Midday Gardens Zoo

Madagascar old and new

A: Entrance complex

1: Black swan (Cygnus atratus), Australian black duck (Anas superciliosa rogersi), hardhead (Aythya australis)

2: Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea)

3: Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

4: Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii)


B: Secrets of Madagascar:

● Rainforest tracks:

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer), Comoro flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii), Eastern vasa parrot (Coracopsis vasa vasa), crested coua (Coua cristata), Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis), Madagascar blue pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis), radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

● Aye-aye caverns:

○ Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

○ Tail-less tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)

○ Goodman's mouse lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara), Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena)

○ Henkel's leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus henkeli)

○ Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)

● Sunny Gallery:

○ Northern narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata decemlineata)

○ Leafnose snake (Langaha madagascariensis)

○ Madagascar giant hognose snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)

○ Dumeril's boa (Acrantophis dumerili)

○ Western Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis volontany)

○ Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus, juveniles only), Madagascan big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis)

○ Will's chameleon (Furcifer willsii), Standing's day gecko (Phelsuma standingi)

○ Globe-horned chameleon (Calumma globifer), broad-tailed day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda)

○ Giant Madagascar chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma borbonica), spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)

○ Plated leaf chameleon (Brookesia stumpffi)

○ Flat-backed spider tortoise (Pyxis planicauda), four-lined girdled lizard (Zonosaurus quadrilineatus), Three-eyed lizard (Chalarodon madagascariensis)

○ Golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca), Painted mantella (Mantella madagascariensis)

○ Sambava tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti


5: Pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)


Alpine Quest:

C: Poolside Café

6: California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

7: Black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi)

8: Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)

9: Thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)

10: Woodchuck (Marmota monax), North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

11: Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), South American turkey vulture (Cathartes aura ruficollis)

12: Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli dalli)

13: Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

14: Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

D: Panda Dojo

E: Spring House:

● Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus)

● Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

● Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

● Chinese hillstream loach (Pseudogastromyzon cheni)

● Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)

● Boulenger's cichlid (Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri)

● Victoria cichlid (Neochromis rufocaudalis)

● Olm (Proteus anguinus)

● Mexican blind cave tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)


15: Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)

16: Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)

17: West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica)

18: Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo), Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra), Chinese spotted dove ( Streptopelia chinensis chinensis), Oriental turtle-dove (Streptopelia orientalis), Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria), jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus), Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra), Indian ring-necked parrakeet (Psittacula krameri manillensis)

19: Myanmar thamin (Panolia eldii thamin)


Deserts

20: Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

21: MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)

22: Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)


F: Desert Dome:

● Great Blue Skies:

○ White-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa), Western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea), greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii)

○ Four-banded sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus), Namaqua dove (Oena capensis), blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus), blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), Lilian's lovebird (Agapornis lilianae)

○ Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)

○ African pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)

● Reptile Gardens:

○ Exuma island iguana (Cyclura cychlura figginsi), Babcock's leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki)

○ Perentie (Varanus giganteus)

○ Turkestan rock agama (Paralaudakia lehmanni), steppe agama (Trapelus sanguinolentus), Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans), Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii)

○ Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

○ Javelin sand boa (Eryx jaculus jaculus)

○ Desert cobra (Walterinnesia aegyptia)

○ Algerian orange-tailed skink (Eumeces algeriensis), Mali spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx dispar maliensis), Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)

○ Horned adder (Bitis caudalis)

○ Baja rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata saslowi)

○ Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), yellow-backed spiny lizard (Sceloporus uniformis), western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

○ Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos), longnose leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii), spiny chuckwalla (Sauromalus hispidus), Texas gopher tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)

○ California Mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata)

○ Red diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber ruber)

○ Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea)

○ Mexican pink tarantula (Brachypelma klaasi)

○ Striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)

○ Giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

○ Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)

● Starry skies:

○ Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)

○ Pharaoh eagle owl (Bubo ascalaphus)

○ Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)


23: Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu)

24: East African banded mongoose (Mungos mungo colonus)

nice i like the inclusion of pygmy hippos to the madagascar area and the spring house is cool.