Chester Zoo Project - Help Wanted

Water Dragon

Water Dragon

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Recently I have been doing a project on Chester Zoo and I have been doing some very intense research on where each species is located. Despite all of the research that I have been doing, I am still unable to locate a few species. If anyone could say where about the following species are, it will be deeply appreciated. I have omitted invertebrates (for now) as I have not quite finished that area. If a species is no longer held at the zoo then please state where it was before it left.

Bell's forest dragon
Collared grosbeak
Emei Shan liocichla
European harvest mouse
Malabar danio
Mindanao lorikeet
Mount Omei liocichla
Ornate ctenopoma
Pikehead
Poll's synodontis
Rainbow shiner
Red arc pencilfish
Redeye Tetra
Red-tailed laughingthrush
Red-winged starling
Reticulated corydoras
Rhinoceros snake
Rummy-nose tetra
Salvadori's pheasant
Sarasins minnow
Siberian sturgeon
Snakehead betta
Snowflake moray
Socorro dove
Spotfin betta
Sterba's corydoras
Temminck's Bristlenosed catfish
Temminck's tragopan
Three-lined rasbora
Toba betta
Tonkin bug-eyed frog
Tramlap flying frog
Tufted pochard
Two spot barb
Violet turaco
Whitemargin betta
Zhou's box turtle

Also, are there really water voles in the reed bed or have I just misread that sign?
Does anyone have a species list for the aquarium in SoJ?
And finally, are the Denison barbs still at the zoo because they are still on the website but I have not seen or heard of them for a while?
 
Bell's forest dragon- Realm of the Red Ape
Collared grosbeak- I believe off-show, can someone correct me
Emei Shan liocichla- Off-Show
European harvest mouse-Off-Show
Malabar danio- Not listed on 2015 stocklist, no idea where kept previously
Mindanao lorikeet- Off-show
Mount Omei liocichla- Off-Show
Ornate ctenopoma- Not listed on 2015 stocklist, no idea where kept previously
Pikehead- I believe off-show
Poll's synodontis- Not listed in 2015 stocklist, no idea where kept previously
Rainbow shiner- Aquarium
Red arc pencilfish- Off-Show?
Redeye Tetra- Off-Show?
Red-tailed laughingthrush-In Tropical Realm by hornbill aviaries
Red-winged starling- Off-Show
Reticulated corydoras- Aquarium
Rhinoceros snake- No longer kept, formerly in Tropical Realm
Rummy-nose tetra- Off-Show?
Salvadori's pheasant- Off-Show?, I last saw them outside Tropical Realm
Sarasins minnow- Not listed in 2015 stocklist
Siberian sturgeon- Off-Show?
Snakehead betta- Off-Show? listed in 2015 stocklist as just having 1 female
Snowflake moray-Off-Show?
Socorro dove- Tropical Realm
Spotfin betta- Off-Show?
Sterba's corydoras- Off-Show?
Temminck's Bristlenosed catfish- In many of the aquarium tanks
Temminck's tragopan- In the aviary between Bush Dogs and Lions (gentlelemur's favourite exhibit in the zoo :p )
Three-lined rasbora- Off-Show?
Toba betta- Off-Show?, listed in 2015 stocklist as just having 1 female
Tonkin bug-eyed frog- Not listed in 2015 stocklist
Tramlap flying frog- Off-Show?
Tufted pochard- Europe on Edge
Two spot barb- Not listed in 2015 stocklist
Violet turaco- Free-flying in Tropical Realm
Whitemargin betta- Off-Show?
Zhou's box turtle- Off-show

The Denison Barbs are not listed in the 2015 stocklist

Hope that helps :)
 
Wow, Thank you MagpieGoose! This is a big help to my project! :):):)

Also one other thing I would like to mention, I was doing some further research and found that apparently there are sturgeons in the pond in Sunken Garden. Could this be the Siberian sturgeons?
 
Thanks Swampy! I didn't know that! Now I have another species to add to the project! ;)
Aren't the tragopans in the bush dog aviary Cabot's Tragopans? At least that is what was in there last I heard.
 
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Water Dragon said:
Thanks Swampy! I didn't know that! Now I have another species to add to the project! ;)
Aren't the tragopans in the bush dog aviary Cabot's Tragopans? At least that is what was in there last I heard.
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They are indeed sorry- Chester no longer hold Temminck's Tragopan
 
Are the tetra and pencilfish not still on display in the SotJ aquarium?
 
It's probably helpful to clear up a few synonyms here.

Temminck's Bristlenosed catfish = Ancistrus species, plenty in the Aquarium, but I don't believe any identifications at the species level in this genus
Three-lined rasbora = scissortail, nearly zillion in turtle & Tomistoma pools, Monsoon Forest
Tufted pochard = tufted duck (there are often wild birds on the Monkey House moat)

I presume that the list of species is derived from Zootierliste and you will realise that some of these listings will almost certainly be out of date or unreliable for other reasons.

Swampy said:
Are the tetra and pencilfish not still on display in the SotJ aquarium?
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I don't think these species ever have been there, the tetras are African and the pencilfish are too small.
 
It did come from ZT but also from the stocklist as well. I am sure that most of the species that I put up there came from ZT.
PS: the tragopan aviary is one of my favourites as well. ;)
 
gentle lemur said:
I don't think these species ever have been there, the tetras are African and the pencilfish are too small.
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Neither rummnynose tetra or redeye tetra are African (presuming water dragon is referring to Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae and not Arnoldichthys spliopterus- another reason just posting a list of common names from ZTL can cause confusion) I'm sure I recall seeing both in that aquarium before. You may be right about the pencilfish.

Water Dragon said:
Tonkin bug-eyed frog
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More commonly referred to as Vietnamese Mossy Frog or simply mossy frog.
 
Temminck's Tragopan, Collared Grosbeak and Red-Tailed Laughingthrush are all now in the new Rainbow aviaries.
Swampy said:
Are the tetra and pencilfish not still on display in the SotJ aquarium?
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Red-Eyed Tetra and Giant Pencilfish are both labelled but neither me or ShonenJake13 saw any
 
MagpieGoose said:
Red-Eyed Tetra and Giant Pencilfish are both labelled but neither me or ShonenJake13 saw any
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The labelling on that aquarium has never, ever been correct! I am afraid that I am now extremely sceptical of all laminated labels tied up with strings at Chester Zoo. They are definitely not ♫ My Favourite Things ♫.
As Swampy has said red-eyed tetra is an ambiguous name (or even an amtriguous name). The giant pencilfish is usually the common name for Anostomus anostomus, which is around 15cm long with black and yellow stripes. Those particular labels may have been correct once upon a time, but I don't recall seeing any of those species recently. Incidentally the red-arc pencilfish is Nanostomus mortonthaleri (if I remember correctly) which is unmistakable, 1.5cm long with black and scarlet stripes.
 
Ok, so I have now got the invertebrate species list all sorted out so here are the ones that I was unable to identify the location of. Once again if they have left the zoo please let me know where they were originally:

Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus)
Singapore blue tarantula (Lampropelma violaceopes)
Brazilian salmon tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
Indian social spider (Stegodyphus sarasinorum)
Bamboo shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis)
Shrimp (Caridina)
Mosquito Shrimp (Caridina gracilirostris)
Blue leg poso (Caridina caerulea)
Cardinal shrimp (Caridina dennerli)
Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina)
Green lace shrimp (Atyoida pilipes)
Bernhard’s hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus)
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Pink orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
Florida Leaf Katydid (Stilpnochlora couloniana)
Cricket (Homoeogryllus xanthographus)
Sabah thorny stick insect (Aretaon asperrimus)
Walkingstick (Epidares nolimetangere)
Giant stick insect (Eurycantha calcarata)
Giant walkingstick (Pharnacia ponderosa)
Walkingstick (Phobaeticus magnus)
Walkingstick (Ramulus)
Walkingstick (Myronides)
Giant stick insect (Phasma gigas)
Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus)
Beetle (Mecynorrhina ugandensis)
Emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa)

Note: This is taken from the 2015 annual stocklist so I understand a few may have left the zoo. I also understand that it may be quite difficult so I don't blame you if you struggle with it. All I can say is do the ones that you know and the best that you can do. All help is very appreciated.
 
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Brazilian Salmon Tarantula, Madagascar Hissing Cockroach and Florida Leaf Katydid are all on-show in Butterfly Journey
 
Water Dragon said:
Does anyone know what birds are in the owl aviaries at the moment?
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Great Grey Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Great-Gray Owl, Ural Owl, Northern White-Faced Owl, Brown Wood Owl and Spectacled Owl. Red-Billed Blue Magpie are still labelled but I think the individual is now back in the Nissin Hut
 
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