Are These in Captivity? #2

StellarChaser said:
How many species of North American bats are kept in captivity?
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Most New World bat species in zoos are native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean - all of which are part of North America geographically.

Rescued individuals of Canadian and American bat species will cycle in and out of places like sanctuaries and nature centers, as well as traditional zoos.
 
I have discovered in awe the amazing diversity of tuco-tuco species from ctenomys gender but also their worrying situation. Several species are critically endangered and most species have less than five colonies.

This fact make them very relevant for conservation breeding and insurance ex-situ population candidates. In Europe, imports have been very limited and in days were animal requirements were probably not properly met. I was wondering how hard tuco-tuco are to held in captivity? Does Argentinian or other south American zoos have some of them?
I do not say they would be very good animals for exhibits but they do not require heavy installation neither and for some species, an ex-situ population could make all the difference between extinction and survival.
 
What type of hummingbird was kept at the Detroit Zoo when I was a kid (late 2000s/early 2010s)? It was in the Butterfly House and I vividly remember it. Asking for species list purposes.
 
Are there any AZA zoos with Kraits(terrestrial species and aquatic), Quokka, Quolls, Tiger Snakes, King Brown, Dugites, Gwardar, Colugos, Giant Freshwater Stingray, Spiny Bush Vipers, Bornean Earless Monitors, Golden Lanceheads or Kakapo?
 
King of Komodo Dragons said:
Are there any AZA zoos with Kraits(terrestrial species and aquatic), Quokka, Quolls, Tiger Snakes, King Brown, Dugites, Gwardar, Colugos, Giant Freshwater Stingray, Spiny Bush Vipers, Bornean Earless Monitors, Golden Lanceheads or Kakapo?
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Toledo has Banded Sea Krait until very recently, and may obtain more. Omaha should still have King Brown. Other than that, no.
 
birdsandbats said:
Toledo has Banded Sea Krait until very recently, and may obtain more. Omaha should still have King Brown. Other than that, no.
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Thanks, I heard about Toledo losing their sea krait, but was hoping that maybe there was another one somewhere, o well, While it's unlikely I hope some of these species make it into AZA, I know there are few private breeders in the states with bornean earless monitors so that is the most likely species to maybe one day see.
 
No one has kakapo. There is one bird that's occasionally brought to exhibitions in NZ, he otherwise lives in the wild (all birds live on specific islands and are heavily monitored).
 
TinoPup said:
Kentucky Reptile Zoo has banded and many-banded kraits, and breeds both.
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That's good to hear, out of all the well known snakes, kraits tend to be absent from most collections, I vaguely remember seeing a many-banded Krait at Snake-Farm Zoo back in 2009 but I was so young I might be misremembering, will have to add the Kentucky Reptile Zoo to my list of places to go when I am able to travel.
 
King of Komodo Dragons said:
kraits tend to be absent from most collections
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As mentioned several times on ZC before, kraits (Bungarus sp.) do not make great display animals due to
- being noctural & elusive during the day
- ophiophagic dietary specialisation (although some allow the switch to mice)
- potent venom

I was tempted several times to get one for WdG, but am rather leaning to getting a stiletto snake for the new venue.

Borneo earless monitors are bred on quite a regular basis these days and have already popped up in several zoos in Europe & Asia.
 
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Batto said:
Borneo earless monitors are bred on quite a regular basis these days and have already popped up in several zoos in Europe & Asia.
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Good to hear they're being bred more regularly. Though I'd guess Asian zoos are primarily getting wild caught specimens given the rather questionable operations landing illegal exports of various iguanas in a few countries...
 
Great Argus said:
Good to hear they're being bred more regularly. Though I'd guess Asian zoos are primarily getting wild caught specimens given the rather questionable operations landing illegal exports of various iguanas in a few countries...
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Related: this Traffic report on Earless Monitors is from 2014 but still relevent - https://www.traffic.org/site/assets/files/8545/earless-monitor-lizard-trade.pdf

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Earless Monitor Lizards existing outside range countries have all been obtained illegally. Parent stock has been illegally obtained, stolen from range countries, and therefore, by extension, the offspring of these animals are illegally sourced. Governments in importing countries are urged to respect the laws of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia’s legislation by disallowing the import, ownership and trade of Earless Monitor Lizards.
 
Chlidonias said:
Related: this Traffic report on Earless Monitors is from 2014 but still relevent - https://www.traffic.org/site/assets/files/8545/earless-monitor-lizard-trade.pdf

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Earless Monitor Lizards existing outside range countries have all been obtained illegally. Parent stock has been illegally obtained, stolen from range countries, and therefore, by extension, the offspring of these animals are illegally sourced. Governments in importing countries are urged to respect the laws of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia’s legislation by disallowing the import, ownership and trade of Earless Monitor Lizards.
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And are they supposed to euthanise the ones they have?
 
Chlidonias said:
Related: this Traffic report on Earless Monitors is from 2014 but still relevent - https://www.traffic.org/site/assets/files/8545/earless-monitor-lizard-trade.pdf

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Earless Monitor Lizards existing outside range countries have all been obtained illegally. Parent stock has been illegally obtained, stolen from range countries, and therefore, by extension, the offspring of these animals are illegally sourced. Governments in importing countries are urged to respect the laws of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia’s legislation by disallowing the import, ownership and trade of Earless Monitor Lizards.
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Ah pretty much what I suspected. Unfortunate they're another species where status as an "curiosity" seems to be driving significant illegal trade. I read an article not too long ago about the demand increasing as the lizards have become better known and that despite the export bans decent numbers are cropping up outside range countries. They are a CITES protected species but of course plenty of fraudulent paperwork out there. Might have to have a look at the data, they have a 0 commercial export ban for all range countries.

Mickey said:
Unlikely, they'd likely just need to stop breeding them and wait until they all die out
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This doesn't seem likely though given the information presented. With other situations like this a few of them have gone on to be rather common species in zoos especially (Brachylophus bulabula). I suspect the species will probably stay present in public facilities for a long time at least. Private is driving the illegal trade so it's fair to assume they'll be present there unless the native range countries crack down hard (which I would think they won't, given Indonesia has a well known trafficking issue that doesn't seem to be specially well monitored).
 
FBBird said:
And what good would that do? Surely an ex-situ population is worth having? That attitude would have rendered Spix Macaw globally extinct:(
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I know but that's the only solution that came to mind, it's a dual-bladed sword: keeping an endangered animal is good, but is it that good if you're undirectly fueling the illegal trade?
Great Argus said:
Ah pretty much what I suspected. Unfortunate they're another species where status as an "curiosity" seems to be driving significant illegal trade. I read an article not too long ago about the demand increasing as the lizards have become better known and that despite the export bans decent numbers are cropping up outside range countries. They are a CITES protected species but of course plenty of fraudulent paperwork out there. Might have to have a look at the data, they have a 0 commercial export ban for all range countries.



This doesn't seem likely though given the information presented. With other situations like this a few of them have gone on to be rather common species in zoos especially (Brachylophus bulabula). I suspect the species will probably stay present in public facilities for a long time at least. Private is driving the illegal trade so it's fair to assume they'll be present there unless the native range countries crack down hard (which I would think they won't, given Indonesia has a well known trafficking issue that doesn't seem to be specially well monitored).
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Indeed, as said above it's a duality case, and Indonesia does not seem to have the best condition given the fact that there are numerous big open markets in the middle of the street with no one doing anything to stop them, so I'm pretty confident there's some sort of mafia going on with politicians involved, so if anything can save Indonesia's wildlife it's local and foreign zoos
 
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