, supplies, food and books. It carries all manner of snakes, lizards, tortoises, turtles, toads, salamanders, tarantulas and scorpions. The aisles are stacked with vertical cages, each containing an exotic creature.