Cave fauna

[SealPup]

Other than the blind cave tetra how often are troglofauna and stygofauna exhibited globally?

I understand it is extremely difficult to obtain olms outside their range, but there are other blind salamanders and fishes might be exhibited. I understand two species of blind cave fishes from Oman and Somalia are maintained in UK zoos.

 

[Zoovolunteer]

Cave crickets are also exhibited. I expect at least some other invertebrates could also be shown.

 

[Batto]

(...) at least some other invertebrates could also be shown.

They are, including whip spiders, several cockroach species, scolopendra etc.

Furthermore, bats (mainly Carollia perspicillata) are displayed-whether they are actual cave dwellers or not. And occasionally amphibians such as Neurergus kaiseri (Tierpark Hagenbeck).

 

[Coelacanth18]

What about glowworms?

 

[Dassie rat]

According to Zootierliste, three European zoos exhibit olms. Dallas occasionally breeds the Texas blind salamander (see Texas blind salamander | www.dallaszoo.com)

 

[Batto]

@Dassie rat: regarding olm husbandry: the Hermannshöhle is a cave, not a zoo. ^^

Höhle [German] = cave