ZooChat Challenge BE/NL 2016

Species I missed included Chinese crocodile lizard, Common chuckwalla, Red-eared slider (all due to hibernation) and potentially the Utilia spinytail iguana, though I don't know if it still is on show. The vivarium that used to house a Basilisk rattlesnake is being reconstructed so that was another missing species, however it may contain a different species in the future. Along with the soon-arriving Slender-snouted crocs that's everything Blijdorp has to offer in terms of reptiles.

 

I agree with you, I also remember the times the Riviera Hall was packed full of enclosures which contained loads of the rarest reptiles - and more common ones ! Also they were famous for their breeding-results archieved with many of these species !
A real pitty that so many species are not on show anymore .

 

What happened to the Rivièrahal is terrible indeed. I only saw it once before it got changed entirely (Which is back when I was a little kid, so I don't remember much about it anymore), but whatever state it used to be in, it can't be any worse than this awfully-themed, mediocre playground... But hey, we're not here to complain about zoo areas.
I just hope that with new possible projects they add more smaller terraria for their reptiles, of which currently a large portion is either behind the scenes or incorrectly still on ZTL.

Anyways, I found some other sources stating the Cobra was indeed Naja Naja, and it seems most logical pattern-wise, so I suppose that's settled.

 

Visited AquaZoo Friesland yesterday, resulting in a humble amount of four more species.

27) Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
28) Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria)
29) Green iguana (Iguana iguana)
30) Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)

 

Went today to the Oliemeulen and can add some species to my list :
48) Egyptian cobra ( Naja haje )
49) Freckled monitor ( Varanus tristis )
50) Gorongosa girdled lizard ( Cordylus mossambicus )
51) Common flat lizard ( Platysaurus intermedius )
52) Henkel's leaf-tailed gecko ( Uroplatus henkeli )
53) Veiled chameleon ( Chamaeleo calypfratus )
54) Smooth-fronted caiman ( Paleosuchus trigonatus )
55) Caiman lizard ( Dracaena guianensis )
56) Crested lizard ( Correlophus ciliatus )
57) Merten's water monitor ( Varanus mertensi )
58) American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis )
59) Diving lizard ( Uranoscodon superciliosus )
60) Crocodile monitor ( Varanus salvadorii )
61) Ocellated lizard ( Timon lepidus )
62) Beaded lizard ( Heloderma horridum )
63) Corn snake ( Pantherophis guttatus )
64) Red tegu ( Tupinambis rufescens )
65) Beautiful pitviper ( Trimeresurus venstrus )
66) Mourning gecko ( Lepidodactylus lugubris )
67) Green tree monitor ( Varanus prasinus )
68) Pancake tortoise ( Malacochersus tornieri )
69) Indian star tortoise ( Geochelone elegans )
70) Dumeril's boa ( Acrantophis dumerili )
71) Western diamontback rattlesnake ( Crotalus atrox )
72) Spotted turtle ( Clemmys guttata )
73) William's electric blue gecko ( Lygodactylus williamsi )
74) White-lipped pitviper ( Trimeresurus albolabris )
75) Woma ( Aspidites ramsayi )
76) Golddust day gecko ( Phelsuma laticauda )
77) Green anole ( Anolis carolinensis )
78) Eastern kingsnake ( Lampropeltis getulus )
79) Green treepython ( Morelia viridis )
80) Green water dragon ( Physignathus cocincinus )
Saw a lot more species today - even 2 lifers ! - but these don't count for the challenge because these were at a herp-shop ( even so, made several nice pictures of them ).

 

Gotta love me some zoo visits Visited artis today, and saw quite some extra species:

64) Green tree python (Morelia viridis)
65) Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
66) Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
67) Malaysian painted river turtle (Batagur borneoensis)
68) Common agama (Agama agama)
69) Royal python (Python regius)
70) Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
71) Warren's girdled lizard (Cordylus warreni)
72) European green lizard (Lacerta viridis)
73) False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)
74) Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)
75) Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)
76) Gold-ringed cat snake (Boiga dendrophila)
77) Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
78) North-African mastigure (Uromastyx acanthinura)
79) Red-tailed ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)
80) European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
81) Ocellated lacerta (Timon lepidus)
82) European legless lizard (Pseudopus apodus)
83) Speckled padloper (Homopus signatus)
84) Aladabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
85) Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
86) Greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)

The race is on haha, back to first place

We missed out on some species, however, like Schneider's skink, Pancake tortoise and Guatemalan spiny-tailed iguana (For on-screen stuff, as most zoos artis has a lot of their species behind the scenes)

 

First zoo of the year was Artis yesterday, with Vision. Missed out on a lot of the turtles because they were behind the scenes (due to the weather possibly?), which adds up to a total of 36 species.

1) Common agama (Agama agama)
2) Common green iguana (Iguana iguana)
3) Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
4) Philippine sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
5) Frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
6) William's electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
7) Common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
8) Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major)
9) Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
10) Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum)
11) Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
12) Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
13) McCord's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
14) Green tree python (Morelia viridis)
15) Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
16) Malaysian painted river turtle (Batagur borneoensis)
17) Royal python (Python regius)
18) Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
19) Warren's girdled lizard (Cordylus warreni)
20) European green lizard (Lacerta viridis)
21) False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)
22) Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)
23) Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)
24) Gold-ringed cat snake (Boiga dendrophila)
25) Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
26) North-African mastigure (Uromastyx acanthinura)
27) Red-tailed ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)
28) European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
29) Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
30) Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
31) Ocellated lacerta (Timon lepidus)
32) European legless lizard (Pseudopus apodus)
33) Speckled padloper (Homopus signatus)
34) Aladabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
35) Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
36) Greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)

 

Special thanks to Kevin for the help identifying some of these, by the way! Artis' signage leaves much to be desired. Wonderful zoo, though!

Anyways, quick question. Close to my place, there's a shopping center, with like a... 10m long aquarium in it? The species list of it changes every few months, but I have seen some tropical turtle species in it before. Would that count for this list? It's not really a zoo, but it is a public place with animals in captivity, so that kind of makes it a zoo? Haha.

 

I'm afraid I can't make those count to avoid any doubt about which species you have seen. Mainly because facilities like that are not listed on Zootierliste and thus can't be checked. I think a similar question was asked in the http://www.zoochat.com/38/2016-zoochat-uk-challenge-433501/ topic which Shorts probably gave a more concrete answer on. Since we'll be sticking to the same rules we are also following this one.

 

Valid point (Though I could provide photographic evidence, whereas everyone could just add things on ZTL haha), not like the 1 or 2 species would matter anyways, plus I definitely understand it isn't a zoo

Anyways, I'm going to try and visit Aquatopia tomorrow (And perhaps Antwerp again, if I have time left) for another couple additions to the list

EDIT: Went to both!

AQUATOPIA: (By the way, don't go there. I found it an overall bad experience, plus it costs 15 EUR for something you can easily see in under an hour)

87) Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor)
88) Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
89) Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
90) Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
91) Red tegu (Salvator rufescens)
92) Yellow ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)
93) Eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
94) Florida redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)
95) Pond slider (Trachemys scripta)

(Did not see Black&White tegu, Black tegu and Pig-nosed turtle, no real indication of them being present in the collection either. Perhaps they're behind the scenes, perhaps they're gone, or perhaps they were misidentified? Who knows.)

ANTWERP:
96) Malagasy tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)

(Still missed out on the Australian water dragon, and was able to confirm the species of turtle with the caimans being Elseya branderhorsti, Branderhorst's/Southern New Guinea snapping turtle. Edited my first post accordingly)

EDIT: Couldn't edit first post accordingly. "2) New guinea snapping turtle (Myuchelys novaeguineae)" is now "2) Southern New Guinea snapping turtle (Elseya branderhorsti)."

 

Did work-out some more photos made at the Stichting Schildpaddencentrum Nederland ( some with the help of fellow-ZooChatters ) and can add the following species :
81) Spiny softshell ( Amyda spinifera )
82) Chinese spriped-neck turtle ( Ocadia sinensis )
83) Red-bellied short-necked turtle ( Emydura subglobosa )
84) Hilaire's side-necked turtle ( Phrynops hilarii )
85) Spotted pond turtle ( Geoclemys hamiltonii )
86) New Guinea snake-necked turtle ( Chelodina novaeguineae )
87) Loggerhead musk turtle ( Sternotherus minor )
88) Southern vietnamese box turtle ( Cuora picturata )
89) Asian leaf turtle ( Cyclemys dentata )

 

Visited Planckendael today, and while their reptile list isn't extremely extensive, I did see some of them.

97) Indian rock python (Python molurus)
98) Children's python (Antaresia childreni)
99) Blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)

EDIT: And today, the day after, I visited Antwerp again, that just brought 2 Fire skinks in their collection.

100) Fire skink (Mochlus fernandi)

 

Payed a visit to Reptielenzoo Iguana today and saw a lot of species I can add to my 2016-list. Just worked-out a part of the species :
90) Milksnake ( Lampropeltis triangulum )
91) Giant blue-tongued skink ( Tiliqua gigas )
92) Common monkey skink ( Corucia zebrata )
93) Brown rainbow boa ( Epicrates maurus )
94) Taiwanese beauty snake ( Orthriophis taeniurus )
95) Haitian boa ( Epicrates striatus )
96) Yellow ratsnake ( Pantherophis alleghaniensis ) - here still called P. obsolatus
97) Green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus )
98) Chinese pond turtle ( Chinemys reevesii )
99) Adanson's mud turtle ( Pelusios adansonii )
100) Mata mata ( Chelus fimbtiatus )

 

We seem to be having quite the neck-and-neck race, haha
Some rare species in Reptielenzoo Iguana I didn't know they had are popping up actually, I should visit! Anyways, I'll be visiting the Serpentarium in Blankenberge next friday, hopefully I'll be able to add quite some more species

 

Finished my list of my Iguana-visit :
101) Alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelys temmincki )
102) Snapping turtle ( Chelydra serpentia )
103) Western twist-neck turtle ( Platemys platycephala )
104) Madagascar tree boa ( Sanzinia madagascariensis )
105) Black tree monitor ( Varanus beccarii )
106) Giant girdled lizard ( Cordylus giganteus )
107) Paulson's boa ( Candoia paulsoni )
108) Madagascar ground boa ( Acrantophis madagascariensis )
109) Schneider's skink ( Eumeces schneideri )
110) Warren's girdled lizard ( Cordylus warreni )
111) Leopard gecko ( Eublepharis macularis )
112) Tokay ( Gekko gecko )
113) European legless lizard ( Pseudopus apodus )
114) Marginated tortoise ( Testudo marginata )
115) Asian brown tortoise ( Manouria emys )
116) Aldabra giant tortoise ( Dipsochelys dussumieri )
117) Galapagos giant tortoise ( Geochelone nigra )
118) Yellow-spotted river turtle ( Podocnemis unifilis )
119) Rainbow boa ( Epicrates cenchria )
120) Emerald tree boa ( Corallus caninus )
121) Common boa ( Boa constrictor )
122) Spectacled caiman ( Caiman crocodilus )
123) Radiated tortoise ( Astrochelys radiata )
124) Gila monster ( Heloderma suspectum )

 

Had yesterday a great day with devilfish at Artis - Amsterdam and can add again some new species to my 2016 - reptile list :
125) Guatemalan spiny-tailed iguana ( Ctenosaura palearis )
126) Chinese crocodile lizard ( Shinisaurus crocodilurus )
127) Emerald lizard ( Lacerta viridis )
128) Red-tailed ratsnake ( Gonyosoma oxycephalum )
129) Black spiny-tailed agame ( Uromastryx acanthinura )
130) Egyptian tortoise ( Testudo kleinmanni )
131) Komodo dragon ( Varanus komodoensis )
132) Mangrove snake ( Boiga dendrophila )
133) False gharial ( Tomistoma schlegelli )
134) Philippine sail-finned lizard ( Hydrosaurus pustulatus )
135) Malaysian painted terrapin ( Batagur borneoensis )
136) Sudan plated lizard ( Gerrhosaurus major )
137) McCord's snake-necked turtle ( Chelodina mccordi )
138) Greater Madagascar day gecko ( Phelsuma grandis )
139) Pig-nosed turtle ( Carettochelys insculpta )
Missed 2 species, the Speckled padloper - not signed and not seen and the Common agama - signed but not seen.

 

Another great day in blijdorp with Kevin and EmperorTamarin, unfortunately not too many more species since I've already been.

Was able to add 2 species to the list though:

101) Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
102) Scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

 

Same additions for me, very pleased with the return of the slender-snouted crocs.

31) Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
32) Scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

 

Visited Berkenhof's Tropical Zoo today so I can add some new species to the 2016 list :
140) Neotropical painted wood turtle ( Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima )
141) Peacock-eyed day gecko ( Phelsuma quadriocellata )
142) Klemmer's day gecko ( Phelsuma klemmeri )
143) Streudner's dwarf gecko ( Tropiocolotes streudneri )
144) Common agama ( Agama agama )
145) Mountain kingsnake ( Lampropeltis pyromelana )
146) Parson's chameleon ( Calumma parsonii )

 

Did a little bit of catching-up on my visit to Köln, despite a couple of no-shows and empty vivariums.

33) Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
34) Yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
35) Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata)
36) Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
37) Madagascar girdled lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis)
38) Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
39) Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)
40) Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiate)
41) Olafian day gecko (Phelsuma seippi)
42) Greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
43) Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
44) West African mud turtle (Pelusios castaneus)
45) Brown house snake (Boaedon fuliginosus)
46) African egg-eating Snake (Dasypeltis scabra)
47) Golden tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
48) Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)
49) Mindanao water monitor (Varanus cumingi)
50) Common snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
51) Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis)
52) Auffenberg's monitor (Varanus auffenbergi)
53) Diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota)
54) Stimson's python (Antaresia stimsoni)
55) Blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys)
56) Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
57) Baja California rock lizard (Petrosaurus thalassinus)
58) Yellow-headed gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
59) Quince monitor (Varanus melinus)
60) Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
61) Black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
62) Vietnamese golden gecko (Gekko badenii)
63) Prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata)
64) Blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei)
65) Rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata)
66) Turquoise monitor (Varanus caerulivirens)
67) Line-tailed pygmy monitor (Varanus caudolineatus)
68) Green tree python (Morelia viridis)
69) Dwarf bearded dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni)
70) Marbled gecko (Gekko grossmanni)
71) Cuvier's madagascar swift (Oplurus cuvieri)
72) Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
73) Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)
74) Fernand's skink (Lepidothyris fernandi)