Animals that are only found in one American zoo or aquarium

[birdsandbats]

it looks ike Guam Zoo and its from 2008.

I found many references to this Rota Zoo across the internet.

 

[drill]

I found many references to this Rota Zoo across the internet.

but no website, facebook or anytihng else. There is evidence it existed, but none that it still exists.

 

[birdsandbats]

but no website, facebook or anytihng else. There is evidence it existed, but none that it still exists.

I can name several zoos like that that do currently exist.

 

[drill]

I can name several zoos like that that do currently exist.

please do. I know of one on Fiji.

 

[birdsandbats]

please do. I know of one on Fiji.

Animal Haven Zoo, Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo

 

[drill]

Animal Haven Zoo, Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo

the latter has a town website.

 

[birdsandbats]

the latter has a town website.

Not a particularly useful one, though.

 

[drill]

Not a particularly useful one, though.

true, but definite evidence it exists. All references to Rota are over a decade old.

 

[BerdNerd]

San Diego Zoo Safari Park also seems to have America's only white-breasted cormorants.

I’m pretty sure Disney’s Animal Kingdom has some too.

 

[birdsandbats]

San Diego Zoo Safari Park also seems to have America's only white-breasted cormorants.

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore holds this species.

 

[MGolka]

Just going to add that Omaha also has Lake Titicaca frogs in the Kingdoms of the Night, has had them for at least 2 years.

 

[TZDugong]

Just going to add that Omaha also has Lake Titicaca frogs in the Kingdoms of the Night, has had them for at least 2 years.

Definitely more than one zoo in the US hold this species - Detroit, Columbus and Fort Worth and Saint Louis have them, there might be others as well.

 

[Coelacanth18]

Just going to add that Omaha also has Lake Titicaca frogs in the Kingdoms of the Night, has had them for at least 2 years.

Definitely more than one zoo in the US hold this species - Detroit, Columbus and Fort Worth and Saint Louis have them, there might be others as well.

All of that is true. Should be noted it is a recent development - Denver received the first group of them in the mid-2010s (2015, maybe?), bred them in 2017, and they have since been shipping them out rapidly to several other zoos to build up the captive population.

 

[birdsandbats]

Definitely more than one zoo in the US hold this species - Detroit, Columbus and Fort Worth and Saint Louis have them, there might be others as well.

Brookfield as well.

 

[Grant]

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore holds this species.

As does Cincinnati Zoo

 

[ChIkEn NuGrEt]

QUOTE="Coelacanth18, post: 1147369, member: 11086"]That's good to hear. I'm not sure if Denver was the only holder when I made the post, but they were the first and only zoo outside South America to hold them recently (2015) since Bronx's group that died in the 1990's.

I thought Denver was the only place that held them, too, until I visited STl and FW in March, 2019. I didn't know they held them and was pleasantly surprised when I saw them. They looked different from what I saw on Animal Planet when I was ten. I've attached a photo from each place, STl and FW, in that order.
Also, I didn't know the Bronx ever had those frogs, but I was wither a baby or not even born when they were there .
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I remember coming to the Fort Worth Zoo once and I saw the frogs mating.