Shedd Aquarium Old Special Exhibit Species Lists

CarnotaurusSastrei

CarnotaurusSastrei

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Apologies if this is a weird question, but does anyone happen to know where to find any information about the old special exhibits at the Shedd and what species were exhibited during them? More specifically, I was interested in looking for information about the following exhibits:
  • Crabs! (May 2005 - January 2006)
  • Lizards and the Komodo King (2006 - 2008)
  • Jellies (2011 - 2015)
  • Amphibians (May 2015 - January 2018)
I've done a bit of preliminary digging, primarily through the Wayback Machine, but I was wondering if there were by any chance more complete species lists that people know of.
 
Looking at the media posts from the past here are some of the species that were featured:

lizards and the Komodo king
  • Komodo dragon (obviously)
Jellies
  • flower hat jellyfish
  • Northeast Pacific Sea nettle
  • lions mane jellyfish
  • moon jellyfish
amphibians
  • bullfrog
  • tiger salamander
  • African clawed frog
  • Japanese giant salamander
  • emperor salamander
  • yellow-spotted climbing toad
  • amazon milk frog
  • Siberian newt
  • Solomon Island leaf frog
  • eastern hellbender
  • African bullfrog
  • Surinam horned frog
  • leopard frog
  • tomato frog
  • wood frog
 
I do not have a full species list but I am fairly certain Lizards and the Komodo King included crocodile monitor and blue monitor, as both were new species for me at the time and I was particularly excited about the former.

Is there a reason you did not include Seahorse Symphony? Is a species list already available for that particular exhibit?
 
JVM said:
I do not have a full species list but I am fairly certain Lizards and the Komodo King included crocodile monitor and blue monitor, as both were new species for me at the time and I was particularly excited about the former.

Is there a reason you did not include Seahorse Symphony? Is a species list already available for that particular exhibit?
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I primarily asked about these specific exhibits because I wanted to try and get some leads for identifying some animals in old family photos (or in the case of Crabs!, trying to find out more about an exhibit I have very vague memories of seeing). Since Seahorse Symphony ended when I was a toddler and I have no photos of my family seeing the exhibit, I decided to omit it from the list.
 
CarnotaurusSastrei said:
I primarily asked about these specific exhibits because I wanted to try and get some leads for identifying some animals in old family photos (or in the case of Crabs!, trying to find out more about an exhibit I have very vague memories of seeing). Since Seahorse Symphony ended when I was a toddler and I have no photos of my family seeing the exhibit, I decided to omit it from the list.
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That's understandable. I assumed it was for some kind of species listing related project and it seemed inexplicable in that context, but knowing it's a more personal thing it makes sense. I saw Seahorse Symphony a number of times but was pretty young and am thinking about how much I wish I knew better at the time, so I know what you mean about Crabs, which I actually don't think I ever saw. (I think Lizards is actually the only one I did of the group.)
 
Crabs
All I know about them was it was the largest exhibition of crabs.
Lizards and the Komodo King
Other than the komodo dragon, it had crocodile monitors, caiman lizards, gila monsters, some geckoes, and green tree monitors. There were over 25 lizard species I think but I don't know the exact species.
Jellies
Had more than 10 species of jelly such as moon jellyfish, egg-yolk jellyfish, purple-striped jelly, Atlantic sea nettle, blue Buble jellyfish, upside-down jellyfish, flower hat jelly, lion's mane, and Northeast Pacific sea nettle
Amphibians
They had the following;
  • American Bullfrog
  • Eastern Hellbender
  • African Bullfrog
  • Cane Toad
  • Japanese Giant Salamander
  • Iberian Newt
  • Tiger Salamander
  • Amazon Milk Frog
  • Surinam Horned Toad
  • African Clawed Frog
  • Solomon Island Leaf Frog
  • Emperor Salamander
  • Yellow-Spotted Climbing Toad
  • Green Tree Frog
  • Cricket Frog
  • Spring Peeper
  • Western Chorus Frog
  • Fire-Bellied Newt
  • Wood Frog
  • Fire-Bellied Toad
  • Kaup's Cichlid
  • Grey Tree Frog
  • Lesser Siren
  • Axolotl
  • Phantasmal Dart Frog
  • Marbled Salamander
  • Pleasing Dart Frog
  • Harlequin Frog
  • Southern Leopard Frog
  • Spotted Salamander
  • Yellow-Headed Dart Frog
  • Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog
  • Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
  • Slimy Salamander
  • Seepage Salamander
  • Ococee Salamander
  • Four-Toed Salamander

Hope this helps
 
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