Very much looking forward to the iconic Mang Shan pit vipers, from San Diego Zoo.
Very much looking forward to the iconic Mang Shan pit vipers, from San Diego Zoo.
Source is from the curator himself. Personally this was also the one species he mentioned to us that caught my attention.This was a massive surprise to see on my notifications tab. Is this public news or inside info
Source is from the curator himself. Personally this was also the one species he mentioned to us that caught my attention.
Used to own a female in Malaysia and arguably my favourite viper species to ever work with.
In lighter hearted news, the zoo's male pig-nosed turtle trends on social media. He's a rather inquisitive individual, and on my visits he kept on swimming up to visitors
Pig-nosed turtle at S'pore Zoo that follows visitors around in its exhibit isn't actually lonely
Which species occupy the 3 tanks in the pygmy hippo exhibit now? Last I visited, jaguar cichlids from the caiman lizard tank were in the former male anaconda tank
Glad to see the okapi plans materialising! Would they import from America, Europe or Japan, the only other place in Asia with okapis? Besides okapis and sifakas, are there any other plans for major new species for Rainforest Wild, assuming most of Asia’s species are already in their collection?
Currently here are some of the planned species that are planned for Rainforest Wild Asia. This is not everything but this gives a bit of a clue on what most likely will be on show unless things change
Entrance:
Asian arowana
Southern river terrapin
Forest edge:
Francois langur
Forest floor:
Elongated tortoise
Asian brown tortoise
Hog deer
Lesser mousedeer
Canopy climb:
Babirusa
Malayan tiger
Red dhole
Watering hole:
Sun bear
Malayan tapir
Siamese crococodile
Sentinel f and b:
Prevost squirrel
Vietnam pheasant
Burmese python
Cavern:
Cave ricer
Blind cave fish
Madagascan hissing cockroach
Asian forest scorpion
Lost forest:
Red shanked Douc
Javan langur
Axis deer
Siamang