Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo species list (January 2023)

Here is a species list for Santa Fe College Zoo from my visit in late January.


ENTRANCE + FLORIDA AREA

• White-headed Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)

• Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)

• Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

• Barred Owl (Strix varia)

• Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

• Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri)

• American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

• Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

• Florida Keys White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium)

FLORIDA BIRDS AVIARY

• Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
• Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
• Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
• Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
• Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
• Redhead Duck (Aythya americana)
• Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

REPTILE "BUILDING" EXHIBITS

• Florida King Snake (Lampropeltis floridana)

• Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)

• Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)

• Common Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)

• Green-black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)

• Ornate Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin ornata)

• Solomons Giant Skink (Corucia zebrata) - NOT SEEN

• Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri)

• Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) - NOT SEEN

• European Glass Lizard (Pseudopus apodus)

• Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)

• Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)

• Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius azureus) - Unsigned
• Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) - Unsigned

• False Water Cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas) - NOT SEEN

• Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

AUSTRALASIA AREA

• Oriental Small-clawed Otter (Amblonyx cinerea)

• Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)

• Matschie's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

NYALA + LARGE TORTOISE YARDS

• Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
• Gray Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
• Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)

• Brown Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys emys)
• Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) - Unsigned

CENTER AREA

• Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciurus)

• Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)

• Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar)

• Caracal (Caracal caracal)

• Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

WEST SIDE*

• Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

• Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

• Gray Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - NOT SEEN

• Green Turaco (Tauraco persa)
• Fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

• Golden Conure (Guaruba guarouba)

• Yellow-crowned Amazona (Amazona ochrocephala) - NOT SEEN

• Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

*Map still shows Guanacos on display, but last individuals died and only home to tortoise now.


FREE RANGE*

• Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

*Bird is signed and is a part of collection.