Rare reptiles & amphibians in North America

[Dhole dude]

Omaha is AFAIK the only zoo in the world to display Togo Slippery Frogs. Brookfield also has this species, but they have never been on display.

 

[pichu]

boston museum of science has tuataras

 

[ZooElephantMan]

boston museum of science has tuataras

Are you sure? Where did you hear about this? @TinoPup posted a species list for the Boston Museum of Science a few months ago and Tuataras were not listed:

Museum of Science Boston species list July 2022 [Museum of Science (Boston)]

 

[Great Argus]

boston museum of science has tuataras

I'd be extremely surprised if they actually have live Tuatara.

 

[pichu]

last time i was there they had them

 

[pichu]

Are you sure? Where did you hear about this? @TinoPup posted a species list for the Boston Museum of Science a few months ago and Tuataras were not listed:

Museum of Science Boston species list July 2022 [Museum of Science (Boston)]

nevermind it was a chuckwalla im sorry for wasting your time

 

[toxodon]

Omaha has a King Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis). As far as I know, it's the only one in the country.

 

[15399]

Philadelphia Zoo should be the only public holder of the Travancore Tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica.

 

[SusScrofa]

Are all the bearded dragons in the US Pogona vitticeps? Every place from large zoos to small nature centers that have them only have that species. Does any facility hold P. barbata or P. minor?

 

[iluvwhales]

Are inland taipan or brown snakes present in the U.S.?

 

[SusScrofa]

Are inland taipan or brown snakes present in the U.S.?

I saw an Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) at Wild Florida in September, so it should still be present in the collection.

According to @toxodon in the above posts, King Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is kept at Omaha.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Omaha keeps Pseudechis australis rather than Pseudonaja textilis, according to their signage.

 

[Sheather]

Does anyone still exhibit shingleback skink? The species is present in the pet trade but only barely, with a handful of breeding individuals.

 

[15399]

Does anyone still exhibit shingleback skink? The species is present in the pet trade but only barely, with a handful of breeding individuals.

Philadelphia Zoo exhibits a shingleback skink. I don't know it anyone else does.

 

[toxodon]

Omaha keeps Pseudechis australis rather than Pseudonaja textilis, according to their signage.

Sorry for getting the name wrong, I was going off of google for the scientific name. I knew they had one, just not the exact one.

 

[Aardwolf]

Philadelphia Zoo exhibits a shingleback skink. I don't know it anyone else does.

Shinglebacks aren't especially uncommon. Besides Philly, they are at Fort Worth, San Diego, Denver, St. Louis, and several other facilities. Really cool lizards, though

 

[birdsandbats]

Are all the bearded dragons in the US Pogona vitticeps? Every place from large zoos to small nature centers that have them only have that species. Does any facility hold P. barbata or P. minor?

A handful of collections house P. barbata.

Are inland taipan or brown snakes present in the U.S.?

Omaha holds King Brown, and a few places have Inland Taipan.

 

[SusScrofa]

A handful of collections house P. barbata.

Can you name one specifically?

 

[birdsandbats]

Can you name one specifically?

Bronx.

 

[SusScrofa]

Bronx.

The ones at Bronx are vitticeps.