Niabi Zoo Niabi zoo species list October 2025

[Narwhal#360]

I had recently visited the Niabi zoo on October 18, where it was a nice day to go. here is an updated species list. images have been posted from my old zoo chat account from my old laptop

Discovery center:
Red knee tarantula
Somandoa cave cockroach
White spot assassin bug
Blue death feigning beetle
Red devil crab
Tailless whip scorpion
Curly hair tarantula
Veracruz red rump tarantula
Red handed tamarin

Assorted exhibits/Asian passage Southern white rhinoceros
Eurasian eagle owl
Pallas cat
Koi
Buff cheeked gibbon

domestics area:
Alpaca
Domestic chicken
Nubian goats
Llama
Dwarf zebu
San Clemente goat
Leopard tortoise
Nigerian dwarf goat

Animal encounter area was closed for the season but through the fence had 5 small cages along with the lorikeet aviary and saw signage for turkey vulture and fennec fox

Biodiversity building (former bird and small animal building)
Binturong (only has outdoor exhibit)
Fennec fox (indoor and outdoor exhibit)
Barn owl (outdoor exhibit)
Red tailed hawk (indoor exhibit)
Seba's short tailed bat
Umbrella cockatoo (has an unsigned outdoor exhibit)
*White bellied parrot in a small cage behind the umbrella cockatoo cage
Mexican beaded lizard
Marbled lungfish
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Crocodile monitor
Fennec fox
Lesser siren
Axolotl
Pink belly side neck turtle
Rock hyrax and meerkat
Damaraland mole rat
New Guinea singing dog
Red fox
African created porcupine with unlabeled bird species; golden weaver?
Asian small clawed otter
Common shelduck, blue crowned motmot, 2 toed sloth, cattle egret

Bactrian camel (former zebra and ostrich exhibit)
Indian blue peacock
Aldabra tortoise

Wolf’s guenon
Allen’s swamp monkey

Giraffe

Colobus monkey

African wild dog

Miniature donkey and ostrich

Red wolf
North American porcupine
Bald eagle

Reptile house:
Brazilian rainbow boa
Argentine boa

Greek tortoise
Redheaded rock agama
Giant plated lizard
African five lined skink

Green anaconda

Whites tree frog

Northern caiman lizard
Green tree python

Eastern fox snake

Honduran milk snake
Red tailed green rat snake

Northern pine snake

Bornean blood python

Blue poison dart frog
Bicolored poison dart frog

Prehensile tailed skink

Smallwood anole

Amazon tree boa
Anthony’s poison dart frog

Sakalava velvet gecko

Greek tortoise
Bredl python

Tiger rat snake
Ubers tortoise
Herman’s tortoise

Cane toad
Green basilisk
Red footed tortoise

Elongated tortoise
Weber’s sailing dragon

Cat exhibits:
African black leopard
Bobcat
Amur leopard
Snow leopard

Red river hog (located in former aoudad exhibit)
Prairie dog

 

[Smaggledagle]

Good list, but did you see the domestic guinea pigs (I would imagine they are nearby the Domestics area)?

Also, the "African crested porcupines" are most likely Cape porcupines.

 

[CMP]

Thank you for taking the time to visit and make a species list! Niabi Zoo is quite out of the way, even for someone living in the same state.

There are some nice rarities in this list, including the Sakalava velvet gecko, African Five-lined skink, and Marbled Lungfish.

golden weaver?

Was this a Baglafecht weaver by any chance? It is a very rare species in captivity.
Why, yes sir... you are quite handsome with those amazing feathers! We caught our handsome Baglafecht Weaver preening the other day. Alot of focus on his neck and breast feathers. Nice job, buddy! This delightful species ranges through Eastern and Central Africa and are known for weaving dry grasses and plant materials to create their elaborate nests. Come check out our lovely yellow feathered friends above our Cape Porcupine Family at Biodiversity Hall. | Niabi Zoo | Facebook

 

[Narwhal#360]

Good list, but did you see the domestic guinea pigs (I would imagine they are nearby the Domestics area)?

no, i am believing that the guinea pigs are part of the animal encounters area, which was closed for the season. i made this deduction when at the admissions area said that the Guinea pig feeding was closed, hence why i thought that, also because there was no clear exhibit meant for guinea pigs in the farmyard area

 

[Narwhal#360]

Was this a Baglafecht weaver by any chance? It is a very rare species in captivity.
Why, yes sir... you are quite handsome with those amazing feathers! We caught our handsome Baglafecht Weaver preening the other day. Alot of focus on his neck and breast feathers. Nice job, buddy! This delightful species ranges through Eastern and Central Africa and are known for weaving dry grasses and plant materials to create their elaborate nests. Come check out our lovely yellow feathered friends above our Cape Porcupine Family at Biodiversity Hall. | Niabi Zoo | Facebook

looking at the facebook post that is the exact species that i saw. for me i am not a huge bird fan, and i easily misidentify birds, and being that there was no signage of this bird, which apparently they know what it is, i just believed it was a Taveta Golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)