Are These in Captivity? #2

How many species of Fiddler Crabs other than West African and Mudflat are in the captivities. Are there any blue species of Fiddler Crab in captivity?
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Yes. Many zoos hold Sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus), it is fairly abundant in the country despite being a European species. There are also a handful of zoos that hold native glass lizards from the Ophisaurus genus, mostly Eastern Glass Lizard (O. ventralis).
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Thanks for the info. Will be on the lookout for Sheltopusik at zoos.
 
Greetings everyone!

I was curious if anybody has information pertaining to the status of these species at the Melaka Butterfly & Reptile Sanctuary in Malaysia:

Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing (Trogonoptera brookiana)
Malayan Fire Snail (Platymma tweediei)
Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi)

I had personally emailed the institute regarding them, as I was interested in paying a visit later this year. But sadly, I’ve not received any response over the last few months.

Would appreciate any updates :)
 
Charles said:
Does anyone know if Philippine eagles, crab eating macaques or sportive lemurs
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Philippine eagle are at least at Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. I imagine some more places in the Philippines.

Crab-eating macaques are quite common, since you are in the UK you'd be happy to know there is a few holders here such as Thrigby Hall and bizarrely, Southend-on-Sea SeaLife!

I am not aware of anywhere that holds sportive lemurs, maybe some facilities in Madagascar?
 
Mayki said:
Philippine eagle are at least at Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. I imagine some more places in the Philippines.

Crab-eating macaques are quite common, since you are in the UK you'd be happy to know there is a few holders here such as Thrigby Hall and bizarrely, Southend-on-Sea SeaLife!

I am not aware of anywhere that holds sportive lemurs, maybe some facilities in Madagascar?
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Was just wondering as I believe they could be species at a new zoo in the far future and they’re relevant to the areas the zoo wants to replicate
 
Mayki said:
Which zoo are you referring to?
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I’m more speculating about the new Bristol zoo, it seems like their indicating in phase 2 or 3 they will add a Philippines area and improve their Madagascar section along with a new Costa Rica area as they’re predicting 90% of their species will link to their conservation
 
Charles said:
I’m more speculating about the new Bristol zoo, it seems like their indicating in phase 2 or 3 they will add a Philippines area and improve their Madagascar section along with a new Costa Rica area as they’re predicting 90% of their species will link to their conservation
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I see, I think you are being very optimistic to think Philippine eagles or sportive lemurs will be part of it though :p I can't deny it would be pretty great! ;)
 
Mayki said:
I see, I think you are being very optimistic to think Philippine eagles or sportive lemurs will be part of it though :p I can't deny it would be pretty great! ;)
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I think sportive lemurs would be a stretch but I heard rumours that Philippine eagles were being sent abroad to conserve the species, I just created a new thread for this topic, it’s under the United Kingdom section of zoo chat btw
 
Charles said:
I think sportive lemurs would be a stretch but I heard rumours that Philippine eagles were being sent abroad to conserve the species, I just created a new thread for this topic, it’s under the United Kingdom section of zoo chat btw
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Where did you hear this?
 
Charles said:
It was a thread on here, idk the exact one
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They sent Eagles to Singapore which is already a good first step but I wouldn't expect to see any Philippe eagle in Europe any time soon.
And 90% species linked to conservation could very well be thanks to many invertebrates, fishes or even smaller reptiles, they're easier to get, to manage and cheaper to house.
 
Rayane said:
They sent Eagles to Singapore which is already a good first step but I wouldn't expect to see any Philippe eagle in Europe any time soon.
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Do you know if there are breeding centers for Philippine Eagles in their home country ?
If it's the case we should imagine the import of a few pairs in Europe in the coming years, as it happens for the Harpy Eagles (import of a pair in Beauval from Brazil, in 2020).
 
Haliaeetus said:
Do you know if there are breeding centers for Philippine Eagles in their home country ?
If it's the case we should imagine the import of a few pairs in Europe in the coming years, as it happens for the Harpy Eagles (import of a pair in Beauval from Brazil, in 2020).
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Well there is the Philippine Eagle Center which breeds them, but I don't think the two species are comparable.
Harpy eagles are part of an already existing program in Europe (I believe?), so I think import is a bit easier. Let's see how Singapore does with the eagles first.
 
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Rayane said:
They sent Eagles to Singapore which is already a good first step but I wouldn't expect to see any Philippe eagle in Europe any time soon.
And 90% species linked to conservation could very well be thanks to many invertebrates, fishes or even smaller reptiles, they're easier to get, to manage and cheaper to house.
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I thought this originally but they sent koalas from Australia to the UK, from the wild due to loss of habitat, if they built the correct facilities and trained right, which I think they could do, I would believe their is still a possibility, and with the 90% conservation, they aim to have more larger animals than smaller ones so even if they have lots of invertebrates, fish and small reptiles it still wouldn’t make up the balance
 
Charles said:
I thought this originally but they sent koalas from Australia to the UK, from the wild due to loss of habitat, if they built the correct facilities and trained right, which I think they could do, I would believe their is still a possibility, and with the 90% conservation, they aim to have more larger animals than smaller ones so even if they have lots of invertebrates, fish and small reptiles it still wouldn’t make up the balance
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Well koala are in a lot of zoos already
 
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