Adelaide Zoo species list
All species which were seen or signed, as of 11 September 2025.
MAMMALS:
*a few species notes:
1) their Australian Sealion had recently died so is not on the following list.
2) both the South African Crested Porcupine enclosures were empty with signs saying they were unoccupied.
3) the kangaroo enclosure was empty with the signage removed.
4) I didn't get to the Nocturnal House until about 1pm and there were a lot of noisy school groups at the zoo this day, so most of the animals in there were unseen.
5) Nocturnal House species list (in order): Spinifex Hopping Mouse; Greater Stick-nest Rat (not seen); Red-tailed Phascogale (not seen); Tawny Frogmouth; Fat-tailed Dunnart; Squirrel Glider (not seen) and Greater Bilby; Greater Bilby; Common Ring-tailed Possum and Brush-tailed Bettong (neither seen); Olive Python; Brush-tailed Mulgara (not seen).
Short-beaked Echidna (not seen)
Tasmanian Devil
Brush-tailed Mulgara (not seen)
Fat-tailed Dunnart
Red-tailed Phascogale (not seen)
Greater Bilby
Squirrel Glider (not seen)
Common Ring-tailed Possum (not seen)
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (not seen)
Koala
Brush-tailed Bettong (not seen)
Long-nosed Potoroo (not seen)
Quokka
Tammar Wallaby [labeled on the map but not seen]
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
*Kangaroo enclosure empty and signage removed
Ring-tailed Lemur
Golden Lion Tamarin
Cottontop Tamarin
Emperor Tamarin
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
Mandrill
Hamadryas Baboon
Black and White Colobus
Dusky Langur
Siamang
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
Sumatran Orangutan (not seen)
Brazilian Tapir
Malayan Tapir
Pigmy Hippo
Giraffe
domestic Goat
Sumatran Tiger
Serval (not seen)
Dingo
Maned Wolf
Fennec Fox
Small-clawed Otter (not seen)
Binturong
Meerkat
Red Panda
Giant Panda
domestic Rabbit
domestic Guinea Pig
Patagonian Mara
Capybara (not seen)
*South African Porcupine (enclosures signed as unoccupied)
Spinifex Hopping Mouse
Greater Stick-nest Rat (not seen)
BIRDS:
Southern Cassowary
Little Blue Penguin
Australian Pelican
Little Pied Cormorant
Cape Barren Goose
Radjah Shelduck
Wandering Whistling Duck (not seen)
Banded Rail
Black-necked Stork
Little Egret
Bush Stone-Curlew
Pied (White-headed) Stilt [signed with the common name Black-winged Stilt]
Royal Spoonbill
Glossy Ibis
Blue Peafowl
domestic Chickens
Black-breasted Buzzard
Torres Strait Imperial Pigeon [signed as Pied Imperial Pigeon]
Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
White-headed Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
White-breasted Ground Dove (not seen)
Wonga Pigeon
Emerald Dove
Diamond Dove
Palm Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Pink Cockatoo (not seen)
Gang-Gang Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Dusky Lory
Black-capped Lory
Black Lory (unsigned)
Red Lory (not seen)
Swift Parrot (not seen)
*Orange-bellied Parrot (birds coming soon - there was a walk-in aviary under construction next to the pelicans)
Elegant Parrot
Regent Parrot
Australian King Parrot
Eclectus
Plum-headed Parakeet
African Grey Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot (unsigned)
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Illiger's Macaw
Yellow-naped Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Sun Conure
Crimson-bellied Conure
Brown-throated Conure
White-bellied Caique
Black-capped Caique (unsigned)
Barking Owl
Tawny Frogmouth
Blue-winged Kookaburra (not seen)
Sacred Kingfisher
Dollarbird (unsigned in an aviary in the farmyard area)
Superb Lyrebird
White-browed Woodswallow
Crested Bellbird
Chiming Wedgebill
Superb Fairy-Wren
Regent Honeyeater
Australian Figbird
Satin Bowerbird (not seen)
Regent Bowerbird
Gouldian Finch
Zebra Finch
Diamond Firetail
Red-headed (New Caledonian) Parrotfinch
Java Sparrow
REPTILES:
Almost all the reptiles were in the Reptile House (unsurprisingly), but the Veiled Chameleon and Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko were in the Envirodome, along with a Rough-scaled Python and Pig-nosed Turtle (both of the latter also in the Reptile House); and the American Alligators, Rhinoceros Iguanas and all the tortoises were in their own outdoor enclosures.
American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis
Pig-nosed Turtle Carettochelys insculpta
Eastern Snakeneck Turtle Chelodina longicollis
Macquarie River Turtle Emydura macquarii
Spur-thighed (Greek) Tortoise Testudo graeca
African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata
Aldabra Giant Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea
Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus
Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko Strophurus ciliaris
Shingleback Tiliqua rugosa
Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink Tiliqua adelaidensis
Hosmer's Skink Egernia hosmeri
Boyd's Forest Dragon Lophosaurus boydii
Southern Angle-headed Dragon Lophosaurus spinipes (not seen)
Central Netted Dragon Ctenophorus nuchalis
Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta
Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum
Woma Python Aspidites ramsayi
Olive Python Liasis olivaceus
Murray-Darling Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei (not seen)
Rough-scaled Python Morelia carinata
Blood Python Python brongersmai
Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus
Broad-headed Snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides
Aruba Island Rattlesnake Crotalus unicolor
Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus
Inland Taipan Oxyuranus microlepidota
AMPHIBIANS:
All three of the amphibians were displayed in the Envirodome.
Cane Toad Rhinella marina (not seen)
Magnificent Tree Frog Litoria splendida
Australian Red-eyed Tree Frog Litoria chloris
FISH:
All the fish were displayed in the Envirodome, mostly in a single community tank.
*Seahorse tank in the Envirodome was empty
Banded Archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix
Dwarf Puffer Carinotetraodon travancoricus (not seen)
Galaxy Rasbora Celestichthys margaritatus (unsigned)
Ember Tetra Hyphessobrycon amandae
Cardinal Tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi
Harlequin Rasbora Trigonostigma heteromorpha ("purple" mutation)
Pigmy Corydoras Corydoras pygmaeus (not seen)
"Giant Otocinclus" Hypoptopoma gulare
INVERTEBRATES:
All the invertebrates were displayed in the Envirodome.
Rainforest Snail Hadra webbi
Red Cherry Shrimp Neocaridina davisi
Rainforest Millipede (just signed as Rhinocrididae for the scientific name) (not seen)
Golden Orb-weaver Spider Nephila edulis (signed, but not present)
Huntsman Spider Isopeda woodwardi
Golden Huntsman Spider Beregama aurea (not seen)
Rainforest Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis (not seen)
Spiny Rainforest Katydid Phricta spinosa
Blistered Pyrgomorph (Grasshopper) Monistria pustulifera
"stick insects and leaf insects" [a tank with no further identification than this]
Grass Mantis Archimantis latistyla (not seen)
Giant Burrowing Cockroach Macropanesthia rhinoceros
Egyptian Beetle Blaps polychresta
All species which were seen or signed, as of 11 September 2025.
MAMMALS:
*a few species notes:
1) their Australian Sealion had recently died so is not on the following list.
2) both the South African Crested Porcupine enclosures were empty with signs saying they were unoccupied.
3) the kangaroo enclosure was empty with the signage removed.
4) I didn't get to the Nocturnal House until about 1pm and there were a lot of noisy school groups at the zoo this day, so most of the animals in there were unseen.
5) Nocturnal House species list (in order): Spinifex Hopping Mouse; Greater Stick-nest Rat (not seen); Red-tailed Phascogale (not seen); Tawny Frogmouth; Fat-tailed Dunnart; Squirrel Glider (not seen) and Greater Bilby; Greater Bilby; Common Ring-tailed Possum and Brush-tailed Bettong (neither seen); Olive Python; Brush-tailed Mulgara (not seen).
Short-beaked Echidna (not seen)
Tasmanian Devil
Brush-tailed Mulgara (not seen)
Fat-tailed Dunnart
Red-tailed Phascogale (not seen)
Greater Bilby
Squirrel Glider (not seen)
Common Ring-tailed Possum (not seen)
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (not seen)
Koala
Brush-tailed Bettong (not seen)
Long-nosed Potoroo (not seen)
Quokka
Tammar Wallaby [labeled on the map but not seen]
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
*Kangaroo enclosure empty and signage removed
Ring-tailed Lemur
Golden Lion Tamarin
Cottontop Tamarin
Emperor Tamarin
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
Mandrill
Hamadryas Baboon
Black and White Colobus
Dusky Langur
Siamang
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
Sumatran Orangutan (not seen)
Brazilian Tapir
Malayan Tapir
Pigmy Hippo
Giraffe
domestic Goat
Sumatran Tiger
Serval (not seen)
Dingo
Maned Wolf
Fennec Fox
Small-clawed Otter (not seen)
Binturong
Meerkat
Red Panda
Giant Panda
domestic Rabbit
domestic Guinea Pig
Patagonian Mara
Capybara (not seen)
*South African Porcupine (enclosures signed as unoccupied)
Spinifex Hopping Mouse
Greater Stick-nest Rat (not seen)
BIRDS:
Southern Cassowary
Little Blue Penguin
Australian Pelican
Little Pied Cormorant
Cape Barren Goose
Radjah Shelduck
Wandering Whistling Duck (not seen)
Banded Rail
Black-necked Stork
Little Egret
Bush Stone-Curlew
Pied (White-headed) Stilt [signed with the common name Black-winged Stilt]
Royal Spoonbill
Glossy Ibis
Blue Peafowl
domestic Chickens
Black-breasted Buzzard
Torres Strait Imperial Pigeon [signed as Pied Imperial Pigeon]
Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
White-headed Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
White-breasted Ground Dove (not seen)
Wonga Pigeon
Emerald Dove
Diamond Dove
Palm Cockatoo
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Pink Cockatoo (not seen)
Gang-Gang Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Dusky Lory
Black-capped Lory
Black Lory (unsigned)
Red Lory (not seen)
Swift Parrot (not seen)
*Orange-bellied Parrot (birds coming soon - there was a walk-in aviary under construction next to the pelicans)
Elegant Parrot
Regent Parrot
Australian King Parrot
Eclectus
Plum-headed Parakeet
African Grey Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot (unsigned)
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Illiger's Macaw
Yellow-naped Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Sun Conure
Crimson-bellied Conure
Brown-throated Conure
White-bellied Caique
Black-capped Caique (unsigned)
Barking Owl
Tawny Frogmouth
Blue-winged Kookaburra (not seen)
Sacred Kingfisher
Dollarbird (unsigned in an aviary in the farmyard area)
Superb Lyrebird
White-browed Woodswallow
Crested Bellbird
Chiming Wedgebill
Superb Fairy-Wren
Regent Honeyeater
Australian Figbird
Satin Bowerbird (not seen)
Regent Bowerbird
Gouldian Finch
Zebra Finch
Diamond Firetail
Red-headed (New Caledonian) Parrotfinch
Java Sparrow
REPTILES:
Almost all the reptiles were in the Reptile House (unsurprisingly), but the Veiled Chameleon and Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko were in the Envirodome, along with a Rough-scaled Python and Pig-nosed Turtle (both of the latter also in the Reptile House); and the American Alligators, Rhinoceros Iguanas and all the tortoises were in their own outdoor enclosures.
American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis
Pig-nosed Turtle Carettochelys insculpta
Eastern Snakeneck Turtle Chelodina longicollis
Macquarie River Turtle Emydura macquarii
Spur-thighed (Greek) Tortoise Testudo graeca
African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata
Aldabra Giant Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea
Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus
Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko Strophurus ciliaris
Shingleback Tiliqua rugosa
Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink Tiliqua adelaidensis
Hosmer's Skink Egernia hosmeri
Boyd's Forest Dragon Lophosaurus boydii
Southern Angle-headed Dragon Lophosaurus spinipes (not seen)
Central Netted Dragon Ctenophorus nuchalis
Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta
Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum
Woma Python Aspidites ramsayi
Olive Python Liasis olivaceus
Murray-Darling Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei (not seen)
Rough-scaled Python Morelia carinata
Blood Python Python brongersmai
Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus
Broad-headed Snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides
Aruba Island Rattlesnake Crotalus unicolor
Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus
Inland Taipan Oxyuranus microlepidota
AMPHIBIANS:
All three of the amphibians were displayed in the Envirodome.
Cane Toad Rhinella marina (not seen)
Magnificent Tree Frog Litoria splendida
Australian Red-eyed Tree Frog Litoria chloris
FISH:
All the fish were displayed in the Envirodome, mostly in a single community tank.
*Seahorse tank in the Envirodome was empty
Banded Archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix
Dwarf Puffer Carinotetraodon travancoricus (not seen)
Galaxy Rasbora Celestichthys margaritatus (unsigned)
Ember Tetra Hyphessobrycon amandae
Cardinal Tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi
Harlequin Rasbora Trigonostigma heteromorpha ("purple" mutation)
Pigmy Corydoras Corydoras pygmaeus (not seen)
"Giant Otocinclus" Hypoptopoma gulare
INVERTEBRATES:
All the invertebrates were displayed in the Envirodome.
Rainforest Snail Hadra webbi
Red Cherry Shrimp Neocaridina davisi
Rainforest Millipede (just signed as Rhinocrididae for the scientific name) (not seen)
Golden Orb-weaver Spider Nephila edulis (signed, but not present)
Huntsman Spider Isopeda woodwardi
Golden Huntsman Spider Beregama aurea (not seen)
Rainforest Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis (not seen)
Spiny Rainforest Katydid Phricta spinosa
Blistered Pyrgomorph (Grasshopper) Monistria pustulifera
"stick insects and leaf insects" [a tank with no further identification than this]
Grass Mantis Archimantis latistyla (not seen)
Giant Burrowing Cockroach Macropanesthia rhinoceros
Egyptian Beetle Blaps polychresta
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