Akvatera Plzen Akva Tera news

[Jana]

5 Indonesian forest dragons (Lophosaurus dilophus) babies hatched. Adults 1,2 are on show in Akva-Tera in city center, babies are still off-show.

Source

 

[JurassicMax]

At the start of this month 11 Rough-scaled pythons (Morelia carinata) hatched in Akva Tera.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Plzen (02/07/2024)

 

[Mo Hassan]

This is the species list of what I saw last week at AkvaTera, plus what was signed but not seen:

• Baron's green racer (Philodryas baroni)
• Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius var. "Azureus")
• Blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei)
• Caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
• Chinese gliding tree frog (Zhangixalus dennysi)
• Common treefrog (Polypedates leucomystax)
• Duméril's madagascar swift (Oplurus quadrimaculatus)
• Emerald skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)
• Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
• Folohy Golden frog (Mantella laevigata)
• Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
• Greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
• Green basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
• Green tree python (Morelia viridis)
• Indonesian forest dragon (Lophosaurus dilophus)
• Julio's casquehead iguana (Laemanctus julioi)
• Lake Urmia newt (Neurergus crocatus)
• Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)
• Mata-Mata (Chelus fimbriata)
• Neotropical painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)
• Pajama cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera)
• Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus)
• Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
• Sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis)
• Spotted archerfish (Toxotes chatareus)
• Spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish (Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps)
• Spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)
• Standing's day gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
• Western bearded anole (Anolis barbatus)
• Western twist-neck turtle (Platemys platycephala)
• White-throated gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
• Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
• Yellow-headed day gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri)

Signed, not seen
• Green toad (Anaxyrus debilis)
• Karsten's girdled lizard (Zonosaurus karsteni)
• Marine toad (Rhinella marina)
• Okinawa sword-tail newt (Cynops ensicauda popei)
• Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
• Prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata)
• Sabana surinam toad (Pipa parva)

 

[hawkkeye]

Two blue-spotted tree monitors were hatched at Akva Tera (aquarium and terrarium exhibition situated in center of Pilsen away from main part of Pilsen Zoo). Source: AKVA TERA

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Two blue-spotted tree monitors were hatched at Akva Tera (aquarium and terrarium exhibition situated in center of Pilsen away from main part of Pilsen Zoo). Source: AKVA TERA

Isn't that a completely different zoo?

~Thylo

 

[Mickey]

Isn't that a completely different zoo?

~Thylo

Nope, it's an echtoterm-based exhibit in the middle of the city, it's a branch of the Zoo & BG Plzeň

 

[merlin]

Two blue-spotted tree monitors have hatched.
source

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

It seems that after the breeding succes with rough scaled boas Morelia carinata in 2024 there has been a change in animal collection. As per the latest reptile exhibition update by @Mo Hassan this species has been changed to Morelia viridis...! What happened with all the M. carinatas?