ZooChat Challenge North America 2019

While you’re on a string or additions - you indicated that you saw many-colored fruit dove on your species list, but didn’t list it here even though it would count. Is this an error?

 

Yes, it is an error. For some reason I thought that it was the same species as Ptilinopus pulchellus so I didn't count it. Thanks for catching that.

Birds
24. Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii

Total: 52

 

Cincinnati Zoo 7/9/19
Mammals:

21. Eastern bamboo lemur, Hapalemur griseus griseus

Reptiles:

58. Quince monitor, Varanus melinus

And another species I forgot to include from Bronx - sorry! Last one, I hope. I was spurred on by some recent discussion with a friend about their individual, which has now unfortunately passed.

Birds:

47. Cuban grassquit, Phonipara canora

 

Another identification from Cincinnati:

Reptiles:

60. Mossy leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus sikorae

Note: quince monitor should be 59.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo 7/10/19

Mammals:

22. Crowned lemur, Eulemur coronatus
23. Mueller’s bornean gibbon, Hylobates muelleri muelleri

Birds:

48. Kea, Nestor notabilis

Total: 131

 

Detroit Zoo 7/11/19

Mammals:

24. Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata

Total: 132

 

Toledo Zoo 7/12/19

Birds:

49. Kagu, Rhynochetos jubatus
50. Pink-necked fruit dove, Ptilinopus porphrea
51. Pesquet’s parrot, Psittrichas fulgidus
52. Goldie’s lorikeet, Psitteuteles goldiei
53. Many-colored fruit dove, Ptilinopus perousii

Reptiles:
61. Virgin Islands boa, Epicrates monensis granti
62. Green tree skink, Lamprolepis smaragdina
63. Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus
64. Aruba island whiptail, Cnemidophorus arubensis
65. Lau banded iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus
66. White-lipped pit viper, Trimeresurus insularis

Total: 143

 

Louisville Zoo 7/13/19

Birds:
54. Hawaiian hawk, Buteo solitarius

Total: 144

Most unexpected...

 

I thought they kept it behind the scenes. It has been listed on their website for years.

 

No idea how I forgot this one from Toledo:

Reptiles
22. Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus

 

It’s a program animal. Today, it was being held by a keeper as I headed towards Islands. I honestly though the zoo didn’t have it anymore.

 

Forgotten from Toledo

Reptiles:
67. Santiago giant tortoise, Chelonoidis darwini

 

Capron Park Zoo

Birds-
11. Beautiful Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus pulchellus

Total is 41 species-
11 birds
10 Mammals
20 reptiles

 

Henry Doorly Zoo

Reptiles:
17. Malagasy blonde hognose snake - Leioheterodon modestus
18. Gargoyle gecko - Rhacodactylus auriculatus
19. Jamaican boa - Chilabothrus subflavus
20. Hispaniolan boa (signed as Haitian boa) - Chilabothrus striatus
21. Madagascar big-headed turtle - Erymnochelys madagascariensis
22. Henkel's leaf-tailed gecko - Uroplatus henkeli
23. Giant day gecko - Phelsuma grandis
24. Collared iguanid lizard (signed as Spiny-tailed iguana) - Oplurus cuvieri
25. Oustalet's chameleon - Furcifer oustaleti
26. Karsten's zonosaur (signed as plated lizard) - Zonosaurus karsteni
27. Flat-tailed tortoise - Pyxis planicauda
28. Madagascar ground boa - Acrantophis madagascariensis
29. Malagasy giant hognose snake - Leioheterodon madagascariensis
30. Cheke's day gecko - Phelsuma abbotti
31. Panther chameleon - Furcifer pardalis
32. Gray's monitor - Varanus olivaceus
33. Quince monitor - Varanus melinus
34. Philippine crocodile - Crocodylus mindorensis
35. Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake - Crotalus catalinensis

Birds:
4. Madagascar ibis - Lophotibis cristata
5. Lesser vasa parrot - Coracopsis nigra
6. Madagascar button quail - Turnix nigricollis

Mammals:
9. Fossa - Cryptoprocta ferox
10. Little golden-mantled fruit bat - Pteropus pumilus
11. Red-collared brown lemur - Eulemur collaris
12. Giant jumping rat - Hypogeomys antimena
13. Grey mouse lemur - Microcebus murinus
14. Common brown lemur - Eulemur fulvus

Blank Park Zoo

Reptiles:
36. Satanic leaf-tailed gecko - Uroplatus phantasticus
37. Aldabra giant tortoise - Aldabrachelys gigantea

Mammals:
15. Japanese macaque - Macaca fuscata

Brookfield Zoo

Reptiles:
38. Dumeril's boa - Acrantophis dumerili
39. Halmahera giant gecko - Gehyra marginata
40. Madagascar spider tortoise - Pyxis arachnoides
41. Papuan olive python - Liasis papuanus
42. Figi Island banded iguana - Brachylophus fasciatus
43. San Esteban Island chuckwalla - Sauromalus varius
44. Peach-throated monitor - Varanus jobiensis
45. Radiated tortoise - Astrochelys radiata
46. Madacascar tree boa - Sanzinia madagascariensis
47. Timor python - Malayopython timoriensis
48. Puerto Rican boa - Chilabothrus inornatus
49. Jamaican iguana - Cyclura collei
50. Utila Island iguana - Ctenosaura bakeri

Birds:
7. Bali mynah - Leucopsar rothschildi
8. Victoria crowned pigeon - Goura victoria
9. Beautiful fruit dove - Ptilinopus pulchellus

Milwaukee County Zoo

Reptiles:
51. Grand Cayman Blue iguana - Cyclura lewisi

Birds:
10. Guam kingfisher - Todiramphus cinnamominus
11. Laysan teal - Anas laysanensis
12. Luzon bleeding-heart dove - Gallicolumba luzonica
13. Green-naped pheasant pigeon - Otidiphaps nobilis


Lincoln Park Zoo

Reptiles:
52. Oriente knight anole - Anolis smallwoodi

Birds:
14. Puerto Rican parrot - Amazona vittata
15. Palawan peacock-pheasant - Polyplectron napoleonis
16. Kagu - Rhynochetos jubatus
17. Guam rail - Gallirallus owstoni

Mammals:
16. Crowned lemur - Eulemur coronatus
17. Lesser Madagascar tenrec - Echinops telfari

Totals
Reptiles: 52
Birds: 17
Mammals::17
Overall: 86

 

Brookfield Zoo (again) - 06/21/19

Mammals
-No change

Birds
-No change

Reptiles
27. Halmahera Gecko (Gehyra marginata)
28. Hispaniolan Boa (Chilabothrus striatus)
29. Isabela Island Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina)

Lincoln Park Zoo (again) - 07/18/19

Mammals
-No change

Birds
11. Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata)

Reptiles
-No change

I...really need to catch up on mammals. Hopefully I can soon. In the meantime my overall total is 45, with well over half of that being reptiles.

 

One mammal from Safari Niagara about two weeks ago:
14. Brown lemur Eulemur fulvus

New total: 72 species.

 

Beardsley Zoo (again)
73) Crested Gecko Correlophus ciliatus

Bronx Zoo (again)
Mammals-
22) North Luzon Giant Cloud Rat Phloeomys pallidus

Birds-
55) Tricolored Parrotfinch Erythrura tricolor
56) Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii
57) Malagasy Turtle-Dove Nesoenas picturatus
58) Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus

TOTAL: 153

~Thylo

 

The zoo does not have the Madagascar turtle, these are Pelusios turtles. Also I'm pretty sure the zoo's swifts are O. cuvieri, not cyclurus.

~Thylo

 

I'll be visiting Granby in about a week. I should be gaining a few mammals, unless I know of more species that fit the criteria.

 

Mammals:

Denver Zoo:
15. Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
16. Mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
17. Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

Birds:

Riverbanks Zoo:
35. Chestnut-backed thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)
36. Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)

Denver Zoo:
37. blue-streaked lory (Eos reticulata)
38. sunset lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni)
39. Sumba lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus)

Reptiles:

Riverbanks Zoo:
20. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
21. Spearpoint Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui)
22. Black Python (Morelia boeleni)

Denver Zoo:
23. New caledonia giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
24. crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
25. McGregor's pit viper (Trimeresurus mcgregori)
26. Reimann's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni )
27. Knight anole (Anolis equestris)
28. Emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)

Total: 84 species

 

Did you not see the Madagascar Green-Pigeons?

~Thylo