Melbourne Zoo Melbourne zoo species list 2019 work in progress.

Yoshistar888

Yoshistar888

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I tried to make a full visit to the zoo but we had time constraints in the visit so if anyone would like to tell me in the areas I missed what is there that would be appreciated.

Main trail exhibits

Collared Peccary
Malayan Taipir, Brazilian taipir (is he still there?)
Hamaydras baboon
Plains zebra, Girrafe, helmeted guineafowl (I think?)
Aldabra giant tortoise
Platypus


Reptile house. (Not doing each exhibit just animals in the house)

Rhinocerus iguana
Eyelash viper
Indian star tortoise
Black headed python
Phillipine crocodile
Mexican Cantil (yep I was surprised when I saw)
Knob tailed gecko
Tokay gecko
Madagascar giant day gecko
Madagascar ground boa
Phillipine sailfin dragon
Shingleback
Centralian blue tongue lizard
Afuaura file snake
Banded archerfish
Freshwater crocodile
Blood python
reticulated python
Golden coin turtle
Coastal taipan
Brown tree snake (Boiga genus)
Taiwan beauty snake
Fijian crested iguana
Eastern diamond back rattlesnake
Corn snake
Frilled lizard
Some sort of wood turtle I forgot the name
Elongated tortoise
Gila monster
Striped leg less lizard
Pueblan milksnake
Honduran milksnake
Boyd’s Forrest dragon
Common death adder
Pygmy mulga monitor
Lace monitor (juv)
Broad headed snake
Hosmers skink


Animals the reptile house used to have (that I can recall)

forest cobra
Green iguana
Blue poison dart frog



The zoos reptiles are probably its strong point as it has a bunch of cool species. It is missing species such as cobras (they used to have a forest cobra).

the amphibian section is appalling (I’ll tell you the species next area)while it’s conservation is great and the exhibits are good it only has native species of frogs. The zoo doesn’t even have exotic amphibians any more.



That’s part 1 I’ll update more.

areas I’m missing

the whole Australian section
Binturong and nearby avaries African grey parrot (the new one), elephant section
Butterfly house.
Brush turkey area.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Brazilian taipir (is he still there?)
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No, he moved to Adelaide Zoo last month and will be introduced to one of their females for breeding.
Yoshistar888 said:
Reptile house. (Not doing each exhibit just animals in the house)

Rhinocerus iguana
Eyelash viper
Indian star tortoise
Black headed python
Phillipine crocodile
Mexican Cantil (yep I was surprised when I saw)
Knob tailed gecko
Tokay gecko
Madagascar giant day gecko
Madagascar ground boa
Phillipine sailfin dragon
Shingleback
Centralian blue tongue lizard
Afuaura file snake
Banded archerfish
Freshwater crocodile
Blood python
reticulated python
Golden coin turtle
Coastal taipan
Brown tree snake (Boiga genus)
Taiwan beauty snake
Fijian crested iguana
Eastern diamond back rattlesnake
Corn snake
Frilled lizard
Some sort of wood turtle I forgot the name
Elongated tortoise
Gila monster
Striped leg less lizard
Pueblan milksnake
Honduran milksnake
Boyd’s Forrest dragon
Common death adder
Pygmy mulga monitor
Lace monitor (juv)
Broad headed snake
Hosmers skink
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In no particular order, here is my list of on-display species of Melbourne Zoo's Reptile House (grouped by enclosures). Although it's almost a year old, it has some slight differences to your list. I certainly agree that reptiles is probably Melbourne Zoo's strong point, and the reptile house had some interesting mixes. By any chance do you have a photo of the Mexican Cantil?
Melbourne Zoo's Reptile House- December 2018
-Arafura File Snake + Banded Rainbowfish + Banded Archerfish
-Phillipine Sailfin Dragon + Elongated Tortoise
-Golden Coin Turtle
-Twist-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala
- Centralian Blue-tongue + Shingleback + Frilled Lizard
-Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake + Corn Snake (not seen)
-Philippine Crocodile
-Freshwater Crocodile
-Black-headed Python
-Fijian Crested Iguana + Star Tortoise
-Taiwan Beauty Snake + Blood Python
-Reticulated Python
-Brown Tree Snake + Coastal Taipan
-Rhinoceros Iguana
-Gila Monster
-Centralian Blue-tongue (another enclosure)
-Striped Legless Lizard
-Tokay Gecko
-Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko Nephrurus amyae
-Eyelash Viper
-Madagascan Ground Boa
-Honduran Milk Snake
-Juvenile Freshwater Crocodile
-Common Death Adder
-Pygmy Mulga Monitor
-Madagascan Giant Day Gecko
-Star Tortoise + Elongated Tortoise (juveniles of both species)
-Broad-headed Snake
-Pueblan Milk Snake
-Hosmer's Skink
 
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WhistlingKite24 said:
No, he moved to Adelaide Zoo last month and will be introduced to one of their females for breeding.

In no particular order, here is my list of on-display species of Melbourne Zoo's Reptile House (grouped by enclosures). Although it's almost a year old, it has some slight differences to your list. I certainly agree that reptiles is probably Melbourne Zoo's strong point, and the reptile house had some interesting mixes. By any chance do you have a photo of the Mexican Cantil?
Melbourne Zoo's Reptile House- December 2018
-Arafura File Snake + Banded Rainbowfish + Banded Archerfish
-Phillipine Sailfin Dragon + Elongated Tortoise
-Golden Coin Turtle
-Twist-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala
- Centralian Blue-tongue + Shingleback + Frilled Lizard
-Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake + Corn Snake (not seen)
-Philippine Crocodile
-Freshwater Crocodile
-Black-headed Python
-Fijian Crested Iguana + Star Tortoise
-Taiwan Beauty Snake + Blood Python
-Reticulated Python
-Brown Tree Snake + Coastal Taipan
-Rhinoceros Iguana
-Gila Monster
-Centralian Blue-tongue (another enclosure)
-Striped Legless Lizard
-Tokay Gecko
-Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko Nephrurus amyae
-Eyelash Viper
-Madagascan Ground Boa
-Honduran Milk Snake
-Juvenile Freshwater Crocodile
-Common Death Adder
-Pygmy Mulga Monitor
-Madagascan Giant Day Gecko
-Star Tortoise + Elongated Tortoise (juveniles of both species)
-Broad-headed Snake
-Pueblan Milk Snake
-Hosmer's Skink
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I sure do have a photo, I’ll need to put it from my camera to computer though. I used your media as a species guide to what was there as well as toehr sources
 
Part 2

a couple other areas!

Carnivore gorge or whatever it’s called

African wild dog (was hiding under a rock looking straight at me, was really cute)

African lion (surprisingly active!!)

Phillipine crocodile (was off exhibit but did see the one at the reptile house)

Veiled chameleon (off show)

ball python

Australian green tree frog

Brown nosed Coati

Snow leopard (one was off show the other was still there)

Sumatran tiger (no where to be seen)
Tasmanian devil (also nowhere to be seen)
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Part 2

a couple other areas!

Carnivore gorge or whatever it’s called

African wild dog (was hiding under a rock looking straight at me, was really cute)

African lion (surprisingly active!!)

Phillipine crocodile (was off exhibit but did see the one at the reptile house)

Veiled chameleon (off show)

ball python

Australian green tree frog

Brown nosed Coati

Snow leopard (one was off show the other was still there)

Sumatran tiger (no where to be seen)
Tasmanian devil (also nowhere to be seen)
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forgot to mention there were also Banded archerfish and a species of mantis
 
Part 3

Wild seas, keeper kids, Amazon avairy, Japanese gardern, growing wild and Red panda


Wild seas

before I talk about the captive animals if you came to the zoo looking for bell miners Wild Seas is by far the best place to see them. I spotted two in a Bush at eye level near the entrance and another one at eye level near the exit. Don’t listen to them for too long though. I had a throbbing headache due to their high pitched calls.

Exhibit 1

Australian pelican, Eastern king necked turtle, Mary river turtle

exhibit 2

A bunch of fish some of which I can’t remember so I’ll try my best.
Globefish
Fiddlerray (banjo shark)
Port Jackson shark
Sea sweep
Moonlighter
Some sort of mullet
A bunch of others that either didn’t show or I can’t remember

inside

Long nosed fur seal and Australian fur seal (you can sea these up above (misspell was intended)

Floiranld crested penguin and little penguin you can also sea these up above.

min tanks there were various fish including

seahorse sp.
Mado
Old wife
Cow fish species
A wrasse species
A goby/ blenny species
Globefish


That’s it for wild seas

Red panda obviously only has red pandas.

japanese gardern has siamangs which we couldn’t see. (koi were moved to the empty Pygmy hippo exhibit)


Amazon aviary

we spent a long time looking for all the species here and we ended up missing two, buffons Macaw and a cussarow in here which I think was removed from the signage. The species we did see were

green winged macaw
Black capped caique (I think it means conure)
Another caique species
Red fronted macaw


Growing wild had

Meerkats
Brush turkey (off show)
Aldabra giant tortoise
Carolina box turtle
Elongated tortoise
Shingleback
Unsigned snake species
Unsigned cockroach species
Corn snake
Unsigned beetle species.

keeper kids had

Eclectus parrot
Southern corroboree frog
Bolivian squirrel monkey
Blue and gold macaw.
 
Sorry for the delay heres the African section

Ring tailed lemur
Black and white ruffed lemur (I’ve been to this zoo many times and never seen them)


Lowland Gorilla

Pygmy Hippo
Koi

Cotton top tamarin
Black and white colobus (not sure which species)
Conure sp.
Black handed spider monkey
Gibbon sp.

sorry my memory is quite foggy.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Sorry for the delay heres the African section

Ring tailed lemur
Black and white ruffed lemur (I’ve been to this zoo many times and never seen them)


Lowland Gorilla

Pygmy Hippo
Koi

Cotton top tamarin
Black and white colobus (not sure which species)
Conure sp.
Black handed spider monkey
Gibbon sp.

sorry my memory is quite foggy.
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There is also a female Southern Cassowary, Zillie, who lives in the old Mandrill enclosure between the Pygmy Hippo’s and the Treetop boardwalk.

In regards to the Treetop Boardwalk, the order goes as follows:

- Northern White Cheeked Gibbon (lone male)
- Black Handed Spider Monkey (2 enclosures)
- Black-Capped Capuchin
- Eastern Black and White Colobus
- Northern White Cheeked Gibbon (breeding pair)
- Cotton top Tamiran
- Crimson Bellied Sun Conure
 
Ok so I’ve visited again and there has been many changes.
Jambo said:
They still have two Black-Capped Capuchins, a father and son.
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Nope, not anymore, the signage is still there but the enclosure has a something exiting is coming soon signage.

For gaps I was missing in thanks for filling in the gaps for the monkeys which I couldn’t remember but I went again and the northern white cheeked gibbons are doing superb. I also got to see a few animals I missed last time such as Siamangs and the pueblan Milksnake.

Much to my dismay the zoo has now lost 7 species in 7 months being, Brazilian Tapir, Veiled Chameleon, Black and White ruffed Lemur, Black capped capuchin, Razor Billed Cussarow and Binturong.
Blue winged Kookaburras and various Owls too (Koalas moved into the old kookaburra exhibit)



Onto Asia!


Asian short clawed otters (they were VERY active and a joy to watch)

Tiger (unseen again I haven’t seen tigers in 2 trips in a row)

Avairy with Emerald dove species, Java sparrow and stilt species. Only saw the Java sparrow this time.

Noisy Pitta

Asian Elephant

Bolivan (black capped) Squirrel Monkey

Many stick and leaf insect species

Boyd’s forest Dragon

Elongated Tortoise, ? Turtle and juvenile Fijian Crested Dragon

Orangutang (not sure if they are Bornean or hybrids)


Australia

Koala

Lace Monitor (off display)

Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat

Bush bird avairy (in maintenance)

Other aviary which has Zebra Finch, Gouldian Finch, budgie, Regent honeyeater (not seen this species eludes me every time), Diamond Dove and Orange Bellied Parrot.

Emu, Kangaroo Island Kangaroo and an unseen wallaby species which I can’t remember the name of.


Tasmanian Devil


Great flight avairy has these species plus more which I probably didn’t see

Pied Heron
Royal Spoonbill (one of my wild nemesis species along with echidnas, all snakes and tawny frogmouths)
??? Pigeon
Satin Bowerbird
Blue Faced Honeyeater (first time seeing one, they are super beautiful)
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Eastern Cattle Egret
Freckled Duck
Blue Billed Duck
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Tiger (unseen again I haven’t seen tigers in 2 trips in a row
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In the enclosure in Snow Leopard ridge, Indrah is normally hiding in the bamboo along the back, so that would be the place to look when you next visit.

Meanwhile, in the other exhibit (in the Elephant Trail), the tigers are fairly easier to see, as there’s less foliage for them to hide in. I normally see Hutan or Binjai pacing near the pond.

Yoshistar888 said:
Orangutang (not sure if they are Bornean or hybrids)
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Kiani is Bornean, whilst her daughter, Gabby is half Bornean, half Sumatran. Malu (the male) is full Sumatran. He shares the same father (Santan) as Gabby.

Yoshistar888 said:
Nope, not anymore, the signage is still there but the enclosure has a something exiting is coming soon signage.
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Thanks, though, I discovered this upon a visit last month.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Nope, not anymore, the signage is still there but the enclosure has a something exiting is coming soon signage.
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There are a few off-public-display primate exhibits at Melbourne. One of them is an enclosure in the function room near the elephant barn. It is possible this houses the capuchins mentioned, as it previously held this species there.
 
Jambo said:
Kiani is Bornean, whilst her daughter, Gabby is half Bornean, half Sumatran. Malu (the male) is full Sumatran. He shares the same father (Santan) as Gabby.
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Kiani/Suma is actually a hybrid. Her sire was Bobby, a hybrid orangutan born at Taronga Zoo in 1964. Bobby lived at Perth Zoo between 1968 and 1976; before being sent to Melbourne Zoo until 1980, during which time he sired Bono and Suma in 1978.

Bobby returned to Perth Zoo for unknown reasons in 1980, where he lived until his export to Hyderabad Zoo in 1986. Bobby died at the Hyderabad Zoo in 1995, after being subject to 'malicious destruction.'
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Melbourne Zoo's last two capuchin monkeys (2.0 Damien and Cale) moved to Sydney Zoo in late 2019.
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I have another inquiry, Im 99% sure that they Zoo no longer has Emperor Tamarins and Golden Lion Tamarins as I asked a staff member and they said. “We haven’t had them for a very long time, how do you even know we had them?”.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
I have another inquiry, Im 99% sure that they Zoo no longer has Emperor Tamarins and Golden Lion Tamarins as I asked a staff member and they said. “We haven’t had them for a very long time, how do you even know we had them?”.
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I cannot find anything recent about Golden Lion Tamarins at Melbourne Zoo. The last mention I can find for Emperor Tamarin was a Facebook post dated 26th December 2019.
Zoos Victoria
 
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