Doesn't look like anybody has done a species list for my local zoo, so after a visit this afternoon, I have compiled a comprehensive list of species on display at the San Antonio Zoo as of December 14th, 2021. It was a very productive day, with very few no shows, and a number of new species on display that I have not seen here before. Exhibits/areas will be in bold. No shows will be in italics. Entry Plaza American flamingo Red ruffed lemur Black-and-white ruffed lemur Bear Grottos Spotted hyena American black bear Spectacled bear Asian Rainforest Komodo dragon Reticulated python White-cheeked gibbon Asian small-clawed otter Francois' langur Friedrich Aquarium Sexy dancer shrimp Thinstripe hermit crab (unsigned) Upside down jellyfish Whitespotted bamboo shark Epaulette shark Banded bamboo shark Spotted scat Painted grouper Big eye soldierfish Harlequin tusk wrasse Raccoon butterflyfish (unsigned) Reef triggerfish (unsigned) Redtooth triggerfish Atlantic moon jellyfish Narrow bridged musk turtle Redtail splitfin Spotted leaf fish African jewelfish (unsigned) Green spotted puffer (unsigned) Lemon damselfish (unsigned) Silver mono Archerfish Cardinal tetra Discus sp. Rummy nose tetra Black neon tetra Cockatoo cichlid Twig catfish Porkfish Green moray eel Atlantic lookdown Queen angelfish Atlantic sergeant major (unsigned) Smallmouth grunt (unsigned) Yellow tang Coral beauty angelfish Percula clownfish Arrow crab (unsigned) Royal gramma (unsigned) Banggai cardinalfish (unsigned) Pajama cardinalfish (unsigned) Powder blue tang (unsigned) Convict surgeonfish (unsigned) Powder brown tang (unsigned) Pinstripe wrasse Minckley’s cichlid Uaru Cupid cichlid Fly River turtle Boeseman’s rainbowfish New Guinea red rainbowfish Lake Tebera yellow rainbowfish Turquoise rainbowfish Dwarf rainbowfish Maroon clownfish Blue regal tang Foxface rabbitfish Falco hawkfish Algae blenny La Palma pupfish Degeni cichlid Yellowtail blue damselfish Blacktail damselfish Zebra moray eel Snowflake moray eel Lined seahorse Yellowhead jawfish Clown loach Silver shark minnow Giant gourami Tinfoil barb Pinstripe damba Black diamond cichlid A few other unsigned species I couldn't ID Cat Grottos Ringtail Fishing cat Northern treeshrew Fossa Red-and-green macaw (outside) Military macaw (outside) Clouded leopard American mink Caracal Neotropica Black-throated magpie-jay Jaguar Cuvier's dwarf caiman Seba's short-tailed bat Chupacabra (Yes, really. Just a sculpture in an unused habitat, but it's got a sign and everything, so I'll throw it on here) Panamanian white-faced capuchin King vulture Burrowing owl White-throated toucan Sandhill crane Bar-headed goose Madagascar teal Redhead Chiloe wigeon Common shelduck Yellow anaconda Various unsigned fish species Golden-headed lion tamarin Golden lion tamarin Neotropica walk-in aviary Scarlet ibis Roseate spoonbill Ringed teal Laysan teal Northern pintail Marbled teal White-winged duck Amphibia Anthony's dart frog Terrible poison dart frog Rio grande siren Golfoducean dart frog Rio Cauca caecilian Danube crested newt Black spotted newt Magnificent tree frog Panamanian golden frog Lemur leaf frog Red eyed leaf frog Orange legged monkey frog Puerto Rican crested toad Asian spotted climbing toad Mexican giant leaf frog Green mantella Suriname toad Assassin snail Amazon milk frog Laotian warty newt Iranian harlequin newt Kronkosky's Tiny Tot Nature Spot Dromedary camel Red eared slider Diamondback terrapin Spotted gar Rio Grande cichlid Green sunfish Largemouth bass Texas cooter Common squirrel monkey Southern tamandua Nine-banded armadillo Aldabra giant tortoise Ruddy duck Greater flamingo Flamingo Mingle Pond American flamingo Swan goose Magpie goose Common shelduck Radjah shelduck Bar headed goose American white pelican Whooping crane Malayan tapir Babirusa Great egret (wild) Green heron (wild) Snowy egret (wild) Cattle egret (wild) Black-crowned night-heron (wild) Black vulture (wild) Black-bellied whistling-duck (wild) Mallard (wild) Wood duck (wild) Birds of the World Ross’s turaco Crested guineafowl Western crowned pigeon Ivory billed aracari Wreathed hornbill Boat billed heron Hadada ibis Raggiana bird of paradise Red and yellow barbet Red legged sereima Palm cockatoo Black necked aracari Buff crested bustard Helmeted curassow Red fan parrot Green oropendola Peruvian thickknee Blue bellied roller Bald eagle Sulawesi ground dove Black spotted barbet Curl crested aracari Congo peafowl Violet turaco Collared kingfisher (unsigned, probably a new arrival) Grey winged trumpeter Guira cuckoo Blue headed dove Greater roadrunner Magpie shrike Racket tailed roller Germain’s peacock pheasant Nicobar pigeon Bali myna Baer’s pochard Black swan Hooded merganser Common goldeneye Fulvous whistling duck Hooded crane Hawaiian goose Barrow’s goldeneye Giant Mexican mud turtle Black crowned crane Chilean flamingo Demoiselle crane Southern screamer Australian wood duck Gharial Hamilton’s pond turtle Indian flapshell turtle False gharial American alligator Cuban tree duck Giant South American turtle Channel catfish Black necked swan Koi Nile tilapia Northern shoveler (wild) Hixon Bird House Victoria crowned pigeon (outside) Laughing kookaburra (outside) Inca tern Laughing gull American avocet Sunbittern Black necked stilt Micronesian kingfisher Luzon bleeding heart dove Red capped cardinal Blue grey tanager Great blue turaco Taveta golden weaver White headed buffalo weaver Golden crested myna Tambourine dove Black and white mannakin Namaqua dove Red pileated finch Yellow mantled widowbird Snowy crested robin chat Diamond dove Golden breasted starling Crested coua Bartlett’s bleeding heart dove White eared bulbul Red billed leiothrix Andean tinamou Golden white eye Hottentot teal Emerald starling Crested wood partridge Amethyst starling Blue capped cordonbleu Wild Australia Matschie’s tree kangaroo Rainbow lorikeet Zebra dove Masked plover Crested pigeon Pied imperial pigeon Straw necked ibis Metallic starling Emerald dove Spotted tree duck Western grey kangaroo Northern cassowary Emu Big Cat Valley African crested porcupine Bush dog Sumatran tiger African lion Blue duiker Giant anteater Common warthog Red river hog Dama gazelle Kirk's dikdik Addax Africa Live! (savannah area) Secretarybird White rhinoceros Plains zebra Sitatunga Waterbuck Marabou stork White stork Common ostrich Giraffe Asian elephant Rock hyrax Crowned hornbill Buff-crested bustard African painted dog Dwarf mongoose Okapi Africa Live! (walk-in aviary) Superb starling Magpie shrike Bruce’s green fruit pigeon Triangular spotted pigeon Rose ringed parakeet Greater Vasa parrot Hamerkop Congo peafowl Blue-bellied roller Abdim's stork Madagascar teal Wolf's guenon Angolan colobus Africa Live! (indoor exhibits) Nile crocodile Common hippopotamus Veiled chameleon Red spitting cobra Ethiopian mountain viper Eastern green mamba African rock python African dwarf crocodile West African mud turtle Shield-tailed agama Ebony uromastyx Tropical girdled lizard Freshwater butterflyfish Upside down catfish Yellow tailed Congo tetra Madagascan rainbowfish Ropefish Peter's elephantnose fish Pictus catfish Ornate bichir Giraffe catfish African arowana Humphead cichlid Various unsigned fish Reptile House Komodo dragon (new hatchlings) Giant horned lizard Dunn’s hog nosed pit viper San Luis Potosi kingsnake Southern pygmy spiny tailed skink Slender glass lizard Eyelash viper Komodo dragon Mangshan mountain viper New Caledonia giant gecko Southern alligator lizard Jamaican boa Okinawan habu Solomon Islands spiny monitor Psychedelic rock gecko Philippine tree skink Sri Lankan pit viper Eastern Pilbara spiny tailed skink Roti Island snake necked turtle Fiji banded iguana Rhinoceros rat snake Taylor’s cantil New Mexico ridge nosed rattlesnake Banded rock rattlesnake Mexican knob scaled lizard Northern Mexican alligator lizard Southwestern speckled rattlesnake Durango mountain kingsnake Mexican milksnake Palestine viper Caucasus viper Mexican lance headed rattlesnake Karaganda pit viper European long nosed pit viper Emerald alligator lizard Rowley’s pit viper Horned pit viper Dinnik’s viper Ashy pit viper Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake Ornate palm viper Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake Spider tortoise Standing's day gecko Cuvier's swift lizard McGregor’s pit viper Timber rattlesnake Western diamondback rattlesnake Broad banded copperhead Trans Pecos ratsnake Trans Pecos copperhead Henkel’s leaf tailed gecko Cagle’s map turtle King cobra Mexican beaded lizard Not counting wild animals, repeats in different areas, or specimens I could not identify (or the chupacabra), I counted a grand total of 376 species or subspecies on display at the zoo, with 366 being visible during my visit. Hope this was helpful! Any questions or comments are greatly appreciated.
Amazing second post! I do have one question, you list Northern cassowary, but these are extremely rare in North America. Is this an error for Southern Cassowary, or are they signed as Northern?
It was incredibly helpful actually, as San Antonio was one of the few major zoos we did not have an complete, accurate species list for. Thank you for the update, and likewise welcome to the forum!
Quick update to my San Antonio species list from yesterday, fixed a couple mistakes and added a couple species present in multiple areas. Entry Plaza American flamingo Red ruffed lemur Black-and-white ruffed lemur Bear Grottos Spotted hyena American black bear Spectacled bear Asian Rainforest Komodo dragon Reticulated python White-cheeked gibbon Asian small-clawed otter Francois' langur Friedrich Aquarium Sexy dancer shrimp Thinstripe hermit crab (unsigned) Upside down jellyfish Whitespotted bamboo shark Epaulette shark Banded bamboo shark Spotted scat Painted grouper Big eye soldierfish Harlequin tusk wrasse Raccoon butterflyfish (unsigned) Reef triggerfish (unsigned) Redtooth triggerfish Atlantic moon jellyfish Narrow bridged musk turtle Redtail splitfin Spotted leaf fish African jewelfish (unsigned) Green spotted puffer (unsigned) Lemon damselfish (unsigned) Silver mono Archerfish Cardinal tetra Discus sp. Rummy nose tetra Black neon tetra Cockatoo cichlid Twig catfish Porkfish Green moray eel Atlantic lookdown Queen angelfish Atlantic sergeant major (unsigned) Smallmouth grunt (unsigned) Yellow tang Coral beauty angelfish Percula clownfish Arrow crab (unsigned) Royal gramma (unsigned) Banggai cardinalfish (unsigned) Pajama cardinalfish (unsigned) Powder blue tang (unsigned) Convict surgeonfish (unsigned) Powder brown tang (unsigned) Pinstripe wrasse Minckley’s cichlid Uaru Cupid cichlid Fly River turtle Boeseman’s rainbowfish New Guinea red rainbowfish Lake Tebera yellow rainbowfish Turquoise rainbowfish Dwarf rainbowfish Maroon clownfish Blue regal tang Foxface rabbitfish Falco hawkfish Algae blenny La Palma pupfish Degeni cichlid Yellowtail blue damselfish Blacktail damselfish Zebra moray eel Snowflake moray eel Lined seahorse Yellowhead jawfish Clown loach Silver shark minnow Giant gourami Tinfoil barb Pinstripe damba Black diamond cichlid A few other unsigned species I couldn't ID Cat Grottos Ringtail Fishing cat Northern treeshrew Fossa Red-and-green macaw (outside) Military macaw (outside) Clouded leopard American mink Caracal Neotropica Black-throated magpie-jay Jaguar Cuvier's dwarf caiman Seba's short-tailed bat Chupacabra (Yes, really. Just a sculpture in an unused habitat, but it's got a sign and everything, so I'll throw it on here) Panamanian white-faced capuchin King vulture Burrowing owl White-throated toucan Sandhill crane Bar-headed goose Madagascar teal Redhead Chiloe wigeon Common shelduck Yellow anaconda Various unsigned fish species Golden-headed lion tamarin Golden lion tamarin Neotropica walk-in aviary Scarlet ibis Roseate spoonbill Ringed teal Laysan teal Northern pintail Marbled teal White-winged duck Amphibia Anthony's dart frog Terrible poison dart frog Rio grande siren Golfoducean dart frog Rio Cauca caecilian Danube crested newt Black spotted newt Magnificent tree frog Panamanian golden frog Lemur leaf frog Red eyed leaf frog Orange legged monkey frog Puerto Rican crested toad Asian spotted climbing toad Mexican giant leaf frog Green mantella Suriname toad Assassin snail Amazon milk frog Laotian warty newt Iranian harlequin newt Kronkosky's Tiny Tot Nature Spot Dromedary camel Red eared slider Diamondback terrapin Spotted gar Rio Grande cichlid Green sunfish Largemouth bass Texas cooter Common squirrel monkey Southern tamandua Nine-banded armadillo Aldabra giant tortoise Ruddy duck Greater flamingo Flamingo Mingle Pond American flamingo Swan goose Magpie goose Common shelduck Radjah shelduck Bar headed goose American white pelican Whooping crane Malayan tapir Babirusa Great egret (wild) Green heron (wild) Snowy egret (wild) Cattle egret (wild) Black-crowned night-heron (wild) Black vulture (wild) Black-bellied whistling-duck (wild) Mallard (wild) Wood duck (wild) Birds of the World Ross’s turaco Crested guineafowl Western crowned pigeon Ivory billed aracari Wreathed hornbill Boat billed heron Hadada ibis Raggiana bird of paradise Red and yellow barbet Red legged sereima Palm cockatoo Black necked aracari Buff crested bustard Helmeted curassow Red fan parrot Green oropendola Peruvian thickknee Blue bellied roller Bald eagle Sulawesi ground dove Black spotted barbet Curl crested aracari Congo peafowl Violet turaco Collared kingfisher (unsigned, probably a new arrival) Grey winged trumpeter Guira cuckoo Blue headed dove Greater roadrunner Magpie shrike Racket tailed roller Germain’s peacock pheasant Nicobar pigeon Bali myna Baer’s pochard Black swan Hooded merganser Common goldeneye Fulvous whistling duck Hooded crane Hawaiian goose Barrow’s goldeneye Giant Mexican mud turtle Black crowned crane Chilean flamingo Demoiselle crane Southern screamer Australian wood duck Gharial Hamilton’s pond turtle Indian flapshell turtle False gharial American alligator Cuban tree duck Giant South American turtle Channel catfish Black necked swan Koi Nile tilapia Northern shoveler (wild) Egyptian goose (wild) Hixon Bird House Victoria crowned pigeon (outside) Laughing kookaburra (outside) Tawny frogmouth (outside) Palm cockatoo (outside) Inca tern Laughing gull American avocet Sunbittern Black necked stilt Micronesian kingfisher Luzon bleeding heart dove Red capped cardinal Blue grey tanager Great blue turaco Taveta golden weaver White headed buffalo weaver Golden crested myna Tambourine dove Black and white mannakin Namaqua dove Red pileated finch Yellow mantled widowbird Snowy crested robin chat Diamond dove Golden breasted starling Crested coua Bartlett’s bleeding heart dove White eared bulbul Red billed leiothrix Andean tinamou Golden white eye Hottentot teal Emerald starling Crested wood partridge Amethyst starling Blue capped cordonbleu Wild Australia Matschie’s tree kangaroo Rainbow lorikeet Zebra dove Masked plover Crested pigeon Pied imperial pigeon Straw necked ibis Metallic starling Emerald dove Spotted tree duck Western grey kangaroo Southern cassowary Emu Big Cat Valley African crested porcupine Bush dog Sumatran tiger African lion Blue duiker Giant anteater Common warthog Red river hog Dama gazelle Kirk's dikdik Addax Africa Live! (savannah area) Secretarybird White rhinoceros Plains zebra Sitatunga Waterbuck Marabou stork White stork Common ostrich Giraffe Asian elephant Rock hyrax Crowned hornbill Buff-crested bustard African painted dog Dwarf mongoose Okapi Africa Live! (walk-in aviary) Superb starling Magpie shrike Bruce’s green fruit pigeon Triangular spotted pigeon Rose ringed parakeet Greater Vasa parrot Hamerkop Congo peafowl Blue-bellied roller Abdim's stork Madagascar teal Wolf's guenon Angolan colobus Africa Live! (indoor exhibits) Nile crocodile Common hippopotamus Veiled chameleon Red spitting cobra Ethiopian mountain viper Eastern green mamba African rock python African dwarf crocodile West African mud turtle Shield-tailed agama Ebony uromastyx Tropical girdled lizard Freshwater butterflyfish Upside down catfish Yellow tailed Congo tetra Madagascan rainbowfish Ropefish Peter's elephantnose fish Pictus catfish Ornate bichir Giraffe catfish African arowana Humphead cichlid Various unsigned fish, mainly African cichlids Reptile House Komodo dragon (new hatchlings) Giant horned lizard Dunn’s hog nosed pit viper San Luis Potosi kingsnake Southern pygmy spiny tailed skink Slender glass lizard Eyelash viper Mangshan mountain viper New Caledonia giant gecko Southern alligator lizard Jamaican boa Okinawan habu Solomon Islands spiny monitor Psychedelic rock gecko Philippine tree skink Sri Lankan pit viper Eastern Pilbara spiny tailed skink Roti Island snake necked turtle Fiji banded iguana Rhinoceros rat snake Taylor’s cantil New Mexico ridge nosed rattlesnake Banded rock rattlesnake Mexican knob scaled lizard Northern Mexican alligator lizard Southwestern speckled rattlesnake Durango mountain kingsnake Mexican milksnake Palestine viper Caucasus viper Mexican lance headed rattlesnake Karaganda pit viper European long nosed pit viper Emerald alligator lizard Rowley’s pit viper Horned pit viper Dinnik’s viper Ashy pit viper Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake Ornate palm viper Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake Spider tortoise Standing's day gecko Cuvier's swift lizard McGregor’s pit viper Timber rattlesnake Western diamondback rattlesnake Broad banded copperhead Trans Pecos ratsnake Trans Pecos copperhead Henkel’s leaf tailed gecko Cagle’s map turtle King cobra Mexican beaded lizard
This is an extremely impressive and detailed list! Thank you for taking the time to write down such good notes and sharing them on this forum! The San Antonio Zoo is one of my favorites because they've maintained such a broad and high-quality collection of birds and reptiles over the years, and they've managed to do this while retaining some of their hoofstock collection - all of it in a relatively small area! I think they have great exhibits and a great use of space. It's an 8-hour drive for me, so I only get to San Antonio about once a decade, and it seems like they've retained most of the species that I remember from my last visit in July of 2013. The only notable species missing (from my perspective) are Peruvian Pigeon, White-crowned Pigeon, and Red-flanked Duiker. Does anyone know if they still maintain and breed these? It's possible that these were pulled inside for the winter. I think they also had a pair of Wattled Cranes, but I might be wrong. I believe that the Greater Vasa Parrots, Great Blue Turacos, Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise, Blue-headed Dove, and Gold-crested Mynahs are new since my last visit, but it's such a large bird collection that I might have missed them. I'm happy to see that they still have Sitatunga - I see those less and less (as is the case with most African antelopes unfortunately). Thank you again - your list made my day!
I had a chance to visit the zoo again today after the renovation of the Hixon Bird House, so I'll update the species list a bit as there have been a few new additions there and at the reptile house. First, in the Hixon Bird House, I saw three new species since my last visit, all lifers for me, those being: African silverbill (Euodice cantans) African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) Hooded pitta (Pitta sordida) In the reptile house, within the past few months they have added: Black-tailed horned pitviper (Mixcoatlus melanurus) Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti)
Update time once again! Two new species in Amphibia this time, those being: Green salamander (Aneides aeneus) Purple harlequin toad (Atelopus barbotini)
Neither did I! I also noticed quite a bit of updated signage throughout the zoo, mainly in the aquarium and bird exhibits, so I'm guessing they only arrived in the past couple days
All signage was removed in the aquarium on Sunday, so I imagine that was the case. Was sorely needed though in the aquarium, the signage is horribly outdated.
A few new species are now on display at the zoo as of September 16th. In Neotropica, there are a couple new bird species, those being: Great curassow (Crax rubra) Red-breasted toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) At the new Discovery PLAYce, radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) have been added, and finally, in Africa Live!, a carpet chameleon (Furcifer lateralis) has been added
Here's a list of all the butterfly species I was able to ID in the new butterfly house: Whitened bluewing (Myscelia cyaniris) Mexican bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) Rice paper butterfly (Idea leuconoe) Common tiger glassywing (Tithorea harmonia) Black-and-white Helen (Papilio nephelus) Red postman (Heliconius erato) Brown clipper (Parthenos sylvia philippensis) Postman (Heliconius melpomene) Great mormon (Papilio memnon) Great yellow mormon (Papilio lowii) Thoas swallowtail (Heraclides thoas) Blue clipper (Parthenos sylvia) Banded peacock swallowtail (Papilio crino) Dusky owl-butterfly (Caligo illioneus) Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale) Leopard lacewing (Cethosia cyane) Gray cracker (Hamadryas februa) Scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia) Polydamas swallowtail (Battus polydamas) Red rim (Biblis hyperia) False zebra longwing (Heliconius atthis) Magnificent owl-butterfly (Caligo atreus) Forest giant owl-butterfly (Caligo eurilochus) Eastern giant swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) African moon moth (Argema mimosae) Pale owl-butterfly (Caligo telamonius) Common morpho (Morpho helenor) Giant charaxes (Charaxes castor) Blue-spotted charaxes (Charaxes cithaeron) Costa Rican glasswing (Greta morgane) Julia longwing (Dryas iulia) Great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) Isabella tiger (Eueides isabella) Green-banded swallowtail (Papilio nireus) Mocker swallowtail (Papilio dardarnus) Numata longwing (Heliconius numata) Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) Rusty-tipped page (Siproeta epaphus)
