Playa Palmeras Zoo

Rainforest lowland

A: Entrance complex: gift shop and restaurant

1- Eastern black-bridged turtle (Cyclemys pulchristriata), Central Vietnamese flowerback turtle (Cuora bourreti), yellow-margined box turtles (Cuora flavomarginata), spotted pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii), spiny hill turtle (Heosemys spinosa)

2- Indochinese smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata perspicillata)

3- Malaysian tapir (Tapirus indicus)

B- Staff center and veterinary clinic

4- Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria), Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica), white-naped pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps aruensis), superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi), grosbeak starling (Scissirostrum dubium), Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella), Indochinese white-rumped shama (Kittacincla malabarica interposita), orange-headed thrush (Geocichla citrina), orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)

5- Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), black swan (Cygnus atratus), plumed whistling-duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa), hardhead (Aythya australis)

6- Red-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae)

7- Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)

8- Plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris)

9- Mexican white-faced amazon (Amazona albifrons albifrons)

10- Blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis)

11- Red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys)

12- Spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana), Brazilian tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius), blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota), Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni), wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)

13- Black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya), common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus): the caimans and turtles are bordered off by a drastic height difference; the island is surrounded by 2m sheer cliffs, and the log to the hut is well elevated.


14- Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris), yellow-spotted amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), common toadhead turtle (Mesoclemmys nasuta)

15- Red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), bush thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius), masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae)

16- Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata variegata)

17- Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

18- Eastern pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea niveiventris), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)

19- Graell's tamarin (Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi), Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)

20- Ploughshare tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora), Hispaniolan rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta cornuta)

21- Ectotherm Plaza:

● African rock python (Python sebae)

● Long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys nasuta)

● Giant monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)

● Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)

● Giant forest scorpion (Gigantometrus swammerdami)

● African giant millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)

● White-throated gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)

● Mount Kenya three-horned chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus), Fernand's fire skink (Lepidothyris fernandi)

● Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)

● Beauty snake (Elaphe taeniura)

● Beautiful pitviper (Trimeresurus venustus)


C: Rainforest Plaza Cafeteria


Rarities of Asia

22- Nepalese red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

23- Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus)

24- Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

25- Indian gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus), blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), chital (Axis axis), Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

26- Grey langur (Semnopithecus entellus)

27- Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)

28- Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

29- Javan rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros silvestris)

30- Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)


African Safari

D: Claypot Village

31- Meerkat (Suricata suricatta), Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)

32- Southern bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis megalotis), common rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)

E: Storyteller's Hut

33- Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus)

34- Splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), northern red bishop (Euplectes franciscanus), yellow-mantled widowbird (Euplectes macroura), long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea), guinea pigeon (Columba guinea), red-fronted barbet (Tricholaema diademata), white-browed robin-chat (Cossypha heuglini), rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)

35- White-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli), red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster), yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), lemon dove (Columba larvata), Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri)

36- Palm nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis), pied crow (Corvus albus)

37- Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana)

38- Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), African pochard (Netta erythrophthalma brunnea), Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii), Hottentot teal (Spatula hottentota), African comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), black mouth cameroon tilapia (Coptodon camerunensis), blue dolphin cichlid (Cyrtocara moorii), zebra tilapia (Heterotilapia buettikoferi), African arowana (Heterotis niloticus)

39- Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla); hippos are blocked off by subtle barrier of underwater concrete pillars. The waterfowl can access, however.


40- Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), black sable antelope (Hippotragus niger niger), Thompson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), Chapman's zebra (Equus quagga chapmani), common ostrich (Struthio camelus), helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

41- Little heroes:

● Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus)

● Dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula), Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni)


42- Verreaux's eagle owl (Bubo lacteus)

43- African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

44- Papio anubis (Papio anubis)

45- South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)

46- Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)


Oceanic Realm

F: Beachside Bistrot

47- Western little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae), little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos), black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), New Zealand shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis variegata)

48- California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

G: Whirpool Lagoon marine mammal show and creature cave (under the grandstand):

● Atlantic sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha)

● Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

● European crayfish (Astacus astacus)

● Twobar clownfish (Amphiprion allardi), beaded sea anemone (Heteractis aurora)

● Big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

● Blackspotted piranha (Pygocentrus cariba)

● Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus)

● Pearse's mudskipper (Periophthalmus novemradiatus)

● Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

● Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)

● African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

● Northland green gecko (Naultinus grayii)

● New Guinea blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas)

● Malagasy tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)

● Borneo earless monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis)


49- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus)

50- Common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos), common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca), common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)


Adventure Down Under

51- Dingo (Canis familiaris)

52- Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis), Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)

53- Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

54- Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

55- Northern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus cinereus)

56- Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

57- Eastern wallaroo (Osphranter robustus robustus), red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)