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  1. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    An update to my previous Dec 2019 list. Blue bold are new additions, losses are in red at the end. I've made a few changes noted in the news thread past February to make it as up-to-date as possible.

    Asia
    Sloth Bear
    Clouded Leopard
    Fishing Cat
    Asian Small-Clawed Otter
    Red Panda
    Giant Panda
    Northern Snakehead
    Asian Elephant

    African Loop
    Cheetah
    Grevy’s Zebra
    Lesser Kudu, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
    Sitatunga
    Addax
    Ostrich


    Small Mammal House (Indoor)
    Woylie (Brush-tailed Bettong)
    Northern Treeshrew
    Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
    Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
    Chinchilla
    Degu
    Red-rumped Agouti
    Naked Mole Rat
    North Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
    Prevost’s Squirrel
    Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
    Southern Tamandua
    Southern Three-banded Armadillo
    Screaming Hairy Armadillo
    Rock Hyrax
    Red Ruffed Lemur
    Goeldi’s Monkey
    Golden Lion Tamarin
    Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
    White-faced Saki
    Fennec Fox
    Sand Cat
    Dwarf Mongoose
    Black-footed Ferret
    Meerkat (temporarily out still IIRC, but returning)

    Green Aracari
    Von der Decken’s Hornbill

    Small Mammal House (Outdoor)
    White-nosed Coati
    Red-necked/Bennett’s Wallaby
    Przewalski’s Horse (returned after being absent for a couple years)

    Gibbon Ridge
    Siamang

    Great Ape House
    Western Lowland Gorilla
    Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan

    Reptile Discovery Center (Building)
    Spiny-tailed Monitor
    Emerald Tree Monitor
    Caiman Lizard
    Fiji Banded Iguana
    Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
    Prehensile-tailed Skink
    Gila Monster
    Giant Plated Lizard
    Mexican Alligator Lizard
    Chinese Crocodile Lizard
    Smallwood’s Anole
    Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko
    Madagascar Day Gecko
    Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
    Tokay Gecko
    New Caledonian Giant Gecko
    Green Tree Python
    Timor Python
    Black-headed Python
    Northern Pine Snake
    Eastern Indigo Snake
    Corn Snake
    Western Hognose Snake
    False Water Cobra
    Rhinoceros Ratsnake
    Mangrove Snake
    Tentacled Snake
    Gaboon Viper
    Eyelash Palm-pitviper
    King Cobra
    Taylor’s Cantil
    Bushmaster (labeled as South American but Latin name is for Central American)
    Timber Rattler
    Copperhead
    Lance-headed Rattlesnake
    Cuban Crocodile
    Philippine Crocodile
    Alligator Snapping Turtle
    Spotted Turtle
    Indochinese Box Turtle
    McCord’s Box Turtle
    Golden Coin Turtle
    Painted Terrapin
    Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle
    Matamata
    Northern Red-faced Turtle
    Eastern Long-necked Turtle
    Fly River Turtle
    Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
    Spider Tortoise
    Aldabra Tortoise
    Tomistoma
    Komodo Dragon (2nd exhibit)
    Sheltopusik

    Snouted Cobra
    Reticulated Python
    Klemmer’s/Yellow-headed Day Gecko
    European Glass Lizard
    Black Tree Monitor
    Rhinoceros Viper
    Black Pond Turtle
    Mississippi Map Turtle
    Shingleback Skink


    Red-bellied Salamander
    Shenandoah Salamander
    Hellbender
    Emperor Newt
    Lemur Leaf Frog
    Coronated Tree Frog
    Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog
    Blue Poison Dart Frog
    Splashback Poison Dart Frog
    Harlequin Poison Dart Frog
    Panamanian Golden Frog
    Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
    Vietnamese Mossy Frog
    Japanese Giant Salamander

    Note: these three may not be new, just missing from my previous list:
    Red Salamander
    Green Salamander
    Long-tailed Salamander


    Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Front)
    Aldabra Tortoise
    American Alligator

    Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Back)
    Crocodile Monitor
    Komodo Dragon
    Chinese Alligator

    Philippine Crocodile


    Think Tank
    Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan
    Allen’s Swamp Monkey
    Hermit Crab

    Big Cats
    Tiger (Amur and Sumatran)
    African Lion

    Lemurs
    Ring-tailed Lemur
    Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
    Collared Brown Lemur
    Radiated Tortoise


    American Trail
    American Beaver
    Spectacled Bear
    North American River Otter
    Gray Seal
    Harbor Seal
    California Sea Lion
    Maned Wolf

    Bald Eagle
    Wood Duck, North American Ruddy Duck
    Brown Pelican
    Common Raven

    Amazonia
    Emperor Tamarin
    Bolivian Gray Titi
    Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth

    Roseate Spoonbill
    Ringed Teal
    Hawk-headed Parrot
    Green Aracari
    Yellow-rumped Cacique

    Brazilian Rainbow Boa
    Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (possibly unsigned)
    Arrau River Turtle
    Matamata
    Red-footed Tortoise

    Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog (free-roaming in jungle room; effectively never seen)

    Largespot River Stingray
    White-blotched River Stingray
    Vermiculate River Stingray (unclear if this is still considered distinct species or now grouped with P. falkneri) – needs reevaluation
    Shovelnose Catfish
    Ripsaw Catfish
    Redtail Catfish
    Suckermouth Catfish
    Panda Cory
    Twig Catfish
    Electric Eel
    Bluntnose Knifefish
    Elephant-nose Knifefish
    Tambaqui (Pacu)
    Violet Line Piranha
    Redhook Myleus
    Arapaima (A. gigas)
    Silver Arowana
    Banded Leporinus
    Oscar
    Silver Hatchetfish
    Emerald Catfish
    Slender Hemiodus
    Sunshine Pleco
    Bleeding Heart Tetra
    Flagtail Characin
    Pictus Catfish
    Porthole Catfish
    Pinktail Chalceus
    Turquoise Severum
    Adonis Catfish
    Redheaded Eartheater
    Redhook Pacu
    Silver Dollar
    Spotted Metynnis
    Black Ghost Knifefish
    Parrot Cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus)
    Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum spp)
    Whiptail Banjo Catfish
    Rummy Nose Tetra
    Unidentified cory (Corydoras spp)


    Education/Labs in Amazonia Building
    Rubber Eel
    Eastern Red Newt
    California Tiger Salamander
    Fowler’s Toad
    Panamanian Golden Frog
    African Clawed Frog
    Blue & Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
    Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
    Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog
    Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
    Golden Poison Dart Frog

    lab tanks in room behind glass, very difficult to see animals (not noted in 2019):

    Coronated Treefrog
    Lemur Leaf Frog
    Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
    Golden Poison Dart Frog
    Blessed and Brazilian Spotted Poison Dart Frogs
    Other spp whose signs I couldn’t read from angle (at least 1 newt tank and 1 PDF tank)

    Multiple species of coral and marine species (not noted in 2019):

    Rose Coral, Zoanthids, Thin Birdsnest Coral, Pulsing Xenia, Trumpet Coral, Staghorn Coral, Capricornis, Gorgonian, Hammer Coral, Smooth Cauliflower Coral, Whisker Coral, Cauliflower Coral, Sinularia, Boulder Star Coral, Tube Anemone

    Porcelain Crab, Hermit Crab, Giant Clam, Brittle Star, Fire Shrimp, Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

    Clown Anemonefish

    Other Exhibits
    Patagonian Mara
    American Bison
    Black-tailed Prairie Dog
    North American Porcupine

    Lost Species since end of 2019:

    Scimitar-horned Oryx
    Addra Gazelle
    Red River Hog
    Rueppell's Griffon Vulture
    Geoffroy’s Marmoset
    Virginia Opossum
    Striped Skunk
    Black Howler Monkey
    Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
    Pancake Tortoise
    Gharial
    Stinkpot (Common Musk Turtle)
    Common Kingsnake
    Green Anaconda
    Banded Rock Rattlesnake
    Common Blue-tongued Skink
    Meller’s Chameleon
    Plumed Basilisk
    Sambava Tomato Frog
    Brown Rat
    Gray Wolf
    Blue-gray Tanager (not sure if ever seen previously)
    Silver-beaked Tanager (not sure if ever seen previously)
    Smooth-sided Toad (not sure if ever seen previously)
    Sunbittern
    Amazon Milk Frog
    South American Lungfish
    Neon Tetra
    Kitty Tetra
    Lemon Tetra
    Peacock Cichlid
    Golden Whiptail Catfish
    Marbled Whiptail Catfish
    Chocolate-colored Catfish
    Glass Knifefish
    Blue Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens)
    Red-bellied Piranha
    Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula
    Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
     
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  2. SusScrofa

    SusScrofa Well-Known Member

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    Quite a few changes happened between now and a little over a couple of weeks ago when I went. On my visit both the Sheltapusik and Black Ghost Knifefish were on display. There was also a Shingleback Skink as well, and no blue-tongue skink. Amazonia didn't have the sloths or emperor tamarin which were in the small mammal house, and no ringed teal.
     
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  3. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    @SusScrofa Thanks for the updates. I think I remember the Shingleback Skink as a new addition between my two winter visits, so it's been there a while now; I just forgot to add it.

    Last I checked Amazonia and the Small Mammal House both have Two-toed Sloth - there are two in the House and one in Amazonia (which is rarely seen). I can't remember if the Ringed Teal are signed, but there is always one or two of them sitting along the edge of the open-topped tank at the entrance. I'm not sure if the Emperor Tamarin thing is a temporary or permanent arrangement; they were a new species to the zoo not that long ago.
     
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    The ringed teal is no longer signed. They were in the flip book that was on the second floor.
     
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  5. Bintuwright (Throwaway)

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    As of June 2022, the zoo has binturongs (1.1) and Pallas' cats (0.2). They're living on the new Claws and Paws pathway.
     
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    Also, bobcats (2.1) are on display again.
     
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