Zoochat Challenge North America 2023

King Kong for me! My home zoo is Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which has quite a few primates.
 
I will be going for primates for now, simply because they interest me more than reptiles. We will see how I am feeling come the end of April. I don't foresee being a much of contender in either category as I have no intentions on making a big trip this year like I've done every year for the past five years, but you never know.

In the spirit of being better at posting updates, I have a total of ZERO after going to the Queens Zoo today. As they don't have any primates or lizards, or any reptiles, signed or exhibited. Although I knew I wouldn't be able to get a head start their today anyways. The same will not be said for the Bronx Zoo tomorrow. Shame I have to go back to work on Tuesday, if only I could just go to zoos everyday.
 
I flipped a coin to make the choice. Primates it is. I will be trying to participate in the global challenge this year, so just want to confirm any zoo/species can be used for both?
 
Since I tend to see more reptiles than primates in the zoos I tend to visit, I'll go with lizards.
 
SusScrofa said:
I will be trying to participate in the global challenge this year, so just want to confirm any zoo/species can be used for both?
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Sure - I counted the same zoos and species for both last year.

Global is the same kind of game that North America is, but it's a completely separate competition run by a different person; your participation in that game has no impact or relation to this one.
 
To start it out. I had a nice visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. Sadly my visit to the Dallas Zoo fell on December 31st :rolleyes:

Fort Worth Zoo (1/1):
1. Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi)
2. Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
3. Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons
4. Fiji-Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
5. Frill-Neck Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
6. Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
7. New Caledonia Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
8. Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
9. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
10. Emerald Tree Skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)
11. Mexican Alligator Lizard (Abronia graminea)
12. Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)
13. Haitian giant galliwasp (Caribicus warren)
14. Reisinger’s Tree Monitor (Varanus reisingeri)
15. San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius)
16. Haitan Green Anole (Anolis ricordii)
17. Southern Banded Knob-Tailed Gecko (Nephrurus wheeleri)
18. Sudan Mastigure (Uromastyx dispar)
 
I'll kick off the primates. Went to the Bronx Zoo yesterday and saw the following species. Unfortunately, Congo Gorilla Forest is closed until March.

Primates
Bronx Zoo (1/2/23)
1. Ebony Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)
2. Silvered Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus)
3. White-Cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus concolor)
4. Southern Lesser Galago (Galago moholi)
5. Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
6. Collared Lemur (Eulemur collaris)
7. Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
8. Red–ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
9. Bolivian Gray Titi (Plecturocebus donacophilus)
10. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)
 
Decided to start this year off with one of the bigger primate collections in the area.

Primates
Buttonwood Park Zoo (1/4/23)
1. Bolivian grey titi (Callicebus donacophilus)
2. Western pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)
3. Goeldi's marmoset (Callimico goeldii)
4. Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae)
5. Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)
6. Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
 
Primates
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio (1/4/23)
Note: I only visited the RainForest (which has some primates) and a few other exhibits and not the Primate, Cat and Aquatics (PCA) Bldg., which has most of the primates.

1. Golden lion tamarin
2. Pied tamarin
3. White-fronted marmoset
4. Goeldi's monkey
5. Bornean orangutan
6. Francois' langur
 
Way to go, ZooChat. Making me lose my 69 posts status. Oh well, here we go with King Kong!

Primates
ZooMiami, Miami, Florida (01/02/2022)
Naples Zoo, Naples, Florida (01/05/2022)
  1. Western Lowland Gorilla ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  2. Chimpanzee ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  3. Bornean Orangutan ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  4. White Cheeked Gibbon ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  5. Siamang ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  6. Brown-Headed Spider Monkey ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  7. Mongoose Lemur ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  8. Black Howler Monkey ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  9. Colobus Monkey Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  10. Ring-Tailed Lemur Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  11. Buff-Cheeked Gibbon Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  12. Red-Ruffed Lemur Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  13. Cotton-Top Tamarin Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  14. Black-Handed Spider Monkey Naples Zoo 1/5/2022

 
Visited two facilities today, a planned visit to one and an unplanned visit to another, for a great first day of zoo visits in 2023. This is a really big start of the year, and I'm looking forward to actually seeing more Primates in the future:

New England Aquarium:
0. Zookeeper- Homo sapiens Yes, humans are Primates. Yes, I realize that neither the human hand I saw feeding an octopus nor the entire humans I saw in the penguin pools count as Primates for this challenge.

Boston Museum of Science:

This is where I should've gotten a primate, but unfortunately the cottontop tamarins were a no-show. Luckily this is a species I'm extremely likely to see at some other point this year (and I'm willing to bet that anyone even competitive for first place will see this species at one time or another as it's one of the most common zoo primates).

So a great start to the year, visiting two facilities and seeing a whopping total of ZERO primate species! Had I opted for Lizards, I would've done only marginally better, with three species at the museum. Luckily, I think that I'll see more primates at other zoos I visit this year.
 
First zoo of the year and I've got quite the hefty haul! Missed the Children's Trail due to time constraints and my poor, starving phone battery, but I can get those simians later!

  1. Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
  2. Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas)
  3. Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
  4. Buff-Cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae)
  5. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
  6. Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
  7. Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)
  8. White-Faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia)
  9. Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. Anyways, I can get at 5 more primates at Henry Vilas (6 if I'm lucky), maybe 2 more if I return to Phoenix, Wildlife World is a primate goldmine (if you can sift through all the repeats), but then I'm stuck. I want to visit the Chicago area during my spring break, and maybe San Diego during summer break, but those are gonna need some heavy planning. Milwaukee is another option, but I'm reluctant to visit. Anyways, good luck everyone!
 
nczoofan said:
To start it out. I had a nice visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. Sadly my visit to the Dallas Zoo fell on December 31st :rolleyes:

Fort Worth Zoo (1/1):
1. Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi)
2. Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
3. Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons
4. Fiji-Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
5. Frill-Neck Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
6. Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
7. New Caledonia Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
8. Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
9. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
10. Emerald Tree Skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)
11. Mexican Alligator Lizard (Abronia graminea)
12. Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)
13. Haitian giant galliwasp (Caribicus warren)
14. Reisinger’s Tree Monitor (Varanus reisingeri)
15. San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius)
16. Haitan Green Anole (Anolis ricordii)
17. Southern Banded Knob-Tailed Gecko (Nephrurus wheeleri)
18. Sudan Mastigure (Uromastyx dispar)
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Visited two facilities this week. The first had no lizards and the second only had one :rolleyes:

Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science (1/5):
19. Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
 
Put me down for lizards!

Central Park Zoo 1/7

1. Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) – Central Park Zoo 1/7
2. Oriente anole (Anolis smalwoodi) – Central Park Zoo 1/7
3. Solomon Island prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata) – Central Park Zoo 1/7
4. Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) – Central Park Zoo
 
I’ve never done the Zoochat Challenge before, but I decided that I will try it out this year. I plan to play pretty casually since this is my first time, and I’m gonna be aiming for primates. Today I saw two relatively common species, but it will be interesting to see how my list continues to develop throughout the next twelve months.

Stone Zoo, Stoneham, MA (1/08/23)
  1. Black and White Colobus Monkey (colobus guereza)
  2. Cotton-Top Tamarin (saguinus oedipus)
 
Sedgwick County Zoo 1/08/23

  1. Green Keel-bellied Lizard - Gastropholis prasina

  2. Collared Treerunner - Plica plica

  3. Rainbow Whiptail - Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

  4. Oaxacan Knob-scaled Lizard - Xenosaurus grandis

  5. Jamaican Iguana - Cyclura collei

  6. Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum

  7. Common Chuckwalla - Sauromalus ater

  8. Carrot-tailed Viper Gecko - Hemidactylus imbricatus

  9. Peter’s Banded Skink - Scincopus fasciatus
10. Prickly Gecko - Heteronotia binoei
 
Leaf Productions said:
Way to go, ZooChat. Making me lose my 69 posts status. Oh well, here we go with King Kong!

Primates
ZooMiami, Miami, Florida (01/02/2022)
Naples Zoo, Naples, Florida (01/05/2022)
  1. Western Lowland Gorilla ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  2. Chimpanzee ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  3. Bornean Orangutan ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  4. White Cheeked Gibbon ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  5. Siamang ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  6. Brown-Headed Spider Monkey ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  7. Mongoose Lemur ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  8. Black Howler Monkey ZooMiami 1/2/2022
  9. Colobus Monkey Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  10. Ring-Tailed Lemur Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  11. Buff-Cheeked Gibbon Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  12. Red-Ruffed Lemur Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  13. Cotton-Top Tamarin Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
  14. Black-Handed Spider Monkey Naples Zoo 1/5/2022
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Let's get it moving!

15. Ebony Langur Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
16. Coquerel's Sifaka Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
17. Collared Brown Lemur Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
18. Gelada Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
19. Bolivian Grey Titi Monkey Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
20. Silvery Leaf Monkey Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
21. Maholey Bushbaby Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
22. Silvery Lutang Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
23. Geoffrey's Tamarin Maritime Aquarium 1/8/2022
 
Everyone's submissions have been counted up to now.

nczoofan said:
To start it out. I had a nice visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. Sadly my visit to the Dallas Zoo fell on December 31st :rolleyes:
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nczoofan said:
Visited two facilities this week. The first had no lizards and the second only had one :rolleyes:
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And yet you're still leading :p

Corangurilla said:
First zoo of the year and I've got quite the hefty haul!
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I got from context that this was Phoenix Zoo, but don't forget to list the zoo(s) with each update.

Leaf Productions said:
20. Silvery Leaf Monkey Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
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Leaf Productions said:
22. Silvery Lutang Bronx Zoo 1/8/2022
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Same species, so you're at 22.

I made a zoo visit after I finished birding today, in an effort to give @nczoofan someone to compete against... only to return home, log on, and find two new entries for Team Lizard :p no primates at this one or my next planned visit, so I'll stick with this for now and see how I feel later.

Lizards
California Living Museum (Jan 8)
1. Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
2. Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
3. Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)
4. Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
 
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