ZooChat Challenge BE/NL 2016

Went to Olmense zoo today, and was able to add some more species

103) Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
104) White-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris)
105) Dumeril's boa (Acrantophis dumerili)
106) Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
107) Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)

 

You should restrict this topic for only reptiles seen in Belgium and The Netherlands, because Germany probably has more reptile species that UK. According to number of zoos, and most certantly number of animals and species (for example numberS of both African bush and Asian elephants), Germany is on the top in Europe, and the second in world after US.

 

I feel it's a bit too late to still do that now, to be honest. The rules were set clearly in the beginning, and seeing as some people have visited German zoos and added species of them on their lists, it wouldn't be evident to remove them again.

The reason the UK isn't a part of this competition isn't because of the large amount of reptiles, btw, but more because of the fact that it isn't a neighboring country, thus harder to reach. For some people living in the Netherlands close to the border, German zoos are their "local" zoos, so they shouldn't be excluded in my opinion.

 

Sorry for the double post, but today I went to Blankenberge, for the Serpentarium and Sea Life.
Both of their ZTL pages were fairly outdated as well, so I updated that too.

SERPENTARIUM:
108) Western rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus)
109) Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
110) Zanzibar day gecko (Phelsuma dubia)
111) Yemen chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
112) Pacific giant gecko (Gehyra vorax)
113) Carpet python (Morelia spilota)
114) Giant madagascar chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti)
115) Baron's green racer (Philodryas baroni)
116) Knight anole (Anolis equestris)
117) Puff adder (Bitis arietans)
118) Common snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
119) Black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
120) Beauty ratsnake (Orthriophis taeniurus)
121) Great lakes bush viper (Atheris nitschei)
122) Meller's chameleon (Trioceros melleri)
123) Eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
124) Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
125) Big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
126) Mexican moccasin (Agkistrodon bilineatus)
127) Moellendorff's ratsnake (Orthriophis moellendorffi)
128) Four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
129) Eastern casquehead iguana (Laemanctus longipes)
130) Grey-banded kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna)
131) Nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
132) Cuvier's Madagascar swift (Oplurus cuvieri)
133) Shingleback skink (Tiliqua rugosa)

SEA LIFE:
134) Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis)

 

Finally saw the last on-show species at Blijdorp.

75) Utila spinytail iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)

 

Yesterday I've visited Safaripark Beekse Bergen and only 1 reptile-species is kept there, however a species still not on my 2016-list so I can add it now :
147) Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus )

 

Visited Pairi Daiza today, was able to add quite some species to the list. They have a really impressive collection, though signage isn't always that clear. These did have signage, a follow-up list with things I couldn't immediately identify will come soon.

135) Hilaire's side-necked turtle (Phrynops hilarii)
136) Ploughshare tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora)
137) Tropical spinytail lizard (Cordylus tropidosternum)
138) Common sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus amboinensis)
139) Reeves's turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
140) Yellow-bellied puffing snake (Pseustes sulphureus)
141) Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii)
142) Gould's monitor (Varanus gouldii)
143) Spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)
144) Home's hingeback tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
145) Marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata)
146) Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)
147) Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys)
148) American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
149) Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)
150) Northern Australian snake-necked turtle (Chelodina oblonga)
151) Scrub python (Simalia amethistina)
152) Savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
153) Panamint rattlesnake (Crotalus stephensi)
154) Desert horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)
155) Forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca)
156) Cape cobra (Naja nivea)
157) New Guinea snapping turtle (Elseya novaeguineae) [Previous time I listed it was actually E. branderhorsti, as corrected before]
158) False map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica)
159) Chinese softshell (Pelodiscus sinensis)
160) Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Certainly a very beautiful zoo, with a very impressive collection (And even terraria/aquaria in the toilets!).

 

Here's the rest:

161) Black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
162) Red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa)
163) Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata)

Was also able to identify Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima and Morelia spilota (variegata) in my pictures of animals without signage, but I already saw those species in other zoos.

 

Additions from my visit to Burgers' Zoo:
76) Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
77) Guadeloupe Anole (Anolis marmoratus)
78) Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
79) Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)
80) Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)
81) Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)
82) Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
83) Malaysian Giant Pond Turtle (Orlitia borneensis)
84) Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber)

The beautiful weather caused the turtles at AquaZoo to emerge from their hibernation, so was able to see those as well:
85) Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
86) European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis)
87) Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)

 

Went to Cologne sunday! Saw a lot of species, because I had a lot of time (and an extra pair of eyes) to spot animals.

164) Quince monitor (Varanus melinus)
165) Tri-colored monitor (Varanus yuwonoi)
166) Vietnamese golden gecko (Gekko badenii)
167) Pricklenape, unknown species (Acanthosaura sp.)
168) Marbled gecko (Gekko grossmanni)
169) Vietnamese forest lizard (Calotes bachae)
170) Stimson's python (Antaresia stimsoni)
171) Dwarf bearded dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni)
172) Line-tailed pygmy monitor (Varanus caudolineatus)
173) Turquoise monitor (Varanus caerulivirens) !
174) Rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata)
175) Blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei)
176) Black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
177) White-throated gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
178) Baja California rock lizard (Petrosaurus thalassinus)
179) Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)
180) Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis)
181) Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)
182) Peacock monitor (Varanus auffenbergi)
183) Bronze mabuya (Eutropis macularia)
184) Mindanao water monitor (Varanus cumingi)
185) Golden tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
186) Common butterfly lizard (Leiolepis belliana) !
187) West African mud turtle (Pelusios castaneus)
188) Blue rainbow lizard (Agama lionotus)
189) Brown house snake (Boaedon fuliginosus)
190) Yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
191) Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)
192) Vietnamese three-striped box turtle (Cuora cyclornata)
193) Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
194) Madagascar girdled lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis)
195) African egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis scabra)

 

Had a quick visit to Nausicaá today, and while not enormous they did have some reptiles;

196) Lowland corn snake (Pantherophis emoryi)
197) Long-tailed grass lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus)
198) Oriental whip snake (Ahaetulla prasina)
199) Standing's day gecko (Phelsuma standingi)

And then a tortoise species I haven't been able to identify, and doesn't seem to be listed on ZTL at all in any zoo...

That makes 200

 

Do you have pictures of this mystery tortoise, maybe a ZooChatter can help to identify it.

 

Yeah I do, here it is; http://i.imgur.com/JwpcNSZ.jpg

They were around 30-40cm long, there were only 2, and as seen they had very thick white rings, unlike any other tortoise species listed on ZTL. The only things that come close are maybe aldabra giant tortoises, but they have much thinner white lines when young and as small as these 2.

 

^Fixed, apparently they were juvenile Galapagos giant tortoises xD

Anyways, visited Zie-ZOO friday (moreso for the carnivore evening, at which they showed their Marsh mongoose), and saw one more species!

200) Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

 

Antwerp switched out their Berberskink for a San Francisco garter snake, so:

201) Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

 

Still have to work out the species-list of species seen at Serpentarium Blanckenberge , SeaLife Blanckenberge and some German collections but from my visit last weekend to Wildland Adventure Zoo in Emmen I can add 1 new species :
148 ) Chinese alligator ( Alligator sinensis )

 

Hoping to add 2 new species to my list last weekend by visiting Artisklas in Haarlem last weekend. They are the only keeper o Common wall lizards and European grass snakes in the Netherlands but I had bad luck. The European grass snakes were behind the scenes because they are still to small ( and are not growing as fast as expected ) and the Common wall lizards found it not sunny enough to show themselfs so for the moment my toatal number still stays 148 .

 

I've worked out the species-list of my visit to the Serpentarium Blackenberge in Belgium on May 16 this year and can add a good number of species :
149 ) Blue spiny lizard ( Sceloporus cyanogenys )
150 ) Nose horned viper ( Vipera ammodytes )
151 ) Pacific giant gecko ( Gehyra vorax )
152 ) Common snake-necked turtle ( Chelodina longicollis )
153 ) Cuvier's Madagascar iguana ( Oplurus cuvieri )
154 ) Big-headed turtle ( Platysternon megacephalum )
155 ) Eastern casquehead iguana ( Laemanctus longipes )
156 ) Copperhead ( Agkistrodon contortrix )
157 ) Baron's green racer ( Philodryas baroni )
158 ) Common cantil ( Agkistrodon bilineatus )
159 ) Moellendorff's ratsnake ( Orthriophis moellendorffi )
160 ) Monocled cobra ( Naja kaouthia )
161 ) Rhinoceros viper ( Bitis nasicornis )
162 ) Crocodile skink ( Tribolonotus gracilis )
163 ) Dull day gecko ( Phelsuma dubia )
164 ) Western rattlesnake ( Crotalus oreganus )
165 ) Puff adder ( Bitis arietans )
166 ) Knight anole ( Anolis equestris )
167 ) Black mamba ( Dendroaspis polylepis )
168 ) Great Lake bush viper ( Atheris nitschei )
169 ) Spiny-tailed monitor ( Varanus acanthurus )
170 ) Shingleback skink ( Tiliqua rugosa
171 ) Grey-banded kingsnake ( Lampropeltis alterna )
172 ) Four-lined ratsnake Elaphe quatuorlineata )
173 ) Desert iguana ( Dipsosaurus dorsalis )
A nice number of new species but even so I missed 2 species ( Oustalet's and Meller's chameleon ). Don't know what happened with those 2 species ( sold, behind the scenes or died ?? ) because Vision saw them both on his visit 2 months earlier.

 

Last weekends visit to Burger's Zoo resulted in 6 new species :
174 ) Malaysian giant pond turtle ( Orlitia borneensis )
174 ) Cuban brown anole ( Anolis sagrei )
175 ) Broad-nosed caiman ( Caiman latirostris )
176 ) Guadeloupe anole ( Anolis marmoratus )
177 ) Eastern short-necked turtle ( Emydura macquarii )
178 ) Red diamont rattlesnake ( Crotalus ruber )

 

Just discovered I forgot 1 species which I have seen in 2 collections this year ( SeaLife Blanckenberge and Wildlife Adventures - Emmen :
179 ) Green turtle ( Chelonia mydas )