Parrots Papua, monkeys Medan, sugar gliders from the Spice Islands, Maluku cuscus; if it has claws and a tail, unfortunately you can find on sale on Jalan Barito.
But the street is not only home to an exotic array of pets. More domestic creatures - cats, toy rabbits, snakes, turtles, iguanas and puppies are for sale along this road
."When the Harry Potter films came out the baby owls were very popular," said Iman, who preferred not to be photographed and asked not to use his real name. "But sugar gliders are usually the most popular animal we sell to small children and families."
Gliders, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, are nocturnal creatures like squirrels with little faces and endearing prehensile tails.
Families stroll along Jalan Barito in search of the perfect pet, while the bird collectors pop in and out of their favorite shops eyeing cages, rummaging for friend in perfect feathers to add to their growing menagerie.
But if you are looking for something a little less pedestrian, head down in some of the antechambers and search and ask if anyone has ayam cemani , chickens mystical black for sale.
"They have the black and dark meat bones," says Iman. "People say they have magical powers."
A quick search later confirms the assumptions of Iman, and reveals that farmers around the world often refer to the whole black chicken, famous for their black feathers glistening like "poultry Lamborghini" .
Iman dismisses the rumor that the eager buyers could buy something like a baby orangutan or slow loris. "It's illegal. There is nothing like that here," he said. "Maybe it was 20 or 30 years, but these days nothing like this is available here. We try to avoid the illegal wildlife trade. We do not want to do anything illegal that could cause us trouble. "
Whether or not all animals for sale along Jalan Barito should be sold on the open market is a discussion at a later date. But the point remains that if there were no demand, there would be no supply. So as long as moms and dads make their way to the south Jakarta street in search of the perfect pet, monkeys are caged together baby owls and cuscus, leaving us to wonder whether the illegal trade in animals never end.