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  1. LycaonSekowei

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    A thread for the species list of the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Feel free to contribute to the species list :)
     
  2. LycaonSekowei

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    Kid's Zone

    Upper Level

    • Black & White Ruffed Lemur, Ring-Tailed Lemur
    • New Caledonian Giant Gecko
    • Emerald Tree Boa
    • Hourglass Frog, Waxy Tree Frog
    • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
    • Axolotl
    • African Cichlid
    • Giant Tailless Whip Scorpion
    • Damaraland Mole Rat
    • Pancake Tortoise
    • Western Bell's Hingeback Tortoise
    • Magnificent Tree Frog, White's Tree Frog
    • Giant Leaf Insect
    • Kenya Sand Boa
    • Malayan Jungle Nymph
    • Corn Snake
    • Meerkat
    Lower Circle
    • Red-Bellied Piranha
    • Green Tree Python
    • Prehensile-Tailed Skink
    • Poison Dart Frog
    • Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
    • Parma Wallaby
    • Nigerian Dwarf Goat
     
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    What species? Just "poison dart frog" could be any of some dozen regularly encountered species.
     
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    I forgot to take a photo of the sign, so i don't exactly know which species
     
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    What color were they?
     
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    I do remember that one species was a Golden Poison Dart Frog.
     
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    Pacific Seas Aquarium

    Baja Bay
    • Barred Pargo, Bigscale Soldierfish, Blue & Gold Snapper, Convict Tang, Cortez Angelfish, Green Sea Turtle, King Angelfish, Lookdown, Moorish Idol, Panamic Porkfish, Scalloped Hammerhead, Spotted Eagle-Ray
    • Japanese Spider Crab
    • Pacific Herring
    Jellies
    • Egg Yolk Jelly
    • Japanese Sea Nettle
    • Pacific Sea Nettle
    • Lion's Mane Jelly
    • Moon Jelly
    Under The Narrows
    • Black Rockfish, Buffalo Sculpin, Copper Rockfish, Painted Anemone, Plumose Anemone, Quillback Rockfish
    • Blood Star, Crescent Gunnel, Grunt Sculpin, Mosshead Warbonnet, Painted Greenling, Vermillion Star
    • Painted Anemone, Plumose Anemone, Shiner Perch, Striped Perch
    Coastal Kelp Forest
    • Blacksmith, California Sheephead, Garibaldi, Halfmoon, Kelp Bass, Leopard Shark, Rock Wrasse, Tree Fish
    • Giant Pacific Octopus
    • Crimson Anemone, Orange Cup Coral, Plumose Anemone, Spot Prawn
    North Puget Sound Color
    • Canary Rockfish, China Rockfish, Orange Sea Cucumber, Puget Sound King Crab, Puget Sound Rockfish, Strawberry Anemone
    Northwest Waters
    • Black Rockfish, Canary Rockfish, China Rockfish, Fish-Eating Anemone, Giant Plumose Anemone, Ochre Star, Spotted Ratfish, Starry Flounder, Striped Perch, Tiger Rockfish, White Sturgeon, Yellowtail Rockfish
    Tidal Touch Zone
    • Ochre Sea Star, Unidentified Sea Stars & Anemones
    • Shiner Perch
    • Painted Anemone, Unidentified Anemones























     
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    Rocky Shores

    Rocky Shores Main
    • California Sea Lion, Harbor Seal
    • California Sea Lion, Harbor Seal
    • Sea Otter
    Rocky Shores Aviary
    • Common Murre, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin
     
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    Arctic Tundra

    Arctic Circle
    • Polar Bear
    • Arctic Fox
    • Muskox
     
  10. Northwest_FIsh_Keeping

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    I haven't been to the Zoo in a while, but from what I remember they have
    -Golden Poison Dart Frog ( Phyllobates terribilis )
    -Blue Poison Dart Frog ( Dendrobates tinctorius azureus )

    And then I think they had a couple Green & Black Dart Frogs ( Dendrobates auratus )
     
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    Red Wolf Woods

    Wolf Woods

    • Red Wolf
    • Red Wolf
     
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    Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater

    Penguin Point
    • Magellanic Penguin
     
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    Budgie Buddies

    Budgie Aviary (closed)

    Discovery Hut

    • Barn Owl
    • Common Green Iguana, Rhinoceros Iguana
     
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    Asian Forest Sanctuary

    Rotational Exhibits
    • Asian Small-Clawed Otter, Crested Porcupine, Lar Gibbon, Lowland Anoa, Malayan Tapir, Siamang, Sumatran Tiger (rotational)
    • Asian Small-Clawed Otter, Crested Porcupine, Lar Gibbon, Lowland Anoa, Malayan Tapir, Siamang, Sumatran Tiger (rotational)
    • Asian Small-Clawed Otter, Crested Porcupine, Lar Gibbon, Lowland Anoa, Malayan Tapir, Siamang, Sumatran Tiger, Wrinkled Hornbill (rotational)
    • Asian Small-Clawed Otter, Crested Porcupine, Lowland Anoa, Malayan Tapir (rotational)
    • Crested Porcupine, Lowland Anoa, Malayan Tapir, Sumatran Tiger (rotational)
    Elephant Exhibit
    • Asian Elephant
    Cats Of The Canopy
    • Clouded Leopard
     
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    South Pacific Aquarium

    Stingray Cove
    • Bicolor Anthias, Orangeshoulder Tang, Tomato Clownfish
    • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Atlantic Stingray, Ocellated Epaulette Shark, White-Spotted Bamboo Shark
    Lagoon
    • Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Longnose Butterflyfish, Magnificent Foxface, Milletsead Butterflyfish, Painted Sweetlips, Raccoon Butterflyfish, Regal Tang, Silver Moony, Wedgetail Triggerfish, Yellow Tang
    Outer Reef
    • Blackbar Soldierfish, Naso Tang, Nurse Shark, Orbicular Batfish, Sailfin Tang
    • Blacktip Reef Shark, Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Crevalle Jack, Domino Damsel, Golden Trevally, Horse-Eye Jack, Nurse Shark, Sandbar Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Sergeant Major, Whitetail Damsel
     
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    And that is the species list complete! Feel free to contribute to the species list :)
     
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    There is also a tank between these two exhibits for Shield-Backed Kelp Crabs, along with an unidentified fish that I unfortunately forgot to take a picture of.
     
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    I should have mentioned this a little while back, but Sammy, their Sand Tiger Shark passed away, and since it is no longer listed on the website, I'll assume he was the only one, so I have removed him from the species list.
     
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