An update to my previous Dec 2019 list. Blue bold are new additions, losses are in red at the end. I've made a few changes noted in the news thread past February to make it as up-to-date as possible.
Asia
Sloth Bear
Clouded Leopard
Fishing Cat
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Red Panda
Giant Panda
Northern Snakehead
Asian Elephant
African Loop
Cheetah
Grevy’s Zebra
Lesser Kudu, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Sitatunga
Addax
Ostrich
Small Mammal House (Indoor)
Woylie (Brush-tailed Bettong)
Northern Treeshrew
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
Chinchilla
Degu
Red-rumped Agouti
Naked Mole Rat
North Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
Prevost’s Squirrel
Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
Southern Tamandua
Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Rock Hyrax
Red Ruffed Lemur
Goeldi’s Monkey
Golden Lion Tamarin
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
White-faced Saki
Fennec Fox
Sand Cat
Dwarf Mongoose
Black-footed Ferret
Meerkat (temporarily out still IIRC, but returning)
Green Aracari
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Small Mammal House (Outdoor)
White-nosed Coati
Red-necked/Bennett’s Wallaby
Przewalski’s Horse (returned after being absent for a couple years)
Gibbon Ridge
Siamang
Great Ape House
Western Lowland Gorilla
Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan
Reptile Discovery Center (Building)
Spiny-tailed Monitor
Emerald Tree Monitor
Caiman Lizard
Fiji Banded Iguana
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Prehensile-tailed Skink
Gila Monster
Giant Plated Lizard
Mexican Alligator Lizard
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Smallwood’s Anole
Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko
Madagascar Day Gecko
Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
Tokay Gecko
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Green Tree Python
Timor Python
Black-headed Python
Northern Pine Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Corn Snake
Western Hognose Snake
False Water Cobra
Rhinoceros Ratsnake
Mangrove Snake
Tentacled Snake
Gaboon Viper
Eyelash Palm-pitviper
King Cobra
Taylor’s Cantil
Bushmaster (labeled as South American but Latin name is for Central American)
Timber Rattler
Copperhead
Lance-headed Rattlesnake
Cuban Crocodile
Philippine Crocodile
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Indochinese Box Turtle
McCord’s Box Turtle
Golden Coin Turtle
Painted Terrapin
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle
Matamata
Northern Red-faced Turtle
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Fly River Turtle
Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
Spider Tortoise
Aldabra Tortoise
Tomistoma
Komodo Dragon (2nd exhibit)
Sheltopusik
Snouted Cobra
Reticulated Python
Klemmer’s/Yellow-headed Day Gecko
European Glass Lizard
Black Tree Monitor
Rhinoceros Viper
Black Pond Turtle
Mississippi Map Turtle
Shingleback Skink
Red-bellied Salamander
Shenandoah Salamander
Hellbender
Emperor Newt
Lemur Leaf Frog
Coronated Tree Frog
Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Splashback Poison Dart Frog
Harlequin Poison Dart Frog
Panamanian Golden Frog
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Japanese Giant Salamander
Note: these three may not be new, just missing from my previous list:
Red Salamander
Green Salamander
Long-tailed Salamander
Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Front)
Aldabra Tortoise
American Alligator
Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Back)
Crocodile Monitor
Komodo Dragon
Chinese Alligator
Philippine Crocodile
Think Tank
Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan
Allen’s Swamp Monkey
Hermit Crab
Big Cats
Tiger (Amur and Sumatran)
African Lion
Lemurs
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Collared Brown Lemur
Radiated Tortoise
American Trail
American Beaver
Spectacled Bear
North American River Otter
Gray Seal
Harbor Seal
California Sea Lion
Maned Wolf
Bald Eagle
Wood Duck, North American Ruddy Duck
Brown Pelican
Common Raven
Amazonia
Emperor Tamarin
Bolivian Gray Titi
Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
Roseate Spoonbill
Ringed Teal
Hawk-headed Parrot
Green Aracari
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (possibly unsigned)
Arrau River Turtle
Matamata
Red-footed Tortoise
Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog (free-roaming in jungle room; effectively never seen)
Largespot River Stingray
White-blotched River Stingray
Vermiculate River Stingray (unclear if this is still considered distinct species or now grouped with P. falkneri) – needs reevaluation
Shovelnose Catfish
Ripsaw Catfish
Redtail Catfish
Suckermouth Catfish
Panda Cory
Twig Catfish
Electric Eel
Bluntnose Knifefish
Elephant-nose Knifefish
Tambaqui (Pacu)
Violet Line Piranha
Redhook Myleus
Arapaima (A. gigas)
Silver Arowana
Banded Leporinus
Oscar
Silver Hatchetfish
Emerald Catfish
Slender Hemiodus
Sunshine Pleco
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Flagtail Characin
Pictus Catfish
Porthole Catfish
Pinktail Chalceus
Turquoise Severum
Adonis Catfish
Redheaded Eartheater
Redhook Pacu
Silver Dollar
Spotted Metynnis
Black Ghost Knifefish
Parrot Cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus)
Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum spp)
Whiptail Banjo Catfish
Rummy Nose Tetra
Unidentified cory (Corydoras spp)
Education/Labs in Amazonia Building
Rubber Eel
Eastern Red Newt
California Tiger Salamander
Fowler’s Toad
Panamanian Golden Frog
African Clawed Frog
Blue & Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Golden Poison Dart Frog
lab tanks in room behind glass, very difficult to see animals (not noted in 2019):
Coronated Treefrog
Lemur Leaf Frog
Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Blessed and Brazilian Spotted Poison Dart Frogs
Other spp whose signs I couldn’t read from angle (at least 1 newt tank and 1 PDF tank)
Multiple species of coral and marine species (not noted in 2019):
Rose Coral, Zoanthids, Thin Birdsnest Coral, Pulsing Xenia, Trumpet Coral, Staghorn Coral, Capricornis, Gorgonian, Hammer Coral, Smooth Cauliflower Coral, Whisker Coral, Cauliflower Coral, Sinularia, Boulder Star Coral, Tube Anemone
Porcelain Crab, Hermit Crab, Giant Clam, Brittle Star, Fire Shrimp, Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
Clown Anemonefish
Other Exhibits
Patagonian Mara
American Bison
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
North American Porcupine
Lost Species since end of 2019:
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Addra Gazelle
Red River Hog
Rueppell's Griffon Vulture
Geoffroy’s Marmoset
Virginia Opossum
Striped Skunk
Black Howler Monkey
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
Pancake Tortoise
Gharial
Stinkpot (Common Musk Turtle)
Common Kingsnake
Green Anaconda
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Common Blue-tongued Skink
Meller’s Chameleon
Plumed Basilisk
Sambava Tomato Frog
Brown Rat
Gray Wolf
Blue-gray Tanager (not sure if ever seen previously)
Silver-beaked Tanager (not sure if ever seen previously)
Smooth-sided Toad (not sure if ever seen previously)
Sunbittern
Amazon Milk Frog
South American Lungfish
Neon Tetra
Kitty Tetra
Lemon Tetra
Peacock Cichlid
Golden Whiptail Catfish
Marbled Whiptail Catfish
Chocolate-colored Catfish
Glass Knifefish
Blue Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens)
Red-bellied Piranha
Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula
Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
Asia
Sloth Bear
Clouded Leopard
Fishing Cat
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Red Panda
Giant Panda
Northern Snakehead
Asian Elephant
African Loop
Cheetah
Grevy’s Zebra
Lesser Kudu, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Sitatunga
Addax
Ostrich
Small Mammal House (Indoor)
Woylie (Brush-tailed Bettong)
Northern Treeshrew
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
Chinchilla
Degu
Red-rumped Agouti
Naked Mole Rat
North Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
Prevost’s Squirrel
Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
Southern Tamandua
Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Rock Hyrax
Red Ruffed Lemur
Goeldi’s Monkey
Golden Lion Tamarin
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
White-faced Saki
Fennec Fox
Sand Cat
Dwarf Mongoose
Black-footed Ferret
Meerkat (temporarily out still IIRC, but returning)
Green Aracari
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Small Mammal House (Outdoor)
White-nosed Coati
Red-necked/Bennett’s Wallaby
Przewalski’s Horse (returned after being absent for a couple years)
Gibbon Ridge
Siamang
Great Ape House
Western Lowland Gorilla
Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan
Reptile Discovery Center (Building)
Spiny-tailed Monitor
Emerald Tree Monitor
Caiman Lizard
Fiji Banded Iguana
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Prehensile-tailed Skink
Gila Monster
Giant Plated Lizard
Mexican Alligator Lizard
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Smallwood’s Anole
Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko
Madagascar Day Gecko
Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
Tokay Gecko
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Green Tree Python
Timor Python
Black-headed Python
Northern Pine Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Corn Snake
Western Hognose Snake
False Water Cobra
Rhinoceros Ratsnake
Mangrove Snake
Tentacled Snake
Gaboon Viper
Eyelash Palm-pitviper
King Cobra
Taylor’s Cantil
Bushmaster (labeled as South American but Latin name is for Central American)
Timber Rattler
Copperhead
Lance-headed Rattlesnake
Cuban Crocodile
Philippine Crocodile
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Indochinese Box Turtle
McCord’s Box Turtle
Golden Coin Turtle
Painted Terrapin
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle
Matamata
Northern Red-faced Turtle
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Fly River Turtle
Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
Spider Tortoise
Aldabra Tortoise
Tomistoma
Komodo Dragon (2nd exhibit)
Sheltopusik
Snouted Cobra
Reticulated Python
Klemmer’s/Yellow-headed Day Gecko
European Glass Lizard
Black Tree Monitor
Rhinoceros Viper
Black Pond Turtle
Mississippi Map Turtle
Shingleback Skink
Red-bellied Salamander
Shenandoah Salamander
Hellbender
Emperor Newt
Lemur Leaf Frog
Coronated Tree Frog
Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Splashback Poison Dart Frog
Harlequin Poison Dart Frog
Panamanian Golden Frog
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Japanese Giant Salamander
Note: these three may not be new, just missing from my previous list:
Red Salamander
Green Salamander
Long-tailed Salamander
Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Front)
Aldabra Tortoise
American Alligator
Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Back)
Crocodile Monitor
Komodo Dragon
Chinese Alligator
Philippine Crocodile
Think Tank
Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan
Allen’s Swamp Monkey
Hermit Crab
Big Cats
Tiger (Amur and Sumatran)
African Lion
Lemurs
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Collared Brown Lemur
Radiated Tortoise
American Trail
American Beaver
Spectacled Bear
North American River Otter
Gray Seal
Harbor Seal
California Sea Lion
Maned Wolf
Bald Eagle
Wood Duck, North American Ruddy Duck
Brown Pelican
Common Raven
Amazonia
Emperor Tamarin
Bolivian Gray Titi
Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
Roseate Spoonbill
Ringed Teal
Hawk-headed Parrot
Green Aracari
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (possibly unsigned)
Arrau River Turtle
Matamata
Red-footed Tortoise
Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog (free-roaming in jungle room; effectively never seen)
Largespot River Stingray
White-blotched River Stingray
Vermiculate River Stingray (unclear if this is still considered distinct species or now grouped with P. falkneri) – needs reevaluation
Shovelnose Catfish
Ripsaw Catfish
Redtail Catfish
Suckermouth Catfish
Panda Cory
Twig Catfish
Electric Eel
Bluntnose Knifefish
Elephant-nose Knifefish
Tambaqui (Pacu)
Violet Line Piranha
Redhook Myleus
Arapaima (A. gigas)
Silver Arowana
Banded Leporinus
Oscar
Silver Hatchetfish
Emerald Catfish
Slender Hemiodus
Sunshine Pleco
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Flagtail Characin
Pictus Catfish
Porthole Catfish
Pinktail Chalceus
Turquoise Severum
Adonis Catfish
Redheaded Eartheater
Redhook Pacu
Silver Dollar
Spotted Metynnis
Black Ghost Knifefish
Parrot Cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus)
Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum spp)
Whiptail Banjo Catfish
Rummy Nose Tetra
Unidentified cory (Corydoras spp)
Education/Labs in Amazonia Building
Rubber Eel
Eastern Red Newt
California Tiger Salamander
Fowler’s Toad
Panamanian Golden Frog
African Clawed Frog
Blue & Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Golden Poison Dart Frog
lab tanks in room behind glass, very difficult to see animals (not noted in 2019):
Coronated Treefrog
Lemur Leaf Frog
Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Blessed and Brazilian Spotted Poison Dart Frogs
Other spp whose signs I couldn’t read from angle (at least 1 newt tank and 1 PDF tank)
Multiple species of coral and marine species (not noted in 2019):
Rose Coral, Zoanthids, Thin Birdsnest Coral, Pulsing Xenia, Trumpet Coral, Staghorn Coral, Capricornis, Gorgonian, Hammer Coral, Smooth Cauliflower Coral, Whisker Coral, Cauliflower Coral, Sinularia, Boulder Star Coral, Tube Anemone
Porcelain Crab, Hermit Crab, Giant Clam, Brittle Star, Fire Shrimp, Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
Clown Anemonefish
Other Exhibits
Patagonian Mara
American Bison
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
North American Porcupine
Lost Species since end of 2019:
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Addra Gazelle
Red River Hog
Rueppell's Griffon Vulture
Geoffroy’s Marmoset
Virginia Opossum
Striped Skunk
Black Howler Monkey
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
Pancake Tortoise
Gharial
Stinkpot (Common Musk Turtle)
Common Kingsnake
Green Anaconda
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Common Blue-tongued Skink
Meller’s Chameleon
Plumed Basilisk
Sambava Tomato Frog
Brown Rat
Gray Wolf
Blue-gray Tanager (not sure if ever seen previously)
Silver-beaked Tanager (not sure if ever seen previously)
Smooth-sided Toad (not sure if ever seen previously)
Sunbittern
Amazon Milk Frog
South American Lungfish
Neon Tetra
Kitty Tetra
Lemon Tetra
Peacock Cichlid
Golden Whiptail Catfish
Marbled Whiptail Catfish
Chocolate-colored Catfish
Glass Knifefish
Blue Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens)
Red-bellied Piranha
Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula
Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
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