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AbileneBoy said:
I hope this is the right thread to ask this, as it relates to a Dallas Zoo trip some years back...perhaps 5 years ago? there were a row of primate cages and I could swear I recall a uakari. But I can't find anything about uakari at Dallas now or in the past online. Can anyone help me out? Were there uakari, and what species?
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As far as I know, the only uakari who have been in captivity or on exhibit in the United States in the last 5 years should be at Los Angeles Zoo.
 
AbileneBoy said:
I hope this is the right thread to ask this, as it relates to a Dallas Zoo trip some years back...perhaps 5 years ago? there were a row of primate cages and I could swear I recall a uakari. But I can't find anything about uakari at Dallas now or in the past online. Can anyone help me out? Were there uakari, and what species?
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The Dallas Zoo has had several different monkeys (Wolf's mona monkey, Allen's swamp monkey, Geoffroy's spider monkey, cotton-top tamarin, golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, dusky leaf monkey, eastern black-and-white colobus, white-eared titi, white-faced saki, mandrill), but from what I can recall, no uakaris.
 
dang. I guess I remembered wrong. I honestly can't see myself mistaking ANY of those species for uakari, maybe I just got a bad look at the titi or saki? I really, really don't think I'd mistake any of the marmosets/tamarins or Old-Worlders for uakari, and CERTAINLY not a mandrill haha
 
I recently visited the Dallas Zoo and noted several changes, particularly in the reptile house.

In the reptile house, the new "Crocodile Cove" renovation to the alligator exhibit appears to be complete, and the species present are:
Wetar Island Pit Viper
Brongersman Short-tailed Python
Green Tree Python
Blue Tree Monitor
Tomistoma
Painted River Terrapin
It is worth mentioning that 4/6 of these species are also exhibited in other parts of the reptile house...

A few changes to the other species in the reptile house:
Broad-banded Copperhead has replaced Sharp-nosed Vipers
Yellow Ratsnake has replaced Mangrove Snake
Prehensile-tailed Skink has replaced Mangrove Viper
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake has replaced Fortsen's Tortoise

It appears as though the Dallas Zoo's on-show reptile collection has declined in diversity considering how now quite a few of the species are exhibited in at least two different exhibits, taking up quite a bit of space which use to contain a multitude of species (Grand Cayman Blue Iguana, Blue-legged Mantella, Tomistoma, Wetar Island Pit Viper, Brongersman Short-tailed Python, Green Tree Python, and Mangshan Pitviper), and recently several of the rarer species, such as Mangrove Viper and Forsten's Tortoise have been replaced by common species which had already been on exhibit in the zoo. This trend is very concerning to me and I really hope it does not continue.

In other parts of the zoo, White-naped Cranes have replaced the Andean Condors, which have shifted to the Bald Eagle exhibit, causing the Bald Eagles to no longer be on exhibit. One of the raptor aviaries which I believe held Hooded Vulture now serves as a second Spectacled Owl enclosure. The previous White-naped Crane enclosure is barren.

As mentioned I believe, the Spider Monkeys are off exhibit and one Mandrill is in their place.

The only other changes I have noticed include the monorail, in which Mona Monkeys have replaced the Caracal exhibit. Red-river Hogs appear to have replaced the Nyala, which have shifted to replace all hoofstock in the savannah themed area of the monorail. A lone Somali Wild Ass replaced the zebra in the back fenced off region of this area. A Kori Bustard shares the Lappet-faced Vulture enclosure now. A Spur-winged Goose has been added to the Wattled Crane enclosure.
 
d1am0ndback said:
It appears as though the Dallas Zoo's on-show reptile collection has declined in diversity considering how now quite a few of the species are exhibited in at least two different exhibits, taking up quite a bit of space which use to contain a multitude of species (Grand Cayman Blue Iguana, Blue-legged Mantella, Tomistoma, Wetar Island Pit Viper, Brongersman Short-tailed Python, Green Tree Python, and Mangshan Pitviper), and recently several of the rarer species, such as Mangrove Viper and Forsten's Tortoise have been replaced by common species which had already been on exhibit in the zoo. This trend is very concerning to me and I really hope it does not continue.
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Declined in diversity:eek:! I visited a couple weeks ago and was astounded by the variety of different reptile species in the house. One of the largest collections I've ever seen, with some real gems (Tuatara mostly:p). Related, I don't remember seeing Grand Cayman Blue Iguana in 2 exhibits, do you mean inside/outside?

Anyways, great post, It's interesting to re-remember some of the stuff I saw, and finding out they were new developments!
 
TZDugong said:
Declined in diversity:eek:! I visited a couple weeks ago and was astounded by the variety of different reptile species in the house. One of the largest collections I've ever seen, with some real gems (Tuatara mostly:p). Related, I don't remember seeing Grand Cayman Blue Iguana in 2 exhibits, do you mean inside/outside?

Anyways, great post, It's interesting to re-remember some of the stuff I saw, and finding out they were new developments!
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If you had visited over the past few years those exhibits had even more species in them, such as Perentie, Louisiana Pine Snake, and others along those lines. What replaced the Perentie is the indoor Grand Cayman Blue Iguana enclosure.

That being said you are correct that the collection is very strong, but the trend is not in a positive direction (species wise, not exhibit quality wise which I believe has gone up) over the past 6 months or so, with the exception of several amphibians such as Lake Titicaca Frog and Barton Springs Salamander I believe someone mentioned previously.
 
d1am0ndback said:
If you had visited over the past few years those exhibits had even more species in them, such as Perentie, Louisiana Pine Snake, and others along those lines. What replaced the Perentie is the indoor Grand Cayman Blue Iguana enclosure.

That being said you are correct that the collection is very strong, but the trend is not in a positive direction (species wise, not exhibit quality wise which I believe has gone up) over the past 6 months or so, with the exception of several amphibians such as Lake Titicaca Frog and Barton Springs Salamander I believe someone mentioned previously.
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No Perenties left?
 
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