Have had them since at least April 2023. They brought one out for the snake show when I visited
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Have had them since at least April 2023. They brought one out for the snake show when I visited
Yeah, I've seen the species there in the reptile house. I don't recall which year.
Species list correct as of 12/09/2025. The Tropical Bird Aviary was off-display on this visit, and was empty for work to be done on it.
MAMMALS
BIRDS
REPTILES
AMPHIBIANS
FISHES
INVERTEBRATES
MAMMALS
- Queensland Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus 'adustus')
- Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)
- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
- Cotton-top Tamarin (Oedipomidas oedipus)
- Agile Wallaby (Notamacropus agilis) - signed, not seen)
- Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
- Spectacled Flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus conspicillatus) - not signed to subspecies, but they are local rescues from Tolga Bat Hospital so are presumably the local nominate subspecies.
BIRDS
- Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis) - unsigned in the flying-fox enclosure. Possibly temporary housing while work is done on the tropical bird aviary
- Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
- Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
- Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
- Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) - signed, but unsure if I saw any as they are mixed with Tawny Frogmouth in the same aviary and all the frogmouths I saw (except one Tawny) had their eyes closed, and I struggle to tell the two species apart without using eye colour)
- Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) - signed, not seen
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
- Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)
- Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto deliculata)
- Bush Stone-curlew (Burton's grallarius) - not seen in the predatory bird aviary where they are signed, seen unsigned in the flying-fox enclosure.
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
REPTILES
- Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
- Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
- Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
- Black-headed Python (Aspidites melanocephalus)
- Shingleback Skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
- Common Bluetongue (Tiliqua scincoides)
- Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tail Skink (Egernia epsisolus)
- Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor (Varanus hamersleyensis)
- Central Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis)
- Goldfields Crevice-Skink (Egernia formosa)
- Veiled Chamaeleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
- Malayan Blood Python (Python brongersmai)
- Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
- Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
- Fijian Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
- Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia)
- Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
- Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)
- Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
- King Brown Snake (Pseudechis australis)
- Boyd's Forest Dragon (Lophosaurus boydii)
- Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)
- Centralia Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus amyae)
- Spinifex Slender Bluetongue (Cyclodomorphus melanops) - signed, not seen. According to keeper, this animal is usually only visible early when the basking light first comes on, but then retreats into its burrows for the rest of the day.
- Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus ciliaris)
- Rough-scaled Python (Morelia carinata)
- Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius salebrosus)
- Pygmy Python (Antaresia perthensis)
- Stephen's Banded Snake (Hoplocephalus stephensii)
- Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)
- Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
- Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
- Death adder sp. (Acanthophis sp.)
- Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
- Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
- Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) - Bell's morph
- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
- Merten's Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)
- Painted Turtle (Emydura subglobosa)
- Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
- Macquarie River Turtle (Emydura macquarii) - signed, not seen
- Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle (Myuchelys latisternum) - not seen in the waterbird pond where they are signed, but seen in a pond on the opposite side of the board walk from the first cassowary enclosure. Unsure whether these are captive or wild.
AMPHIBIANS
- Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
- Magnificent Tree Frog (Ranoidea splendida)
FISHES
- Australian Snakehead Gudgeon (Giuris aporocephalus) - I'm unsure whether these are actually captive or wild fish that just happen to be on zoo grounds. In a pond on the other side of the boardwalk from the first cassowary enclosure
INVERTEBRATES
- Australian tarantula sp. (Phlogius sp.) - signed, not seen
- Giant Banded Huntsman (Holconia immanis)
- Peppermint Stick Insect (Megacrania batesii)
Burhinus grallarius, that should be.
Did you manage to confirm if they were wild gudgeons? I visited today and they are everywhere! I used your advice and headed straight to the slender bluetongue and managed to see it well. What a great little creature.
I haven't contacted Harley's about the gudgeons. Excellent you saw the slender bluetongue, did you get photos? If so, they would be the first of the species in the ZooChat galleries. Is the tropical bird aviary open again yet?
I'll contact them and if I get a response I'll let you know. I got a few wild gudgeons spotlighting across into the Daintree last night; I think they were the same species. The slender bluetongue photos will be in the gallery in a few days.
The tropical bird aviary is still under renovation. The predatory bird aviary was open with Papuan Frogmouth not seen.