An overview of species kept from different ecoregions

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This is an attempt to create overview lists of species that occur in the same habitats or at least regions, to showcase potential exhibitions based of geography.

I divide the lists into three different subgroups that are easily available species, potentialy available (as in rare but presentin captivity) and species that can be kept and bred but are for now not available in the region or globaly, but cpuld bw introduced thru professional establishement of an ex situ population or confiscated specimens.

Another additional note could be what other species came closest to create the original aimed at impression.

Introduced species might also be included as they were present in the areas.

Once again I would like to clarify that I never claimed that all zoos must do this, but that it would be nice if at least a few would offer a more representive experience.

 

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Sulawesi - please note that this list is neither be complete nor include any exclusive marine species so far
Geosesarma sp. and Parathelphusa pantherinafreshwater crabs kept and bred
Caridina sp.* (among these longidigita, woltereckae, dennerli and more) and Atyopsis moluccensis shrimp
Tylomelania sp.* snails, others were named as well but I could find if they were kept and bred
Sadly terrestrial gastropod conservations programmes are as covered as needed, but to name a few and hopefuly create some awareness Naninia wallacei, Asperitas colorata, Parmarion martensi, Amphidromus sinistralis, Paromoionchis tumidus and Leptopoma perlucidum, seemingly introduced everywhere Lissachatina fulica
Other terrestrial invertebrate, I am not that familiar with the captive status of butterflies except Attacus atlas, Millipedes Spirotreptida sp. "Kendari, Periphetes forcipatus and Cryptophyllium celebicum since most springtails isopods, roaches and whiptail spider are less distinctive to me I daare to claim more or less close related species correctly labeled as such could serve a representive purpose
Fish Marosatherina ladigesi, Telmatherina bonti ,Oryzias celebensis, eversi, matanensis, woworae and wolasi, Nomorhamphus (sp sungai lembo, rex, liemi, sagittarius, celebensis and ebrardtii potentialy more), Mugilogobius hitam rambaiae and adeia
Sadly Amphibia has hardly any species currently kept and bred but formerly were Fejervarya cancrivora, Fejervarya limnocharis, Ingerophrynus (tho celebensis is native, only closely related species are available) as much Microhyla orientalis was not kept but related species,as Chalcorana eschatia could represent mocquardii,like Rhacophorus and Polypedates sp., introduced are Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Hylarana erythraea and Kaloula pulchra, Occidozyga lima for celebensis
Cuora amboinensis and Leucocephalon yuwonoi turtle, softshell Amyda cartilaginea status debated as introduced
Indotestudo forstenii tortoise
Skinks Tropidophorus baconi, Lamprolepis smaragdina, Dasia olivacea, Eutropis multifasciata and rudis, Emoia sp.
Gecko Cyrtodactylus sp., Gekko smithii, monarchus and gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus and platyurus, Gehyra mutilata
Sailfin lizards (Hydrosaurus celebensis and microlophus native to sulawesi, but the other species as potential representives as well)
Varanus togianus, salvator (and melinus stated to potentialy reach the island of sulawesi)
Snakes Candoia carinata, Ahaetulla prasina, Tropidolaemus subannulatus, Acrochordus granulatus, Xenochrophis vittatus (as representive), Boiga dendrophila, Fowlea piscator, Gonyosoma jansenii, Chrysopelea paradisi, Ophiophagus hannah, Xenopeltis unicolor, Malayopython reticulatus, Hypsiscopus plumbea and some more but I am not as familiar with snake species as other groups of the animal kingdom
crocodiles Crocodylus porosus (with siamensis once more named as potential migratory, yet not proven)
Birds since birds has the most kept or available number of species I am going to post the avifauna overview separately
Mammals such as bats Pteropus hypomelanus (still kept) and the following previously or only closely related still Styloctenium wallacei, Acerodon celebensis , Cynopterus and Rousettus sp., with the bear cuscus Ailurops ursinus recently adopted for a european breeding programme I hope a proper back upp population can be created and the species seen at more places, arguably most iconic ofr the island of sulawesi are its Macaca species, with nigra by far most commonly kept, and tonkeana, hecki, maura and ochreata present in more or less smaller numbers in europe or america (but more in asia, so maybe a second or even third could become established as well), Tarsiers have been kept before, but recently not as succesfull as zootierliste states frankfurt managed (some asian husbandries seem to be the case), sadly rodents are not that available, with Prosciurillus being only kept previously, Rattus hoffmanni not at all, as well as Paruromys dominator, Maxomys hellwaldii, Lenomys meyeri, Bunomys chrysocomus and Echiothrix leucura (even endangered), sadly the endemic civet species Macrogalidia musschenbroekii does not seem to kept at western institutions, unlike the introduced Viverra tangalunga and Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, tho speculated to be introduced as well Rusa timorensis (in my opinion the more commonly kept sika deer could equaly serve as representation as well as the dark morph of fallow deer), lowland anoa are happily more common, a another species of bubalus the chinese water buffalo has become an important cultural symbol and found as semi feral population, last but not least are the islands two pig species, the celebs warty pig that can be represented by the visaya warty pig as it was common as the other native species the babirusa

*https://sulawesikeepers.org

 

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Sulawesi - Birds - rather by regions found within a complex than taxonomicaly
spotted and wandering whistling duck, pacific black duck, sunda teal and hardhead, little grebe, porphyrio swamphen, moorhen, coontonly vagrabt, white-breasted waterhen, buff banded rail, white browed and ruddy breasted crake, pied stilt, common snipe and eurasian woodcock as representive for swinhoes snipe and sulawesi woodcock, oriental darter, little pied cormorant, little bittern, pied, purple, javan pond striated and both black crowned and rufous night heron, several egret,glossy ibis, black faced spoonbill as representive for royal spoonbill, milky and wolly necked stork, collared and common kingfisher
maleo have been bred at bronx and seem to be more commonly kept in asian specific indonesian facilities that hopefully bred them as well so further specimens might be imported
both green and red jungle fowl are introduced, but the bluebreasted quail was stated to be native, barred buttonquail
columba vitiensis, , macropygia unchall as representive, turacoena manadensis, chalcophaps indica, geopelia striata, gallicolumba tristigmata, treron vernans, ptilinopus superbus and melanospilus (some might state ramphiculus leclancheri came close to ptilinopus epius and ramphiculus occipitalis could get close to ptilinopus fischeri), ducula forsteni, aenea, concinna, bicolor/luctuosa, streptopelia tranquebarica and streptopelia chinensis are introduced
black winged and brahminy kite, white bellied sea eagle, oriental honey buzzard, sulawesi serpent eagle, black eagle, rufous winged buzzard, brown and chinese goshawk, black kite, oriental hobby, spotted kestrel, eastern grass owl, otus sp. as representive of native species, same with boobook
great hanging parrot, ornate and yellow cheeked lorikeet, yellow breasted and golden mantled racket-tail, great billed and blue backed parrot, yellow crested cockatoo native and sulphur crested as introduced threat, knobbed and sulawesi hornbill are available, but both rainbow bee eater and dollar bird would need to be imported from australasian institutions, large and slender billed crow, as well as the hooded crow could represent the piping crow
erythropitta, blue winged and hooded pitta, black naped oriole, white breasted woodswallow, hair crested drongo, black naped monarch, rufous paradise flycatcher, zitting cisticola, clamorous reed warbler, sadly the sulawesi bush warbler was neither kept nor had any lookalike available, barn swallow, both sooty headed and yellow vented bulbul introduced, phylloscopus warbler, Orthotomus as representive for Phyllergates cucullatus, Heleia sp., pale bellied white eye, finch billed myna, asian glossy star, sulawesi myna, white necked myna, pale bellied myna, javan myna introduced, european black bird represent sulawesi thrush, orange headed as lookalike of geomalia thrush, chestnut backed thrush as red backed thrush, asian brown flycatcher, blue flycatcher, verditer flycatcher, mugimaki flycatcher, little pied flycatcher, blue rock thrush, pied bush chat, fire breasted flowerpecker as lookalike for grey sided flowerpecker, orange bellied flowerpecker coming close to yellow sided flowerpecker, scarlet backed flowerpecker representing crimson crowned flowerpecker, brown throated sunbird, copper throated sunbird as black sunbird, olive backed sunbir, crimson sunbird, scaly breasted, black faced, black headed and pale headed munia, tawny breasted and blue faced parrotfinch, introduced java sparrow, eurasian tree sparrow, grey wagtail