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Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by ThylacineAlive, 31 Dec 2018.

  1. FunkyGibbon

    FunkyGibbon Well-Known Member

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    Were the tadpoles individually identifiable? Or are you just assuming (or even knew) that there were large numbers of all three and you must have seen them? If it was the latter my instinct is that it might not count.

    I think @ThylacineAlive should rule on this. Not only because it does seem like a grey area but also because I will visit London myself :p
     
  2. AWP

    AWP Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Very large number of tadpoles, so I guess among them was at least one of all three species,
     
  3. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    @ShonenJake13 will have to explain the current set up for the midwife toads are London before I can rule. From memory, on my two visits they had separate terrariums for the two species (they didn't have three at the time) as well as the tank with tadpoles but I don't remember if it was mixed or not.

    ~Thylo
     
  4. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    @AWP the tadpoles are Mallorcan. The Iberian and common ones are present as adults and can be seen in the vivs at the back of the room.

    Also from what I hear the two-lined caecilian has died so it should just be two Congo caecilians in that viv on the side of the Aquarium!
     
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  5. AWP

    AWP Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thanks for clearing things out. So, here is a corrected list:

    London Zoo
    36. Chinese Giant Salamander - Andrias davidianus
    37. Lake Patzcuaro Salamander - Ambystoma dumerilii
    38. Vietnamese Mossy Frog - Theloderma corticale
    39. African Bullfrog - Pyxiocephalus adspersus
    40. Lake Oku Clawed Frog - Xenopus longipes
    41. Mallorcan Midwife Toad - Alytes muletensis
    42. Sardinian Brook Salamander - Euproctus platycephalus
    43. Fea's Flying Frog - Rhacophorus feae

    The signages next to the window still names both, but for what I could see only the Congo caecilian was named on the vivarium itself.
     
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  6. aardvark250

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    Ueno Zoo:
    1. Long nosed horned frog (Megophrys nasuta)
    2. False tomato frog(Dyscophus guineti)
    3. Green tree frog(Litoria caerulea)
    4. Bell’s horned frog(Ceratophrys onnata)
    5. Oriental fire bellied toad(Bombina orientalis)
    6. Budgett’s frog (Lepidobatrachis laevis)
    7. Suriname toad (Pipa pipa)
    8. African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
    9. Golden mantilla (Mantella aurantiaca)
    10. Yellow headed poison frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
    11. Spanish ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)
    12. Mexico salamander(Ambystoma mexicanum)
    13. Greater siren (siren lacertina)
    14. Three-toed amphima(Amphiuma tridactylym)
    15. Tokyo salamander (Hynobius tokyonesis)
    16. Tohoku salamander (Hynobius lichenatus)
    17. Tokyo daruma pond frog (Pelophylax porosus)
    18. Kajika frog(Buergeria buergeri)
    19. Forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)
    20. Eastern Japanese common toad (Bufo japonicus)
    21. Schlegel’s green tree frog (Rhacophorus schlegelii)
    22. Japanese tree frog(Hyla japonica)
    23. American bull frog (LIthobates catesbeianus)
    24. Japanese giant salamander(Andrias japonicus)

    TSLP:
    25. Japanese fire bellied newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
    26. Japanese brown frog(Rana japonica)
    27. Wrinkled frog(Rana rugosa)

    So my total is 32 now.
     
  7. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    May I ask you where you saw the Sira poison frog ? I've visited De Oliemeulen 9 times this year but sofar not seen this species.
     
  8. AWP

    AWP Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Pairi Daiza
    44. Emperor Newt - Tylototriton shanjing
    45. Yellow-spotted Newt - Neurergus crocatus

    Two potential new species were no-shows: the Andean marsupial frog and the tomato frog.
     
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  9. Penshet

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    Good question, I don't know anymore. Oliemeulen doesn't have a map that I could find, and this was my first visit so I don't know the layout of the zoo very well. I do recall that they were signed, and in a terrarium with a Dendrobates species.
     
  10. AWP

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    That is the synonym for the Pasco dart frog (Ranitomeya lamasi), according to ZTL. I saw that one in May (see my list). It was kept in a terrarium with the Anguilla anole.
     
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  11. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    @AWP : thanks for the explination because under the name Paco dart frog I\ve seen it on almost every of the 9 visits this year :).
     
  12. ThylacineAlive

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    Three points:
    1) Why did you start your list over?
    2) You counted Megophrys nasuta twice.
    3) What is TSLP?

    ~Thylo
     
  13. pipaluk

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    Slimbridge October 6

    51 Emperor Newt - Tylototriton shanjing
    52 Marbled salamander - Ambystoma opacum
    53 Common Toad - Bufo bufo
    54 European Tree Frog - Hyla arborea
    55 Alpine newt - Mesotriton alpestris
    56 Pool frog - Pelophylax lessonae
    57 Orange-legged leaf frog - Pithecopus hypochondrialis
    58 Yellow-bellied toad - Bombina variegata
    59 Great Crested Newt - Triturus cristatus
    60 Mudpuppy- Necturus maculosus
    61 Javan horned frog - Megophrys montana
     
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  14. pipaluk

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    Tropiquaria October 7

    62 Barred Salamander - Ambystoma mavortium
    63 Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum
     
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    Elmwood Park Zoo 10/8/19

    105. Canyon tree frog, Hyla arenicolor
     
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  16. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    94) Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus

    ~Thylo
     
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    Had yesterday a nice day together with @Stefan Verhoeven at Antwerp Zoo and for the 2019-Challenge 3 new species can be added :) :

    37 Kaiser's spotted newt - Neuregus kaiseri


    20191012_121321 kaisers spotted newt - Neuregus kaiseri.jpg

    38 - Rubber eel - Typhlonectes natans

    20191012_121437 rubber eel - typhlonectes natans.jpg

    39 - White-lipped tree frog - Litoria infrafrenata

    20191012_121643 white-lipped tree frog  - Litoria infrafrenata.jpg

    Antwerps on-show amphibian collection is not very large and next to the Mountain chicken a number of more common species ( Dart frogs, clawed frogs and Amazon milk frogs ) are kept but these I had already all seen earlier this year.
    But evenso Antwerp has a name in Amphibian-keeping in the Zoo-world and behind the scenes breeding-programms for species like the Kaiser's spotted newt and Strawberry frogs are very succesfull.
     
  18. Vision

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    Serpentarium Blankenberge, 17/10/2019:
    23) File-eared tree frog, Polypedates otilophus
    24) Australian tree frog, Litoria caerulea
    25) Chinese gliding tree frog, Rhacophorus dennysi
    26) Cranwell’s horned frog, Ceratophrys cranwelli
    27) Long-nosed horned frog, Megophrys nasuta
    28) Cane toad, Rhinella marina
    29) Giant monkey frog, Phyllomedusa bicolor
    30) Amazon milk frog, Trachycephalus resinifictrix
    31) Budgett’s frog, Lepidobatrachus laevis

    :D
     
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  19. MagpieGoose

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    Manchester Museum- 19/10/2019

    82) Pictured Tree Frog (Hypsiboas picturatus)
    83) Splendid Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer)
    84) Fringed Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus)
    85) Australian Splendid Tree Frog (Letoria splendid)
    86) Sylvia's Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla sylviae)
    87) Harlequin Toad (Atelopus varius)
     
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  20. TheGerenuk

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    22. Puerto Rican crested toad Peltophryne lemur
    23. Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

    Probably my last two additions. Really liked the refurbished reptile and amphibian house.
     
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