ZooChat Challenge Global 2025

[Kudu21]

New year, same first zoo!

San Diego Zoo (San Diego, CA) - 06 January 2025:
Carnivora:

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1. Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
2. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
3. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
4. Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
5. Cougar (Puma concolor)
6. Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)
7. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
8. Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
9. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
10. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
11. Lion (Panthera leo)
12. Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)
13. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
14. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
15. Slender-tailed meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
16. Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
17. Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
18. Spot-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis)
19. Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
20. Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Accipitriformes:
21. Crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
22. Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)
23. Steller’s sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Serpentes:

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24. African bush viper (Atheris squamigera)
25. Angolan python (Python anchietae)
26. Annulated boa (Corallus annulatus)
27. Aruba Island rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus)
28. Ashy pit viper (Trimeresurus puniceus)
29. Baja California ratsnake (Bogertophis rosaliae)
30. Ball python (Python regius)
31. Banded water cobra (Naja annulata)
32. Baron’s green racer (Philohydras baroni)
33. Black-headed bushmaster (Lachesis melanocephala)
34. California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae)
35. California mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata)
36. Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)
37. Checkered gartersnake (Thamnophis marcianus)
38. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)
39. Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)
40. Ethiopian mountain adder (Bitis parviocula)
41. Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
42. Fiji Island boa (Candoia bibroni)
43. Flower snake (Elaphe moellendorffi)
44. Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
45. Green tree python (Morelia viridis)
46. Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)
47. Hispaniola boa (Chilabothrus striatus)
48. Indian rock python (Python molurus)
49. King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
50. Malagasy ground boa (Acrantophis madagascariensis)
51. Mangrove pit viper (Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus)
52. Mangshan pit viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis)
53. Mexican kingsnake (Lampropeltis mexicana)
54. Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
55. Northern white-lipped python (Leiopython albertisii)
56. Puff adder (Bitis arietans)
57. Ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi)
58. River vine snake (Ahaetulla fronticincta)
59. Rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus)
60. Rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
61. Snouted cobra (Naja annulifera)
62. Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
63.Timor python (Malayopython timoriensis)
64. West African gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros)
65. Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis)
66. Western rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus)
67. Woma (Aspidites ramsayi)

Crocodylia:

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68. Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
69. Cuvier’s dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
70. Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
71. Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)
72. Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
73. West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

TOTAL: 73 Species

 

[TNT]

Paignton Zoo (07/01/2025)

Quite an unsuccessful walk around half of the zoo during my lunch break...

Carnivora
1. Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus
2. Meerkat, Suricata suricatta

No shows on the route I walked include binturong, dwarf mongoose and maned wolf. I hope to get these and other species currently on show in the zoo (African lion, Sumatran tiger, red panda and spectacled owls) very soon. Once Croc swamp opens in a few weeks time, I'll be able to add a few more species too.

 

[Marhi]

Spoiler

Carnivora

01/ Barbary Lion / Panthera leo leo / lev berberský
02/ Masked Palm Civet / Paguma larvata / ovíječ maskovaný
03/ Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens / panda červená
04/ Snow Leopard / Panthera uncia / levhart sněžný
05/ North China Leopard / Panthera pardus japonensis / levhart čínský
06/ Hausa Gennet / Genetta thierryi / ženetka savanová
07/ Banded Mongoose / Mungos mungo / mangusta žíhaná
08/ South African Fur Seal / Arctocephalus pusilus / lachtan jihoafrický (5.1.)
09/ Palawan Leopard Cat / Prionailurus bengalensis heaneyi / kočka palawanská (5.1.)
10/ Fossa / Cryptoprocta ferox / fosa (5.1.)
11/ Malayan Tiger / Panthera tigris jacksoni / tygr malajský (5.1.)
12/ Margay / Leopardus wiedii / margay (6.1.)
13/ South Amaerican Sea Lion / Otaria byronia / lachtan plavý (6.1.)
14/ Sri Lankan Rusty-spotted Cat / Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi / kočka cejlonská (6.1.)

Accipitriformes

01/ Griffon Vulture / Gyps fulvus / sup bělohlavý (1.1.)
02/ Egyptian Vulture / Neophron percnopterus / sup mrchožravý (5.1.)
03/ Steller’s Sea Eagle / Haliaeetus pelagicus / orel východní (5.1.)
04/ Bald Eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus / orel bělohlavý (5.1.)
05/ King Vulture / Sarcoramphus papa / kondor královský (5.1.)
06/ Eastern Imperial Eagle / Aquila heliaca / orel královský (6.1.)
07/ Short-toed Snake-eagle / Circaetus gallicus / orel krátkoprstý (6.1.)
08/ Greater Spotted Eagle / Clanga clanga / orel volavý (6.1.)
09/ Bearded Vulture / Gypaetus barbatus barbatus / orlosup bradatý (6.1.)
10/ Lesser Spotted Eagle / Clanga pomarina / orel křiklavý (6.1.)
11/ Golden Eagle / Aquila chrysaetos / orel skalní (6.1.)
12/ White-tailed Eagle / Haliaeetus albicilla / orel mořský (6.1.)
13/ Cinereous Vulture / Aegypius monachus / sup hnědý (6.1.)

Strigiformes

01/ Philippine Scops Owl / Otus megalotis / výreček filipínský (1.1.)
02/ Ural Owl / Strix uralensis / puštík bělavý (6.1.)
03/ Snowy Owl / Bubo scandiacus / sovice sněžní (6.1.)
04/ Great Grey Owl / Strix nebulosa / puštík bradatý (6.1.)
05/ Eurasian Eagle Owl / Bubo bubo sibiricus / výr velký západosibiřský (6.1.)

Falconiformes

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Serpentes

01/ Dumeril’s Boa / Acrantophis dumerili / hroznýš Dumerilův
02/ Madagascar Boa / Acrantophis madagascariensis / hroznýš madagaskarský
03/ Western Madagascar Boa / Sanzinia volontany / hroznýš psohlavý
04/ Northern King Coba / Ophiophagus hannah / kobra královská
05/ Sharp-nosed Pit viper / Deinagkistrodon acutus / ploskolebec nosorohý
06/ Mangashan Pitviper / Protobothrops mangshanensis / chřestýšovec mangašanský
07/ Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra / Naja siamensis / kobra siamská
08/ Highland Eyelash-Pitviper / Bothriechis schlegelii / křovinář ostnitý
09/ Southern Death Adder / Acanthophis antarcticus / smrtonoš zmijí
10/ Fierce Snake / Oxyuranus microlepidotus / taipan menší
11/ Aruba Island Rattlesnake / Crotalus durissus unicolor / chřestýš brazilský jednobarvý
12/ Black Mamba / Dendroaspis polylepis / mamba černá
13/ Green Mamba / Dendroaspis angusticeps / mamba úzkohlavá
14/ Rhinoceros Viper / Bitis nasicornis / zmije nosorohá
15/ White-lipped Island Pit Viper / Trimeresurus insularis / chřestýšovec
16/ Philippine Gold-ringed Cat Snake / Boiga dendrophila divergens / bojga ularburong filipínská
17/ Green Anaconda / Eunectes murinus / anakonda velká (5.1.)
18/ Cuban boa / Chilabothrus angulifer / hroznýšovec kubánský (5.1.)
19/ Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake / Crotalus adamanteus / chřestýš kostkovaný (5.1.)
20/ West African Gaboon Viper / Bitis rhinoceros / zmije nosorožčí (5.1.)
21/ Rough-scaled Python / Morelia carinata / krajta kýlnatá (5.1.)
22/ Green Tree Python / Morelia viridis / krajta zelená (6.1.)
23/ Reticulated Python / Malayopython reticulatus / krajta mřížkovaná (6.1.)

Crocodylia

01/ Mindoro Crocodile / Crocodylus mindorensis / krokodýl filipínský
02/ Gavial / Gavialis gangeticus / gaviál indický (5.1.)

Sharks

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Spoiler

Zoo Pilsen, Czech Republic (1. 1. 2025)

01/ Dumeril’s Boa / Acrantophis dumerili / hroznýš Dumerilův
02/ Madagascar Boa / Acrantophis madagascariensis / hroznýš madagaskarský
03/ Western Madagascar Boa / Sanzinia volontany / hroznýš psohlavý
04/ Barbary Lion / Panthera leo leo / lev berberský
05/ Masked Palm Civet / Paguma larvata / ovíječ maskovaný
06/ Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens / panda červená
07/ Snow Leopard / Panthera uncia / levhart sněžný
08/ North China Leopard / Panthera pardus japonensis / levhart čínský
09/ Griffon Vulture / Gyps fulvus / sup bělohlavý
10/ Northern King Coba / Ophiophagus hannah / kobra královská
11/ Sharp-nosed Pit viper / Deinagkistrodon acutus / ploskolebec nosorohý
12/ Mangashan Pitviper / Protobothrops mangshanensis / chřestýšovec mangašanský
13/ Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra / Naja siamensis / kobra siamská
14/ Highland Eyelash-Pitviper / Bothriechis schlegelii / křovinář ostnitý
15/ Philippine Scops Owl / Otus megalotis / výreček filipínský
16/ Southern Death Adder / Acanthophis antarcticus / smrtonoš zmijí
17/ Fierce Snake / Oxyuranus microlepidotus / taipan menší
18/ Aruba Island Rattlesnake / Crotalus durissus unicolor / chřestýš brazilský jednobarvý
19/ Black Mamba / Dendroaspis polylepis / mamba černá
20/ Green Mamba / Dendroaspis angusticeps / mamba úzkohlavá
21/ Rhinoceros Viper / Bitis nasicornis / zmije nosorohá
22/ White-lipped Island Pit Viper / Trimeresurus insularis / chřestýšovec
23/ Philippine Gold-ringed Cat Snake / Boiga dendrophila divergens / bojga ularburong filipínská
24/ Mindoro Crocodile / Crocodylus mindorensis / krokodýl filipínský
25/ Hausa Gennet / Genetta thierryi / ženetka savanová
26/ Banded Mongoose / Mungos mungo / mangusta žíhaná

Zoo Praha, Czech Republic (5. 1. 2025)

27/ South African Fur Seal / Arctocephalus pusilus / lachtan jihoafrický
28/ Egyptian Vulture / Neophron percnopterus / sup mrchožravý
29/ Steller’s Sea Eagle / Haliaeetus pelagicus / orel východní
30/ Bald Eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus / orel bělohlavý
31/ King Vulture / Sarcoramphus papa / kondor královský
32/ Green Anaconda / Eunectes murinus / anakonda velká
33/ Palawan Leopard Cat / Prionailurus bengalensis heaneyi / kočka palawanská
34/ Fossa / Cryptoprocta ferox / fosa
35/ Cuban boa / Chilabothrus angulifer / hroznýšovec kubánský
36/ Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake / Crotalus adamanteus / chřestýš kostkovaný
37/ West African Gaboon Viper / Bitis rhinoceros / zmije nosorožčí
38/ Malayan Tiger / Panthera tigris jacksoni / tygr malajský
39/ Gavial / Gavialis gangeticus / gaviál indický
40/ Rough-scaled Python / Morelia carinata / krajta kýlnatá

Zoo Liberec, Czech Republic (6. 1. 2025)

41/ Ural Owl / Strix uralensis / puštík bělavý
42/ Snowy Owl / Bubo scandiacus / sovice sněžní
43/ Great Grey Owl / Strix nebulosa / puštík bradatý
44/ Eurasian Eagle Owl / Bubo bubo sibiricus / výr velký západosibiřský
45/ Margay / Leopardus wiedii / margay
46/ South Amaerican Sea Lion / Otaria byronia / lachtan plavý
47/ Green Tree Python / Morelia viridis / krajta zelená
48/ Reticulated Python / Malayopython reticulatus / krajta mřížkovaná
49/ Eastern Imperial Eagle / Aquila heliaca / orel královský
50/ Short-toed Snake-eagle / Circaetus gallicus / orel krátkoprstý
51/ Greater Spotted Eagle / Clanga clanga / orel volavý
52/ Bearded Vulture / Gypaetus barbatus barbatus / orlosup bradatý
53/ Lesser Spotted Eagle / Clanga pomarina / orel křiklavý
54/ Golden Eagle / Aquila chrysaetos / orel skalní
55/ White-tailed Eagle / Haliaeetus albicilla / orel mořský
56/ Cinereous Vulture / Aegypius monachus / sup hnědý
57/ Sri Lankan Rusty-spotted Cat / Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi / kočka cejlonská

Total: 57

 

[AlexanderTHG]

Newquay Zoo (07/01/2025):

12) Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
13) Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)
14) Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
15) Asian Short-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerea)
16) Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
17) Red-Tailed Racer (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)

 

[nczoofan]

Bronx Zoo: (1/3/25)

1. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)
2. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
3. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
4. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
5. Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
6. Asian Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus)
7. Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
8. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
9. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
10. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
11. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
12. Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
13. Giant Madagascan Hognose Snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)
14. Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus)
15. Western Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus)
16. King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
17. Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)
18. Rhinoceros Viper (Bitis nasicornis)
19. Ethiopia Viper (Bitis parviocula)
20. Milos Viper (Macrovipera lebetinus)
21. Brongersma's Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus brongersmai)
22. Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
23. Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
24. Aruba Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)
25. Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus pyrrhus)
26. White-lipped Island Pitviper (Trimeresurus insularis)
27. Mang Mountain Pitviper (Protobothrops mangshanensis)
28. Madagascar Ground Boa (Acrantophis madagascariensis)
29. Madagascar Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
30. Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
31. Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
32. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
33. Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis)
34. Centralian Carpet Python (Morelia bredli)
35. Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)
36. Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
37. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
38. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
39. Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
40. Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

 

[TNT]

Paignton Zoo (07/01/2025)

Quite an unsuccessful walk around half of the zoo during my lunch break...

Carnivora
1. Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus
2. Meerkat, Suricata suricatta

No shows on the route I walked include binturong, dwarf mongoose and maned wolf. I hope to get these and other species currently on show in the zoo (African lion, Sumatran tiger, red panda and spectacled owls) very soon. Once Croc swamp opens in a few weeks time, I'll be able to add a few more species too.

Paignton Zoo (08/01/2025)

Another quick lunchtime stroll in the rain, so not much out!

3. Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)

 

[NSU42]

I say I'm going to do these challenges like every year, but then forget about them/don't make time for them. Lets change that. Made my first zoo visits today to the two zoos in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

My total is at 31.

Parque Zoológico del Centenario, Mérida, Mexico (1/8/25)
1. Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
2. Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
3. Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
4. White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
5. Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
6. Lion (Panthera leo)
7. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
8. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
9. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
10. Indian Python (Python molurus)
11. Ball Python (Python regius)
12. Chicken Snake (Spilotes pullatus)
13. Middle American Snake (Drymarchon melanurus)
14. Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
15. Morelet’s Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
16. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
17. Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
18. Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
19. Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
20. Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
21. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Parque Zoológico Animaya, Mérida, Mexico (1/8/25)
22. Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
23. Yucatán Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan)
24. Brown Rainbow Boa (Epicrates maurus)
25. Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais)
26. Middle American Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus)
27. Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake (Crotalus basiliscus)
28. Road Guarder (Conophis lineatus)
29. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
30. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
31. Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

 

[TNT]

Paignton Zoo (08/01/2025)

Another quick lunchtime stroll in the rain, so not much out!

3. Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)

Paignton Zoo (08/01/2025)

A more successful lunchtime wonder today with four new species!

Carnivora
4. African Lion, Panthera leo
5. Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens

Strigiformes
6. Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
7. Ural Owl, Strix uralensis

Still missing the dwarf mongoose and maned wolf! (no-shows).

 

[MennoPebesma]

AquaZoo Leeuwarden, Netherlands (09/01/2025)
1. Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
2. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
3. Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
4. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
5. Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)
6. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
7. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
8. Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
9. Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
10. Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)

 

[Kudu21]

New year, same first zoo!

San Diego Zoo (San Diego, CA) - 06 January 2025:
Carnivora:

Spoiler

1. Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
2. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
3. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
4. Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
5. Cougar (Puma concolor)
6. Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)
7. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
8. Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
9. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
10. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
11. Lion (Panthera leo)
12. Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)
13. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
14. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
15. Slender-tailed meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
16. Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
17. Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
18. Spot-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis)
19. Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
20. Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Accipitriformes:
21. Crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
22. Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)
23. Steller’s sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Serpentes:

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24. African bush viper (Atheris squamigera)
25. Angolan python (Python anchietae)
26. Annulated boa (Corallus annulatus)
27. Aruba Island rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus)
28. Ashy pit viper (Trimeresurus puniceus)
29. Baja California ratsnake (Bogertophis rosaliae)
30. Ball python (Python regius)
31. Banded water cobra (Naja annulata)
32. Baron’s green racer (Philohydras baroni)
33. Black-headed bushmaster (Lachesis melanocephala)
34. California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae)
35. California mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata)
36. Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)
37. Checkered gartersnake (Thamnophis marcianus)
38. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)
39. Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)
40. Ethiopian mountain adder (Bitis parviocula)
41. Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
42. Fiji Island boa (Candoia bibroni)
43. Flower snake (Elaphe moellendorffi)
44. Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
45. Green tree python (Morelia viridis)
46. Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)
47. Hispaniola boa (Chilabothrus striatus)
48. Indian rock python (Python molurus)
49. King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
50. Malagasy ground boa (Acrantophis madagascariensis)
51. Mangrove pit viper (Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus)
52. Mangshan pit viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis)
53. Mexican kingsnake (Lampropeltis mexicana)
54. Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
55. Northern white-lipped python (Leiopython albertisii)
56. Puff adder (Bitis arietans)
57. Ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi)
58. River vine snake (Ahaetulla fronticincta)
59. Rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus)
60. Rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
61. Snouted cobra (Naja annulifera)
62. Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
63.Timor python (Malayopython timoriensis)
64. West African gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros)
65. Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis)
66. Western rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus)
67. Woma (Aspidites ramsayi)

Crocodylia:

Spoiler

68. Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
69. Cuvier’s dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
70. Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
71. Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)
72. Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
73. West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

TOTAL: 73 Species

With the entire African vulture collection currently off-exhibit, this was certainly not the best haul possible from the Safari Park Unsurprisingly, the bat-eared fox was also a no-show.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Escondido, CA) - 10 January 2025:
Carnivora:
74. Common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
75. Sand cat (Felis margarita)

Accipitriformes:
76. Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
77. Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
78. Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Strigiformes:
79. Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

Serpentes:
80. Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)

 

[birdsandbats]

An additional species from this visit I forgot to count:

12. California Kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary - January 10 2025
13. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
14. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

 

[Rajang-GOAT]

Colchester Zoo 5/1

1. Malayan sun bear (Helarctos melayanus)
2. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
3. Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus)
4. Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
5. Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
6. King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
7. Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
8. Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
9. Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus)
10. Amur tiger (Panthera tigris)
11. Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
12. African rock python (Python sebae)
13. Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
14. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
15. Royal python (Python regius)
16. Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)
17. African lion (Panthera leo)
18. Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
19. Patagonian sealion (Otaria byronia)

All in all a solid first visit with only five available species missed, one of which was off show and two others very easy to find elsewhere (ASCO and Meerkat). I like this years challenge and it will be cool to see how it plays out.

 

[NSU42]

Spoiler: Previous Visits

Parque Zoológico del Centenario, Mérida, Mexico (1/8/25)
1. Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
2. Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
3. Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
4. White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
5. Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
6. Lion (Panthera leo)
7. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
8. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
9. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
10. Indian Python (Python molurus)
11. Ball Python (Python regius)
12. Chicken Snake (Spilotes pullatus)
13. Middle American Snake (Drymarchon melanurus)
14. Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
15. Morelet’s Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
16. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
17. Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
18. Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
19. Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
20. Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
21. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Parque Zoológico Animaya, Mérida, Mexico (1/8/25)
22. Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
23. Yucatán Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan)
24. Brown Rainbow Boa (Epicrates maurus)
25. Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais)
26. Middle American Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus)
27. Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake (Crotalus basiliscus)
28. Road Guarder (Conophis lineatus)
29. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
30. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
31. Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

Went to the two other zoos in the state of Yucatán today (suppose it is yesterday at this point). My total is now at 37.

La Reina Parque Zoológico y Botánico de Tizimín, Tizimín, Mexico (1/10/25)
32. Cozumel/Pygmy Raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus)

Valla Zoo, Valladolid, Mexico (1/10/25)
33. Coyote (Canis latrans)
34. Tayra (Eira barbara)
35. Greater Grison (Galictis vittata)
36. Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
37. American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary – 12/01/2025:

01) Dingo Canis familiaris dingo
02) Common Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus
03) Broad-headed Snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides
04) Carpet Python Morelia spilota
05) Coastal Taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus
06) Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
07) Olive Python Liasis olivaceus
08) Centralian Python Morelia bredli
09) Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
10) Barking Owl Ninox connivens
11) Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
12) White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
13) Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus
14) Freshwater Crocodile Crocodylus johnstoni

 

[pipaluk]

Colchester Zoo- 5th January

49 Red Panda
50 S American sea lion
51 Amur Leopard
52 Sun Bear
53 Slender Snouted Crocodile
54 Eurasian Wolf
55 Spotted Hyaena
56 Smooth coated otter
57 Bush Dog
58 Madagascar Tree Boa
59 African white backed vulture
60 African Rock Python
61 Fennec fox
62 Andean condor
63 Great grey owl
64 King vulture
65 Green Anaconda

12th January Raptor Foundation

66 Boa Constrictor
67 Corn snake
68 Red-tailed Hawk
69 Chilean blue eagle
70 Common Buzzard
71 Harris hawk
72 Goshawk
73 Great Horned Owl
74 Magellan Horned Owl
75 Lomg-eared owl
76 Short-eared owl
77 Bald eagle
78 Black kite
79 Boobook owl
80 African Spotted owl
81Striped owl
82 Ural owl
83 Vermiculated eagle owl
84 Ashy faced owl
85 Chaco owl
86 Tawny owl
87 Saker Falcon
88 Peregrine falcon
89 Lanner falcon
90 Bataleur eagle
91 Bengal eagle owl

 

[Kudu21]

With the entire African vulture collection currently off-exhibit, this was certainly not the best haul possible from the Safari Park Unsurprisingly, the bat-eared fox was also a no-show.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Escondido, CA) - 10 January 2025:
Carnivora:
74. Common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
75. Sand cat (Felis margarita)

Accipitriformes:
76. Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
77. Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
78. Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Strigiformes:
79. Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

Serpentes:
80. Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)

A small update from a small facility

San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, CA) - 12 January 2025:
Serpentes:
81. Baja California lyre snake (Trimorphodon lyrophanes)
82. Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
83. Glossy snake (Arizona elegans)

 

[TNT]

Paignton Zoo (08/01/2025)

A more successful lunchtime wonder today with four new species!

Carnivora
4. African Lion, Panthera leo
5. Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens

Strigiformes
6. Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
7. Ural Owl, Strix uralensis

Still missing the dwarf mongoose and maned wolf! (no-shows).

Paignton Zoo (13/01/2024)

Seen for the first time since returning to work after Christmas - they aren't very showy on my lunchtime walks!

Carnivora
8. Dwarf Mongoose, Helogale parvula

Remaining mammals at PZ include maned wolves and binturong (which I neglected to list last time). I hope to view the two croc and single snake species in croc swamp when it reopens this coming weekend. As far as I know, that will then be PZ done.

 

[endogenylove]

I didn’t participate at all last year, but I will be participating this year! This is great and I’ve already got a few under my belt to be updated later

 

[CGSwans]

Adelaide Zoo - 13/1/2025
20. Aruba Island rattlesnake - Crotalus unicolor
21. Inland taipan - Oxyuranus micropidota
22. Green anaconda - Eunectes murinus
23. Woma python - Aspidites ramsayi
24. Barking owl - Ninox connivens
25. Dingo - Canis familiaris dingo
26. Binturong - Arctitis binturong
27. Tiger - Panthera tigris
28. Rough-scaled python - Morelia carinata
29. Australian sea lion - Neophoca cinerea
30. Brown-nosed coati - Nasua nasua
31. Asian small-clawed otter - Aonyx cinereus
32. American alligator - Alligator mississippiensis

A quick, mostly reptile house focused visit to Melbourne Zoo to kick off.


Melbourne Zoo - 1/1//2024

1. King cobra - Ophiophagus hannah
2. Coastal taipan - Oxyuranas scutellatus
3. Mexican cantil - Agkistrodon bilineatus
4. Milk snake - Lampropeltis triangulum
5. Broad-headed snake - Hoplocephalus bungaroides
6. Monocled cobra - Naja kaouthia
7. Black-headed python - Aspidites melanocephalus
8. Common death adder - Acanthophis antarcticus
9. Rainbow boa - Epicrates cenchria
10. Eyelash viper - Bothriechis schlegelii
11. Red-bellied black snake - Pseudechis porphyriacus
12. Malayan blood python - Python brongersmai
13. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake - Crotalus adamanteus
14. Corn snake - Pantherophis guttatus
15. Lion - Panthera leo
16. Ball python - Python regius
17. Macleay’s water snake - Pseudoferania polylepis
18. Reticulated python - Malayopython reticulatus
19. Meerkat - Suricata suricata

 

[NSU42]

Two more visits to Mexican zoos, but today I am in Mexico City. My total is now at 77.

Unfortunately, despite trying several times throughout the day, I missed out on the Brown Hyena at Chapultepec and their Birds of Prey area was closed off so all I could see was some type of vulture or condor in the distance (obviously did not include since I couldn't identify it).

Spoiler: Previous Visits

Parque Zoológico del Centenario, Mérida, Mexico (1/8/25)
1. Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
2. Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
3. Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
4. White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
5. Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
6. Lion (Panthera leo)
7. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
8. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
9. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
10. Indian Python (Python molurus)
11. Ball Python (Python regius)
12. Chicken Snake (Spilotes pullatus)
13. Middle American Snake (Drymarchon melanurus)
14. Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
15. Morelet’s Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
16. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
17. Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
18. Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
19. Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
20. Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
21. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Parque Zoológico Animaya, Mérida, Mexico (1/8/25)
22. Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
23. Yucatán Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan)
24. Brown Rainbow Boa (Epicrates maurus)
25. Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais)
26. Middle American Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus)
27. Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake (Crotalus basiliscus)
28. Road Guarder (Conophis lineatus)
29. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
30. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
31. Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

La Reina Parque Zoológico y Botánico de Tizimín, Tizimín, Mexico (1/10/25)
32. Cozumel/Pygmy Raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus)

Valla Zoo, Valladolid, Mexico (1/10/25)
33. Coyote (Canis latrans)
34. Tayra (Eira barbara)
35. Greater Grison (Galictis vittata)
36. Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
37. American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Zoológico de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico (1/14/25)
38. Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
39. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
40. Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
41. Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
42. Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
43. Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
44. Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
45. Common Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
46. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
47. American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
48. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
49. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
50. Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
51. Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia)
52. Northwestern Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus culminatus)
53. Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
54. Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)
55. Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
56. Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
57. Black-necked Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricollis)
58. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
59. Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi)
60. Atlantic Central American Milksnake (Lampropeltis polyzona)
61. Guatemalan Milk Snake (Lampropeltis abnorma)
62. Desert Kingsnake (Lampropeltis splendida)
63. Mandarin Rat Snake (Euprepiophis mandarinus)
64. Terciopelo (Bothrops asper)
65. Mexican Jumping Pit Viper (Metlapilcoatlus nummifer)
66. Mexican Bullsnake (Pituophis deppei)
67. Mexican Cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus)
68. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
69. Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
70. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
71. Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
72. Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius)

Acuario Inbursa & Acuario Interactivo, Mexico City, Mexico (1/14/25)
73. Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)
74. Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
75. Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
76. Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
77. Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)