Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles in Australian Zoos

Steve Robinson said:
It has now!!!!

Part of the Tropical Reptile House has been re-opened now that major construction work has been completed but the eastern end rooms remain off-display while they are being fitted out.

The Green Anaconda will not be on display until that work has been completed.
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Thanks for the update @Steve Robinson. It’s exciting to hear the green anaconda will eventually be going on display. Along with the Komodo dragons and the only yellow anacondas in the region, Darling Downs Zoo has an exciting reptile collection. :)
 
zooboy28 said:
-Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus - Australian Reptile Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservati
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Taronga has not had a Veiled Chameleon for around a year now.
 
zooboy28 said:
-Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis - Australian Reptile Park, Crocodylus Park, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hunter Valley Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo (?), Werribee Zoo, Western Plains Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
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As of a visit on Thursday and Friday, Taronga Western Plains Zoo's Leopard Tortoises are not on display. I don't know if they still have them.
zooboy28 said:
-Spur-thighed Tortoise Testudo graeca - Adelaide Zoo, Darling Downs Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
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I am also not sure if the Spur-thighed Tortoise previously kept BTS at TWPZ is still alive. He was last mentioned by the zoo in 2015, and the last time I received confirmation he was still alive was 2017.
 
From the inventory report for Melbourne Zoo – accurate as of June 2023:
  • the last California King Snake and Eyelash Viper have died. Their last Taiwan Beauty Snake was transferred to another undisclosed facility.
  • the remnant reptiles remain – the region’s single Horsfield’s Tortoise, Spiny Terrapin, Rainbow Boa, Painted Wood Turtle and Mississippi Map Turtle are still recorded at the zoo. The two Kenyan Sand Boas and Twist-necked Turtles are also mentioned.
  • there are three (2.1) Cantils specifically and two (2.0) Pueblan Milksnakes.
 
zooboy28 said:
-Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
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Billabong Zoo has Indian Star Tortoise - shown in an image on their FB page.
 
Smaggledagle said:
Shoalhaven Zoo still has Aldabra giant tortoise and American alligator (from social media in the last month).

Shoalhaven Zoo - Come down and see, maybe even pet ,...
ALRIGHT GUYS THE TIME HAS COME!! We’re introducing a new social media special with our head keeper Nick called “Keeper Talks”. Nick has a lifetime of knowledge and such an immense passion for animals we realised it was a crime not sharing it with you all on here. We’ll be uploading weekly videos in which Nick will be talking candidly about the animals we care for here at the Shoalhaven Zoo. We hope that by sharing Nicks passion and knowledge our visitors will develop deeper and more wonderful connections with these truly incredible animals. It’s only right that we kick it off with one of Nicks favourites, Naamar the Aldabran Tortoise. Let us know in the comment section which animal you want to see next!!? #keepertalks #discoveryourwildside #aldabrantortoise #tortoise #zoo #animals | Shoalhaven Zoo | Shoalhaven Zoo · Original audio
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Also through their social media, Shoalhaven Zoo still have corn snake and Burmese python.

KEEPER TALK EP 6: Corn Snakes. Comment () how many corn snakes you can see here! #discoveryourwildside #wildlife #zoo #cornsnake | By Shoalhaven Zoo | Facebook
Shoalhaven Zoo
 
An update on Ballarat Wildlife Park as of 31/8/23

Siamese Cobra, Burmese Python, both Snapping Turtles, Poison Frogs, both Rattlesnakes, Burmese Brown and Aldabra Giant Tortoises, Boa Constrictor and Alligators all confirmed present.

Unsure on the status of Yellow Footed Tortoise and Green Anaconda.

The Mozambique Spitting Cobra has been transferred to an unknown facility.
 
Does anyone know if the Malcolm Douglas Wildlife Park still has spectacled caiman?
If so, do they have the facilities and individuals to be able to breed? Will be shame if/when the species disappears from the region, if it hasn't already.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
From the inventory report for Melbourne Zoo – accurate as of June 2023:
  • the last California King Snake and Eyelash Viper have died. Their last Taiwan Beauty Snake was transferred to another undisclosed facility.
  • the remnant reptiles remain – the region’s single Horsfield’s Tortoise, Spiny Terrapin, Rainbow Boa, Painted Wood Turtle and Mississippi Map Turtle are still recorded at the zoo. The two Kenyan Sand Boas and Twist-necked Turtles are also mentioned.
  • there are three (2.1) Cantils specifically and two (2.0) Pueblan Milksnakes.
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There was an eyelash viper at Melbourne zoo when I went yesterday and it was quite small. However there were 2 empty exhibits I think they were somewhere inbetweeen the freshwater crocodile and the king cobra.
I also didn't see any sigange or enclosures for Kenyan sand Boas, Painted Wood turtles, Mississippi Map turtle, twisted neck Turtle or the horsfields tortoise.

However today when I went to Werribee they only had leopard tortoise, an eastern blue tongue, a shingleback and 4 Madagascar ground boas which I had never heard of before.
 
SugarPlumLucy said:
However today when I went to Werribee they only had leopard tortoise, an eastern blue tongue, a shingleback and 4 Madagascar ground boas which I had never heard of before.
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That’s good to know. Bell’s hinge-backed tortoise were there when I visited Werribee in November last year (housed with Leopard tortoise); but appear to have disappeared from the collection since then.
 
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