ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2019

I don't have a photo, but I'm pretty sure it did. Certainly it said Madagascan not False.

 

Pairi Daiza - 10/8/19

58. Bombina variegata - Yellow-bellied toad
59. Tylototriton shanjing - Emperor newt
60. Neurergus crocatus - Yellow-spotted newt
61. Cynops ensicauda - Gold dust newt
62. Incilius alvarius - Colorado River toad
63. Gastrotheca riobambae - Andean marsupial tree frog

GaiaZoo - 12/8/19

64. Salamandra salamandra - Fire salamander
65. Oophaga pumillio - Strawberry poison frog
66. Hyla arborea - European tree frog

 

GaiaZoo (visited on 11-8-2019)
72 - Strawberry poison frog - Oophaga pumilio
73 - European treefrog - Hyla arborea

Currently only have a Paris trip planned so I'm not too sure if I'll actually make 80 species as I'd hoped...

 

New Forest Reptile Centre 14 June

48 Natterjack Toad- Epidalea calamita

 

Note: I'm subtracting one from my overall total because now I have seen a second Pipa species I am not comfortable just assuming the one I saw at Sumida was Pipa pipa. Hopefully I'll pick it up again later.

Dusseldorf Aquazoo - 13/8/19

66. Ambystoma dumerilii - Lake Patzcuaro salamander
67. Agalychnis callidryas - Red-eyed tree frog
68. Pipa parva - Sabana Suriname toad
69. Theloderma asperum - Bird poop frog
70. Theloderma corticale - Tonkin bug-eyed frog
71. Exidobates mysteriosus - Spotted poison frog

 

Tiergarten Schönbrunn (Wien, AT) - visit on August 8, 2019 - NEW!

21) European Treefrog (Hyla arborea) - rosnička zelená
22) Bornean Rock Frog (Staurois parvus) - skokan
23) Black-spotted Rock Frog (Staurois guttatus) - skokan
24) Luristan Newt (Neurergus kaiseri) - čolek luristánský

 

Lincoln Park Zoo - August 14 2019

32. Solomon Island Leaf Frog Ceratobatrachus guentheri

 

Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center
92) Northern Green Frog Lithobates clamitans
93) Fowler’s Toad Anaxyrus fowleri

~Thylo

 

I love the addition of the Czech names!

 

Any interesting animals?

 

The most interesting species kept here are White-Footed Mouse, Chinese King Quail, Thayer's Kingsnake, Asian Leaf Turtle, Ornate Box Turtle, and Fowler's Toad. I discovered the place yesterday and visited thinking it'd be an Audubon nature preserve-type place with some live animals. Turns out it's just a small building on a main street with two exhibit rooms; one for mammals and birds, and one for reptiles and amphibians.

~Thylo

 

Tierpark Chemnitz (Chemnitz, DE) - visit on August 11, 2019 - NEW!

25) Yucatan Shovel-headed Tree Frog (Triprion petasatus) - víčkovnice yucatanská
26) Amazonian Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) - rosnička včelí
27) Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog (Polypedates leucomystax) - létavka obecná
28) Golfodulcean Poison Frog (Phyllobates vittatus) - pralesnička pruhovaná
29) Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) - mlok skvrnitý
30) Mandarin Newt (Tylototriton shanjing) - trnočolek šanjing
31) Oriental Fire-bellied Newt (Hypselotriton orientalis) - čolek východní
32) Oriental Firebellied Toad (Bombina orientalis) - kuňka východní
33) Dart Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus) - pralesnička batiková
34) Brazilian Poison Frog (Ranitomeya vanzolinii) - pralesnička Vanzoliniova
35) Red-eyed Tree-frog (Agalychnis callidryas) - listovnice červenooká
36) File-eared Tree-frog (Polypedates otilophus) - létavka ušatá
37) Blue-tailed Fire-bellied Newt (Hypselotriton cyanurus) - čolek modroocasý
38) Bony-headed Toad (Ingerophrynus galeatus) - ropucha indočínská
39) Greater Siren (Siren lacertina) - surýn úhořovitý
40) Himalayan Crocodile Newt (Tylototriton verrucosus) - trnočolek bradavičitý
41) Gold Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) - ropucha jihoasijská
42) Long-nosed Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta) - pablatnice nosatá
43) Black Leg Posion Dart Frog (Phyllobates bicolor) - pralesnička dvoubarvá
44) Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale) - drsnokožka kornatá
45) Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) - čolek horský
46) Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) - velemlok americký
47) Chinese Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus dennysi) - létavka listová
48) Common Coqui (Eleutherodactylus coqui) - bezblanka koki
49) Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda) - čolek okinavský
50) Wanggao Warty Newt (Paramesotriton fuzhongensis) - pačolek Wenův
51) Riggenbach's Reed Frog (Hyperolius riggenbachi) - rákosnička Riggenbachova
52) Blue-sided Tree-frog (Agalychnis annae) - listovnice modroboká
53) Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) - hvízdalka pětiprstá
54) Maranon Poison Frog (Excidobates mysteriosus) - pralesnička tajemná
55) Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) - kuňka žlutobřichá
56) Anthony's Poison Arrow Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi) - pralesnička Anthonyova
57) False Tomato Frog (Dyscophus guineti) - parosnička srdíčková
58) Lanza's Alpine Salamander (Salamandra lanzai) - mlok Lanzův
59) Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) - axolotl skvrnitý

Great visit, I have seen a Siren for the first time in my life. Wow! There are so many around but almost all behind the scene. Also Hellbender was great, I am glad this speceis is on show. The best place to photograph Chinese Giant Salamander (Prague Zoo doesnt allow any photographing at their exposition). I am not sure if its good for animals (probably not a lot) but I was happy. I could see them in detail, its wonderful species.

So, the Vivarium is awesome and I really recommand to visit this zoo.

Btw, I hope that Blue Poison Frog is species now. If not, I will delete this animal from my list.
Edit: It isnt, so I've delted it from my list.

 

WOW! Is this the largest single entry from one zoo?

Unfortunately, as stated a page or two earlier, the blue poison dart frog is not counted as a distinct species.

~Thylo

 

I wouldnt be suprised that it is. This collection is the best Ive seen. Maybe Zoo Berlin or Zoo Wroclaw has bigger but who knows? I spent hours in Vivarium there and I really enjoyed all terrariums and aquariums. Thanks to this contest, I focused on amphibians during this visit and I do not regret any second. I missed 4 species but the zoo keeps so many behind the scenes (too bad!).

 

Detroit Zoo - August 16 2019
33. Emperor Spotted Newt Neurergus kaiseri
34. Lake Titicaca Frog Telmatobius culeus
35. Emperor Newt Tylototriton shanjing
36. Giant Waxy Monkey Frog Phyllomedusa bicolor
37. Golden Mantella Mantella aurantiaca
38. Green Mantella Mantella viridis
39. Betsileo's Mantella Mantella betsileo
40. Arboreal Mantella Mantella laevigata
41. Splendid Mantella Mantella pulchra
42. Anatolian Newt Neurergus strauchii
43. Anderson's Newt Echinotriton andersoni
44. South American Waxy Tree Frog Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis
45. Bornean Eared Frog Polypedates otilophus
46. Denny's Tree Frog Rhacophorus dennysi
47. Mountain Chicken Leptodactylus fallax
48. Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates leucomelas
49. Mimic Dart Frog Ranitomeya imitator
50. Mexican Giant Tree Frog Pachymedusa dacnicolor
51. Japanese Giant Salamander Andrias japonicus
52. Puerto Rican Crested Toad Peltophryne lemur
53. Narrow-striped Dwarf Siren Pseudobranchus axanthus
54. Striped Newt Notophthalmus perstriatus
55. Kihansi Spray Toad Nectophrynoides asperginis
56. Wyoming Toad Anaxyrus baxteri

 

Zoo Plzeň (Pilsen, CZ) - visit on August 17, 2019 - NEW

60) Marbled Rain Frog (Scaphiophryne marmorata) - parosnička mramorovaná
61) Betsileo Reed Frog (Heterixalus betsileo) - rákosnička malgašská
62) Free Madagascar Frog (Guibemantis liber) - mantila stromová
63) Great Plains Frog (Anaxyrus cognatus) - ropucha prérijní
64) Easter Green Frog (Anaxyrus debilis) - ropucha zelenavá
65) Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans) - červorovec splývavý
66) Cuban small-eared toad (Peltophryne empusa) - ropucha kubánská
67) Common European Toad (Bufo bufo) - ropucha obecná
68) European Green Frog (Bufotes viridis) - ropucha zelená
69) Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) - rosnička kubánská
70) Common Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates fuscus) - blatnice skvrnitá
71) North African Fire Salamander (Salamandra algira) - mlok alžírský

 

Koln Zoo - 15/8/19

72. Hylarana cubitalis - Yellow stream frog
73. Leptodactylus lariteps - Santa Fe frog
74. Mannophryne olmonae - Bloody Bay poison frog
75. Atelopus flavescens - Cayenne stubfoot toad
76. Staurois guttatus - Black-spotted stream frog
77. Bufo viridis - European green toad
78. Thyphlonectes compressicauda - Cayenne caecilian

 

Today I spend a rainy ( but beautifull ) day at Rotterdam Zoo and can add one more species to the Amphibian-challenge :

31 - Lake Patzcuaro salamander - Ambystoma dumerilii



Had seen it earlier this year but then behind the scenes - where it didn't cound for the Challenge but now a small group ( I counted 5 animals ) are on display in the Conservation Center.