Lake Charles Zoo: 2023

Entrance Park

A: Entrance and exit

B: Gift store

C: Zoo offices


1- West African dwarf goat (Capra hircus aegagrus)

2- American miniature pig (Sus scrofa domestica)

3- Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

4- Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

5- barred owl (Strix varia)

6- Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

D: Animal Ambassador encounter

● Eastern sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita)

● Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)

● Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)

● Ball python (Python regius)

● Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)

● Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)


7- Atlantic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus grypus)

8- Humboldt penguin (Sphenischus humboldti)

E: Fountain View Restaurant


9- Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), Andean Goose (Chloephaga melanoptera), rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca)


East Asia Lane

10- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula), red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis), common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), gadwall (Mareca strepera), peninsula Cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis), Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

11- Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra), ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)

12- Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

F: Animal care center


13- Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)

G: Zoo Museum


14- Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus), Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)


Louisiana wilds

15- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)

16- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

17- North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

18- Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

19- North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

20- American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

21- Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris), wood stork (Mycteria americana), American black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli), American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), giant wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha), American coot (Fulica americana), ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys), redhead (Aythya americana), northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

H: Bayou Up Close

● Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

● Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

● Red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)

● American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

● American green tree frog (Dryophytes cinereus)

● Burmese python (Python bivittatus)

● Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)

● Eastern Indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)

● Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

● Western Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius streckeri)

● Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

● Broadhead Skink (Plestiodon laticeps)

● Green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

● Green iguana (Iguana iguana)

● Southern Two-Striped Walkingstick (Ansiomorpha buprestoides)

● Red Swamp Crawfish (Procambarus clarkii)

● Blue crayfish (Procambarus alleni)

● Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides), green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), common shiner (Luxilus cornutus), blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus), bowfin (Amia calva), shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

South America

I: Feathered realm

● Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

● Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris), African jacana (Actophilornis africanus)

● Edward’s Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi), Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella), Chestnut-Backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)

● Visayan tarictic hornbill (Penelopides panini panini)

● Mariana Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), Guam Rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni)

● Grosbeak starling (Scissirostrum dubium), white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus), Siamese laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus diardi), imperial pied pigeon (Ducula bicolor), luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica), superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), white-naped pigeon-pheasant (Otidiphaps aruensis), Western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata), Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense)

● Purple starling (Lamprotornis purpureus), snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla), green turaco (Tauraco persa persa), Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis)

● White-throated bee eater (Merops albicollis), blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus)

● Crimson-rumped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus)

● Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

● Yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela), Pacific hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus), spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana), flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii), red-legged honeyeater (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

● Edward's fig-parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii)

● Channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

● Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), brown lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei), varied lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor), Buru king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis buruensis), greater crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans elegans), crested bronzewing (Ocyphaps lophotes), Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), Australian zebra finch (Taeniopygia castanotis)


J: South American Tropics

● Linnaeus’s Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus), southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), coppery Titi (Plecturocebus cupreus), Geoffroy’s Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), bearded emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator subgrisescens), red-Rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), grey-winged trumpeter (Psophia crepitans), red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

● Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

● Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalota)

● Brazilian cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)

● Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)

● Brazilian salmon-pink bird-eating tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)

● Smooth-fronted caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus), yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), mata-mata (Chelus fimbriatus), tiger river stingray (Potamotrygon tigrina), ripsaw catfish (Oxydoras niger), silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus), banded leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus)

● Dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius), Golfodulcean dart frog (Phyllobates vittatus), green-black dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)

● Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis), silver dollar (Metynnis argenteus), freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)

● Red-Bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)

● Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)



22- Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

23- Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), Red brocket deer (Mazama americana), horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)

24- Guianan Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

25- Jaguar (Panthera onca)

26- Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari)


African plains

27- Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)

28- Southeast African lion (Panthera leo melanochaita)

29- Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), common ostrich (Struthio camelus)

30- Grant’s Zebra (Equus quagga boehmi), Ellipsen Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsiprymnus), Lowland Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)


Pachyderm place

31- Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

32- Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata), Nubian Soemmerring’s Gazelle (Nanger soemmerringii soemmerringii)

K: Education building

L: Endangered Species Herpetarium

● Blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi)

● Quince monitor (Varanus melinus)

● Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), Brandenhorst's snapping turtle (Elseya branderhorsti)

● Beauty rat snake (Elaphe taeniura), elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata), golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata)

● Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus), black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)

● San Esteban chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius), Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)

● Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)

● King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

● Jamaican boa (Chilabothrus subflavus)

● Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

● Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

● Emperor newt (Tylototriton shanjing)

● Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)

● Mountain chicken frog (Leptodactylus fallax)

● Golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca), Mayotte Madagascar frog (Blommersia transmarina)

● Lake Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus)

● Peacock tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)

● Mexican redknee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii)

● Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis)

● Radiolate partula snail (Partula radiolata)


33- Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

34- Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger), radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

M: African Manor (indoor quarters for 30-31)

● Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

● Black and rufous elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi)


Jungle realm

35- Indochinese leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa)

N: Wild Cat Pavilion

● Black-Footed Cat (Felis nigripes)


36- Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

37- Caracal (Caracal caracal)

38- Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

39- Sumatran Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii rafflesi)

40- Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis)

O: West African rainforest and moonlit cave (indoor quarters for 39 and 41)

● Southern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis granti)

● Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena)

● Garnett's greater galago (Otolemur garnettii), African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus)

● Pygmy slow loris (Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus)

● Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

● Southern African spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus)

● African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

● Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)

● Grey short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

● King baboon spider (Pelinobius muticus)

● Emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

● Giant African millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)


41- Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

42- Okapi (Okapia johnstoni), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)

43- Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)

44- Red-flanked duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus), Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana)

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@Austin the Sengi Aww thanks! I'm glad you like it so much!