In Su Lar (a tryhard pun with "insular" and "in your lair")
Location: South or Southeast region of Brazil, the exhibit is about islands close to the coast of those regions. I've considered writing an exhibit for islands of South America as a whole including Aruba island rattlesnake, Trinidad piping guan, blue anole and an extensive subcomplex dedicated to the Marajó island, but I've decided the rest would end up too underdeveloped when compared to this subcomplex of South and Southeast Brazil islands.
The complex starts in an indoor building with a black interior. On the floor, there's a snake slithering-shaped evolutionary tree with four ramifications that each end in a Bothrops snake enclosure and list adaptations of each Bothrops species regarding tree or ground-dwelling such as the presence of a prehensile tail, diet elements such as birds or frogs, et cetera. Penetrating the wall, there are six alcoves (four of which the evolutionary tree enters), each representing an island or archipelago, with enclosures for one or more animals and a brief presentative text on the island/archipelago each. The further to the right the alcove is located, the more southern the island/archipelago is.
The first alcove represents Franceses island, from the Espírito Santo state. Its holds a single species, the first Bothrops Franceses island-lancehead Bothrops sazimai, a recently-discovered and endangered species endemic to the island.
The second alcove represents Ilha Grande, from the Rio de Janeiro state. It holds a fish tank with invasive sun corals Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis. A collection of photos of the tank taken since the first polyps were introduced (or photos taken in the wild if the species don't fare well enough in captivity) shows the propagation potential of this beautiful yet detrimental species and the necessity to take care of them. Sun corals have also reached the Alcatrazes archipelago.
The third alcolve represents Ilha de Porcos Pequena, from the touristic Ubatuba city in São Paulo. It holds a single species, the endemic frog Ololygon faivovichi. Like other frogs in the Ololygon genus kept here, its enclosure has bromeliads for them to hide as they do in the wild.
The fourth alcove represents the Ilhabela archipelago and city. It holds Bothrops otavioi, endemic to the Vitória island, black and white tegu Salvator merianae, representing what was thought to be a subspecies endemic to the Búzios island, and blue land crab Cardisoma guanhumi, an inhabitant of the St. Sebastian island. The alcoves continues to the next segment of this exhibit and larger enclosure to another inhabitant of St. Sebastian island, which will be described later.
The fifth alcove represents the Alcatrazes archipelago. It holds the endemic Alcatraz snouted treefrog Ololygon alcatraz, the endemic frog Cycloramphus faustoi, with an enclosure which imitates the coastal rock crevices they live in, the endemic Alcatrazes lancehead Bothrops alcatraz, marbled tropical bullfrog Adenomera marmorata, and Guanabara spotted night snake Siphlophis pulcher, one of the several snake species brazilians call "false corals" due to their mimetism. Guests are also told that what was thought to be an endemic coral snake had its two only known individuals lost during a fire at the Instituto Butantan.
The sixth alcove represents the Snake Island. It holds the endemic Peixoto's snouted treefrog Ololygon peixotoi, the endemic golden lancehead Bothrops insularis, Sauvage's snail-eater Dipsas albifrons and Hoge's mabuya Psychosaura macrorhyncha. This island has an estimated population of 50 golden lanceheads per hectare, compared to 200 Gloydius shedaoensis (another eater of migratory birds) per hectare from Shedao island in China.
Finally, the exhibit continues to a nocturnal enclosure for the cururuá or giant Atlantic tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi, endemic to the St. Sebastian island of the Ilhabela archipelago. On the opposite wall, there's a selection of buttons that emit the call of a certain species when pressed. The species included are the cururuá, the yellow cururu toad, Cycloramphus faustoi, Adenomera marmorata, Ololygon faivovichi, Ololygon alcatraz, Ololygon peixotoi and the mainland Ololygon perpusilla.
Next, the South region part of the exhibit starts. Representing the Superagüi island, the black-faced lion tamarin Leontopithecus caissara, which is actually not endemic to the island, but most of its known territory is there. Two groups rotate in and out of the viewable enclosure, one from the island population and another from the mainland population. The enclosure is furnished with places to forage, specially bromeliads. In the wild, those monkeys rely on those plants to find water, fruits, young leaves and sometimes even an unlucky mainland cousin of the Ololygon shown so far. A painting shows the differences in coloration of the four lion tamarin species.
The last represented island is Moleques do Sul, with an enclosure for the endemic Santa Catarina's guinea pig Cavia intermedia. It's viewable both from an indoor artificial tunnel part and the larger outdoor segment. Another outdoor enclosure for the chimango caracara Milvago chimango, a predator from the South, represents one of the threats for the endemic guinea pig - predation - along with ectoparasits, natural disasters and starving.
Sorry for any potential grammar errors, I wrote the text in a hurry and english isn't my first language.
Location: South or Southeast region of Brazil, the exhibit is about islands close to the coast of those regions. I've considered writing an exhibit for islands of South America as a whole including Aruba island rattlesnake, Trinidad piping guan, blue anole and an extensive subcomplex dedicated to the Marajó island, but I've decided the rest would end up too underdeveloped when compared to this subcomplex of South and Southeast Brazil islands.
The complex starts in an indoor building with a black interior. On the floor, there's a snake slithering-shaped evolutionary tree with four ramifications that each end in a Bothrops snake enclosure and list adaptations of each Bothrops species regarding tree or ground-dwelling such as the presence of a prehensile tail, diet elements such as birds or frogs, et cetera. Penetrating the wall, there are six alcoves (four of which the evolutionary tree enters), each representing an island or archipelago, with enclosures for one or more animals and a brief presentative text on the island/archipelago each. The further to the right the alcove is located, the more southern the island/archipelago is.
The first alcove represents Franceses island, from the Espírito Santo state. Its holds a single species, the first Bothrops Franceses island-lancehead Bothrops sazimai, a recently-discovered and endangered species endemic to the island.
The second alcove represents Ilha Grande, from the Rio de Janeiro state. It holds a fish tank with invasive sun corals Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis. A collection of photos of the tank taken since the first polyps were introduced (or photos taken in the wild if the species don't fare well enough in captivity) shows the propagation potential of this beautiful yet detrimental species and the necessity to take care of them. Sun corals have also reached the Alcatrazes archipelago.
The third alcolve represents Ilha de Porcos Pequena, from the touristic Ubatuba city in São Paulo. It holds a single species, the endemic frog Ololygon faivovichi. Like other frogs in the Ololygon genus kept here, its enclosure has bromeliads for them to hide as they do in the wild.
The fourth alcove represents the Ilhabela archipelago and city. It holds Bothrops otavioi, endemic to the Vitória island, black and white tegu Salvator merianae, representing what was thought to be a subspecies endemic to the Búzios island, and blue land crab Cardisoma guanhumi, an inhabitant of the St. Sebastian island. The alcoves continues to the next segment of this exhibit and larger enclosure to another inhabitant of St. Sebastian island, which will be described later.
The fifth alcove represents the Alcatrazes archipelago. It holds the endemic Alcatraz snouted treefrog Ololygon alcatraz, the endemic frog Cycloramphus faustoi, with an enclosure which imitates the coastal rock crevices they live in, the endemic Alcatrazes lancehead Bothrops alcatraz, marbled tropical bullfrog Adenomera marmorata, and Guanabara spotted night snake Siphlophis pulcher, one of the several snake species brazilians call "false corals" due to their mimetism. Guests are also told that what was thought to be an endemic coral snake had its two only known individuals lost during a fire at the Instituto Butantan.
The sixth alcove represents the Snake Island. It holds the endemic Peixoto's snouted treefrog Ololygon peixotoi, the endemic golden lancehead Bothrops insularis, Sauvage's snail-eater Dipsas albifrons and Hoge's mabuya Psychosaura macrorhyncha. This island has an estimated population of 50 golden lanceheads per hectare, compared to 200 Gloydius shedaoensis (another eater of migratory birds) per hectare from Shedao island in China.
Finally, the exhibit continues to a nocturnal enclosure for the cururuá or giant Atlantic tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi, endemic to the St. Sebastian island of the Ilhabela archipelago. On the opposite wall, there's a selection of buttons that emit the call of a certain species when pressed. The species included are the cururuá, the yellow cururu toad, Cycloramphus faustoi, Adenomera marmorata, Ololygon faivovichi, Ololygon alcatraz, Ololygon peixotoi and the mainland Ololygon perpusilla.
Next, the South region part of the exhibit starts. Representing the Superagüi island, the black-faced lion tamarin Leontopithecus caissara, which is actually not endemic to the island, but most of its known territory is there. Two groups rotate in and out of the viewable enclosure, one from the island population and another from the mainland population. The enclosure is furnished with places to forage, specially bromeliads. In the wild, those monkeys rely on those plants to find water, fruits, young leaves and sometimes even an unlucky mainland cousin of the Ololygon shown so far. A painting shows the differences in coloration of the four lion tamarin species.
The last represented island is Moleques do Sul, with an enclosure for the endemic Santa Catarina's guinea pig Cavia intermedia. It's viewable both from an indoor artificial tunnel part and the larger outdoor segment. Another outdoor enclosure for the chimango caracara Milvago chimango, a predator from the South, represents one of the threats for the endemic guinea pig - predation - along with ectoparasits, natural disasters and starving.
Sorry for any potential grammar errors, I wrote the text in a hurry and english isn't my first language.
And it's been quite some time since I've come up with the ideas that I posted / am gonna post here, and during that time I didn't get any new one so I don't think I'm gonna have it anytime soon.
