ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2019

Was the last 2 days at Rotterdam Zoo and can add some new species to the list :

9 - Colorado River toad - Incilius alvarius

10 - Mountain chicken - Leptodactylus fallax

11 - Jeberos Mimic dart frog - Ranitomeya imitator "Jeberos"


Even better is the fact that I saw 2 lifers ( both Amphibians ! ) but they won't count for the Challenge because they both are still kept behind the scenes and the keeper asked me not to place any photos of them on Social Media untill the animals are on display.
Evenso I'm very glatt that I saw today both my first Titicaca water frogs - Telmatobius culeus and my first Lake Patzcuaro salamanders - Ambystoma dumerilii !!!

 

By visiting Reptilian-House Iguana - Vlissingen - the Netherlands today I am able to dubbel my total species seen sofar for this year :
12 - Oriental fire-bellied toad - Bombina orientalis


13 - Fire salamander - Salamandra salamandra


14 - Sword-tailed newt - Cynops ensicauda


- 15 African clawed frog - Xenopus laevis


16 - Axolotl - Ambystoma mexicanum


17 - Asian painted frog - Kaloula pulchri


18 - Natterjack toad - Epidaiea calamita


19 - Japanese fire-bellied newt - Cynops pyrrhogaster


20 - European green toad - Bufotes viridis
21- Giant monkey frog - Phyllomedusa bicolor


22 - Red-eyed tree-frog - Agalychnis callidryas

Missed only 2 species at Iguana :
Alpine newt - Ichthyosaurus alpestris
Small-mouthed salamander - Ambystoma texanum
Both species had their own enclosures and were both signed but I wasn't able the find them .

 

Paignton Zoo

30. Bumblebee poison frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
31. Brazil nut poison frog (Adelphobates castaneoticus)
32. Strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio)
33. Blessed poison frog (Ranitomeya benedicta)
34. Mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator)
35. Sira poison frog (Ranitomeya sirensis)
36. Splashback poison frog (Ranitomeya variabilis)
37. Pebas stubfoot toad (Atelopus spumarius)
38. Pleasing poison frog (Ameerega bassleri)
39. Clown tree frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)
40. Anderson’s salamander (Ambystoma andersoni)
41. Fantastic poison frog (Ranitomeya fantastica)
42. Summers’ poison frog (Ranitomeya summersi)

 

Paignton's really buffed up their poison dart frog collection since I last went!

~Thylo

 

An update I forgot to give:

Philadelphia Zoo 2/9/19
39. Anderson's salamander, Ambystoma andersoni
40. Oriental fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis
41. Splendid tree frog, Litoria chloris

 

All of these species are from the Sacramento Zoo (2-22-19)

1. Amazon milk frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
2. Aquatic caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
   
3. California newt (Taricha torosa)
4. California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
   
5. Golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
6. Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)
   
7. Green mantella (Mantella viridis)
8. Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
9. White's tree frog (Litoria caerulea)
   
10. Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

Total: 10 species

 

Longleat

43. Cane toad (Rhinella marina)

 

I finally had a proper zoo visit (that is, not just a quick walk 'cause I'm in the area). I more than doubled the number of amphibians at the Oliemeulen.

Oliemeulen
5. Strawberry poison-dart frog, Oophaga pumilio
6. Dyeing dart frog, Dendrobates tinctorius
7. Green-and-black poison-dart frog, Dendrobates auratus
8. Sira poison-dart frog, Ranitomeya lamasi
9. Cane toad, Rhinella marina

 

NC Zoo: (3/16/19)

- Since all the cypress swamp tanks were closed for winter and streamside was being renovated, I only got a single species today.

34) Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius)

 

So I've been busy.

Riverbanks Zoo
14) American Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea
15) Southern Toad Anaxyrus terrestris
16) Eastern Grey Treefrog Hyla versicolor
17) Red Salamander Pseudotriton ruber
18) Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum
19) Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum
20) Northern Dwarf Siren Pseudobranchus striatus
21) Two-Toed Amphiuma Amphiuma means
22) Suriname Horned Frog Ceratophrys cornuta

Zoo Atlanta
23) Seal Salamander Desmognathus monticola
24) Black-Legged Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates bicolor
25) Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum
26) Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio
27) Lake Titicaca Water Frog Telmatobius culeus
28) Dwarf Black-Bellied Salamander Desmognathus folkertsi
29) Amazon Milk Frog Trachycephalus resinifictrix
30) Fringed Leaf Frog Cruziohyla craspedopus
31) Red-Eyed Treefrog Agalychnis callidryas

Atlanta Botanical Garden
32) Coronated Treefrog Anotheca spinosa
33) Evergreen Toad Incilius coniferus
34) Tiger-Striped Leaf Frog Callimedusa tomopterna
35) Lemur Leaf Frog Agalychnis lemur
36) Mimic Poison Dart Frog Ranitomeya imitator
37) Anthony's Poison Dart Frog Epipedobates anthonyi

Tennessee Aquarium
38) Golden Mantella Mantella aurantiaca
39) Green Mantella Mantella viridis
40) Climbing Mantella Mantella laevigata
41) Barking Treefrog Hyla gratiosa
42) Río Cauca Caecilian Typhlonectes natans
43) Vietnamese Mossy Frog Theloderma corticale
44) Yonahlossee Salamander Plethodon yonahlossee
45) Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens

Nashville Zoo
46) Dominican Treefrog Osteopilus dominicensis
47) Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum
48) Sabana Suriname Toad Pipa parva
49) Sylvia's Leaf Frog Cruziohyla sylviae
50) Mexican Leaf Frog Pachymedusa dacnicolor
51) Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog Phyllomedusa sauvagii
52) Argentine Horned Frog Ceratophrys ornata
53) Common Suriname Toad Pipa pipa
54) Bumblebee Toad Melanophryniscus stelzneri
55) Puerto Rican Crested Toad Peltophryne lemur
56) African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis
57) Cane Toad Rhinella marina
58) American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
59) Splash-Backed Poison Dart Frog Adelphobates galactonotus

Two species- Sachatamia albomaculata (glass frog) and Colostethus pratti (rocket frog)- died out shortly before my visits to Zoo Atlanta and Atlanta Botanical Garden unfortunately and frustrating. I can't complain too much, though, as it was an extremely rewarding trip.

~Thylo

 

Are the frogs at the Botanical Gardens on display of behind the scenes

 

On-display. I wouldn't have counted them if they were behind the scenes. I also wish I got to go behind the scenes

~Thylo

 

Iguana

11. Oriental fire-bellied toad - Bombina orientalis
12. Giant monkey frog - Phyllomedusa bicolor
13. African clawed frog - Xenopus laevis
14. Asian painted frog - Kaloula pulchra
15. Natterjack toad - Epidaiea calamita
16. Cane toad - Rhinella marina
17. Sword-tailed newt - Cynops ensicauda
18. Japanese fire-bellied newt - Cynops pyrrhogaster

Like @vogelcommando, no-shows for Ichthyosaura alpestris and Ambystoma texanum, next to Bufotes viridis.

 

Four words....I got incredibly lucky.

London Zoo

44. Common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans)
45. Two-lined caecilian (Rhinatrema bivattatum)
46. Congo caecilian (Herpele squalostoma)

I had seen Mallorcan midwife toads in the vivarium at the back of the ‘Amphibian lab’ in the reptile house, but never the commons. Feeling like I might be on a lucky streak, I went to the caecilian window on the side of the aquarium and not only managed to spot the side of a Congo caecilian in the soil of their tank, but also a very active two-lined caecilian burrowing through the sand of its home!

 

London Zoo

47. Kaiser’s spotted newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

The last feasible one at London - never noticed it before but they have a tank literally right behind the ones for the midwife tadpoles and brook salamanders that houses the newts!

 

London Zoo 22 March

12 Sardinian Brook Salamander - Euproctus platycephalus
13 Lake Oku Clawed frog - Xenopus longpipes
14 Whites Tree Frog- Litoria caerulea
15 Feas tree frog - Rhacophorus fae
16 Dumeril's Salamander - Ambystoma dumerili
17 Mossy Frog - Theloderma corticale
18 Mallorcan midwife toad - Alytes muletensis

 

Visited a trio of collections today, including one new one. Unfortunately I arrived at Beardsley to discover that the native herp house has been torn down completely and at Maritime Aquarium I discovered that the entire amphibian room has been converted into an exhibit for random small mammals, birds, reptiles, and common poison dart frogs...

Stamford Museum & Nature Center
60) Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad Bombina orientalis
61) Dumpy Treefrog Litoria caerulea

Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
62) Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens

Based on my past species lists for Beardsley and Maritime, I think there were six additional species I could have picked up were it not for the closures.

~Thylo

 

Henry Vilas Zoo - March 30 2019
8. Cane Toad Rhinella marina
9. Lemur Leaf Frog Agalychnis lemur
10. Golfoducean Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates vittatus
11. Green-And-Black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus
12. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates tinctorius

Henry Vilas' amphibian collection is considerably larger than what you see above, but most of the species they keep are nearly impossible to see.

 

Ouwehands (again!)
10. Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum

I will be proud if I ever reach 20...

 

So it seems the zoo switched these out for Tropical Clawed Frogs, Xenopus tropicalis, at some point and they no longer keep H. boettgeri.

~Thylo