Akamba Tropical House Akamba Tropical House has closed
- Thread starter bongorob
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I didn't even know it had existed. Some details on its location, when it opened and what was there would be welcome.
Our Maps page says that it was in Birmingham and there are some nice photos in its Gallery pages, but they are several years old.
There is one other Zoochat thread here: Akamba Tropical House [Akamba Tropical House]
Some mentions in other threads too, but that is the only specific one.
It was located in Shirley (a part of Solihul) in the West Midlands, a few minutes walk from Whitlocks End railway station. Whitlocks End is in between Birmingham and Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Sorry Zooboy, I do not know when it opened. The animal part closed aaround 5-6 years ago on the advice of DEFRA because of the bird flu epidemic in the U.K.
The Heritage and Garden Centre is still open and includes a 'metal zoo' sculptures of African animals. The Centre celebrates the culture of the Akamba people of Kenya.
Sorry Zooboy, I do not know when it opened. The animal part closed aaround 5-6 years ago on the advice of DEFRA because of the bird flu epidemic in the U.K.
The Heritage and Garden Centre is still open and includes a 'metal zoo' sculptures of African animals. The Centre celebrates the culture of the Akamba people of Kenya.
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Zootierliste species list.
United Kingdom - Birmingham (Akamba Tropical House)
United Kingdom - Birmingham (Akamba Tropical House)
Current Holdings:- African bullfrog (Tschudi's African bullfrog) (Pyxicephalus adspersus (Syn.: Rana adspersa))
- African clawed frog (Common platanna) (Xenopus laevis)
- African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata (Syn.: Geochelone sulcata) (Syn.: Testudo sulcata))
- Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea (Syn.: Litoria caerulea) (Syn.: Pelodryas caerulea))
- Banded bull frog (Kaloula pulchra)
- Boa constrictor (No species or subspecies status) (Boa constrictor (sensu lato))
- Carpet python (Diamond python) (No Subspecific status) (Morelia spilota)
- Common green iguana (No Subspecific status) (Iguana iguana)
- Common leopard gecko (Spotted fat-tailed gecko) (No Subspecific status) (Eublepharis macularius)
- Common northern boa (Breeding forms) (Boa imperator (Syn.: Boa constrictor imperator))
- Crested gecko (Eyelash gecko) (Correlophus ciliatus (Syn.: Rhacodactylus ciliatus))
- Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops epops)
- Jungle carpet python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
- Leopard tortoise (No Subspecific status) (Stigmochelys pardalis (Syn.: Geochelone pardalis) (Syn.: Testudo pardalis))
- Lesser blue-eared glossy-starling (No species or subspecies status) (Lamprotornis chloropterus (sensu lato))
- Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus caudatus)
- Ornate horned frog (Argentine horned frog) (Ceratophrys ornata)
- Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
- Purple glossy-starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
- Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Savanna monitor (Bosc's monitor) (Varanus exanthematicus)
- Schalow's turaco (Tauraco schalowi (Syn.: Tauraco livingstonii schalowi))
- Sinaloan milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae)
- Speckled pigeon (Guinea pigeon) (African rock-pigeon) (No Subspecific status) (Columba guinea)
- Veiled chameleon (Yemen chameleon) (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
- Village weaver (No Subspecific status) (Ploceus cucullatus (Syn.: Textor cucullatus))
- Western hognose snake (Plains hognose snake) (Heterodon nasicus)
Former Holderings: - African Grey hornbill (no subspecific status) (Lophoceros nasutus (Syn.: Tockus nasutus))
- African three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
- Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius (Syn.: Pogonornis dubius))
- Blackcap babbler (Reinwardt's babbler) (Turdoides reinwardtii)
- Blue-throated agama (Plains agama) (Acanthocercus atricollis (Syn.: Agama atricollis))
- Burmese rock python (Breeding forms) (Python bivittatus (Syn.: Python molurus bivittatus))
- Caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
- Chestnut-and-black weaver (Chestnut-backed weaver) (Ploceus nigerrimus castaneofuscus (Syn.: Ploceus castaneofuscus))
- Chinese water dragon (Green water dragon) (Asian water dragon) (Physignathus cocincinus)
- Common treefrog (Golden tree frog) (Polypedates leucomystax (Syn.: Rhacophorus leucomystax))
- Cut-throat finch (No Subspecific status) (Amadina fasciata)
- Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius (Syn.: Charadrius aegypticus))
- European legless lizard (Pseudopus apodus (Syn.: Ophisaurus apodus))
- Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
- Four-toed hedgehog (African pygmy hedgehog) (Atelerix albiventris (Syn.: Atelerix pruneri) (Syn.: Atelerix hindei))
- Great Anglehead lizard (Giant forest dragon) (Gonocephalus grandis)
- Green woodhoopoe (Red-billed woodhoopoe) (No Subspecific status) (Phoeniculus purpureus)
- Hermann’s tortoise (No Subspecific status) (Testudo hermanni)
- Horsfield’s tortoise (Russian tortoise) (no subspecies status) (Testudo horsfieldii (Syn.: Agrionemys horsfieldii))
- Jackson's chameleon (Jackson’s three-horned Chameleon) (No Subspecific status) (Trioceros jacksonii (Syn.: Chamaeleo jacksonii))
- Mission golden-eyed tree frog (Amazon milk frog) (Trachycephalus resinifictrix (Syn.: Phrynohyas resinifictrix))
- Mwanza flat-headed agama (Agama mwanzae)
- Napoleon bishop (Euplectes afer afer)
- New Caledonia bumpy gecko (Gargoyle gecko) (New Caledonia bumpy gecko) (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
- New Caledonia giant gecko (no subspecific status) (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
- Pied crow (Corvus albus)
- Red-billed quelea (No Subspecific status) (Quelea quelea)
- Red-crested turaco (Pink-crested touraco) (Tauraco erythrolophus (Syn.: Proturacus erythrolophus))
- Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
- Royal python (Ball python) (Python regius)
- Superb starling (Superb Glossy Starling) (Lamprotornis superbus (Syn.: Spreo superbus) (Syn.: Lamprospreo superbus))
- Taveta weaver (Taveta golden-weaver) (Ploceus castaneiceps)
- Vieillot's black weaver (Vieillot's weaver) (No Subspecific status) (Ploceus nigerrimus)
- White-browed coucal (Lark-heeled cuckoo) (Centropus superciliosus)
- White-cheeked turaco (Nominate subspecies) (Menelikornis leucotis leucotis (Syn.: Tauraco leucotis leucotis))
- White-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus (Syn.: Cossypha albicapilla))
- William's electric blue gecko (Williams' dwarf gecko) (Lygodactylus williamsi (Syn.: Lygodactylus picturatus williamsi))
- Yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta (Syn.: Chrysemys scripta scripta) (Syn.: Pseudemys scripta scripta))