Here is a review of my first ever visit to an animal expo (two in this case) I’ll start with the underwater pet expo. This was the first year the underwater expo was run and it was mostly dry goods, although some companies brought interesting fish. Highlights include various species of unidentifiable fish as well as silver dischotdus, adult Motoro Stingray (first time ever seeing an adult), Mandarin fish, Red Scooter Dragonet and Regal Angelfish. All of a sudden I spot what looks like another empty marine tank until I spotted a leaf like creature, the extremely rare Leaf Scorpion Fish It was a great experience but is merely the entree to the main course of the VHS (Victorian Herpetological society) Reptile and Amphibian show. As with all expos and pet stores in Australia the expo is strictly limited to native species of herptiles but that didn’t stop me seeing some amazing natives including several lifers. My largest problem with the expo was a personal problem and that is the abundance and promotion of jaguar carpet pythons which are basically the carpet python equivalent to spider ball pythons. Other than that the show was amazing with plenty of reptiles, amphibians as well as invertebrates, a mammal species and a few fish. Bold= lifer species are Mangrove Monitor Ridge Tailed Monitor Red eyed Tree Frog (litoria chloris) Rusty Monitor Storr’s Monitor Spotted Tree Monitor Lace Monitor Yellow Spotted Monitor Scrub Python Oenpelli Python Green Tree Python Hosmers Skink Gidgee Skink Common Scaly Foot Hooded Scaly Foot Curl Snake Spotted Black Snake Lowland Copperhead Red Bellied Black Snake Collets Snake Central Bearded Dragon Eastern/Northern (both subspecies) Blue Tongue Western Blue Tongue Carpet Python (diamond, bredls, coastal, Darwin, jungle) Blotched Blue tongue Shingleback (regular, goldfields shingleback) Brown Tree Snake (boiga irregularis) Common Tree Snake Perons Tree Frog Cyclone Larry Leaf Insect Rough Knobtailed Gecko Barking gecko Spinifex Hopping mouse Stimsons Python Spotted Python Children’s Python Eastern Tiger Snake (mainland and Tasmanian black tiger) Boyd’s Forest Dragon Rankins/ blacksoil/ Pygmy/ dwarf Bearded Dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni) (too many common names) Southern Angle Headed Dragon Saw Shelled Turtle Yellow Bellied Snapping Turtle Strap Snouted Brown Snake Eastern Brown Snake Inland Taipan Land Mullet Tree Crevice Skink Macquarie, Mary, Murray and Macleyley short necked turtles Eastern Long Necked Turtle Broad Shelled Turtle Common Galaxias Green Tree Frog Green and Golden Bell Frog Pygmy Mulga Monitor White Lipped Tree Frog Long Nosed Dragon Tawny Dragon Stripe Tailed Monitor Woma Python Black Headed Python Eastern/Gippsland Water Dragon Chapel Island Tiger Snake Common Death Adder Mulga (King Brown) Snake Broad Headed Snake Cunningham’s Skink (regular, New England) Pink Tongue Skink Rough Throated Leaf Tailed Gecko Overall I absolutely loved the experience and will go again.
No, the venomous species were on display from black snake productions, the same company that did my birthday party about 7 years ago. They had some rare species on display like Strap Snouted Brown Snake, Curl Snake and Spotted Black Snake. @One eyed im pretty sure the fact that they had an Albino Tiger Snake will pique your interest. EDIT: Also I forgot some species from the expos Northern Long Necked Turtle Western Bearded Dragon (Pogona Minor)
