Crocodilians in American Zoos

[15399]

dwarf caiman (presumably Cuvier's)

I thought their caiman was smooth-fronted? I could be wrong, though.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I thought their caiman was smooth-fronted? I could be wrong, though.

I don't think it was signed when I visited.

~Thylo

 

[15399]

I don't think it was signed when I visited.

~Thylo

It's signed as "Caiman".

Smooth-fronted Caiman exhibit

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• 16 Oct 2021
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[hudson111]

The reptile house.

how big have they gotten

 

[Ebirah766]

how big have they gotten

I don't know

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I thought their caiman was smooth-fronted? I could be wrong, though.

You are correct, the caiman is a Smooth-Fronted!

~Thylo

 

[birdsandbats]

Blank Park Zoo does not keep Dwarf Crocodile.

Wildwood Wildlife Park keeps American Alligator and Spectacled Caiman.

 

[iluvwhales]

Does Bronx still exhibit American alligators?

Also, Queens has American alligator.

 

[Ebirah766]

Does Bronx still exhibit American alligators?

Also, Queens has American alligator.

Bronx still exhibits American alligators in the Children's Zoo

 

[TinoPup]

Smithsonian no longer has gharial.

 

[Julio C Castro]

San Diego Zoo now has Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman at their Cool Critters building!

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Smithsonian no longer has gharial.

The Nepalese animal specifically, they still have Sunda for those unaware.

~Thylo

 

[TinoPup]

The Nepalese animal specifically, they still have Sunda for those unaware.

~Thylo

I call those tomistoma

 

[SwampDonkey]

Smithsonian no longer has gharial.

I'm headed there this summer, any idea what replaced them?

 

[Aardwolf]

That exhibit had a tomistoma and painted terrapin when I was there last month. The exhibit out back which had tomistoma prior to that had Philippine croc.

 

[SwampDonkey]

That exhibit had a tomistoma and painted terrapin when I was there last month. The exhibit out back which had tomistoma prior to that had Philippine croc.

Thanks, that is great, I would love to see tomistoma, as much as I love gharial.

 

[SusScrofa]

Philadelphia zoo indeed has Crocodylus suchus if signage is to be believed.

Los Angeles Zoo has Cuviers Dwarf Caiman.

Phoenix Zoo had both American and Chinese Alligators, back when I went in 2019.

Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, FL has American Alligators.

Since alligator farms are being included, why not list Everglades Alligator Farm in Homestead, FL. They have the following species:
American Alligator
Spectacled Caiman
American Crocodile
Orinoco
Cuban
Saltwater
Nile

Its pretty much a guarantee that any zoological institution in Florida will have American Alligators...

 

[15399]

Its pretty much a guarantee that any zoological institution in Florida will have American Alligators.

Not Disney's Animal Kingdom.

 

[SusScrofa]

Not Disney's Animal Kingdom.

I guess when Disney has hundreds in the lakes on their grounds, its kind of too much to also put them on exhibit.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I call those tomistoma

I know but not all do so I wanted to make it clear

That exhibit had a tomistoma and painted terrapin when I was there last month. The exhibit out back which had tomistoma prior to that had Philippine croc.

Didn't see any Philippine Crocodile a couple weeks ago

~Thylo