Zoo Wroclaw On-show species within the Reptile House - 07/05/2022

[TeaLovingDave]

Finally gotten around to typing up my notes from a recent visit to Zoo Wroclaw, and I thought it might interest people to read the following list of species which were on-display within the Reptile House at the time of my visit. I shall deal with invertebrates first, with reptiles and amphibians to follow!

 

[TeaLovingDave]

INVERTEBRATES - 34 TAXA

Cockroaches

Peppered Cockroach (Archimandrita tessellata)
Giant Cave Cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
Orange-spotted Cockroach (Blaptica dubia)
Four-spotted Cockroach (Eublaberus distanti)
Warty Glowspot Cockroach (Lucihormetica verrucosa)

Mantids

African Green Mantis (Sphodromantis gastrica)

Beetles

Crimson Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata marginata)
Golden Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina)

Crickets and allies

Bell Cricket (Homoeogryllus sp)
East African Cave Cricket (Phaeophilacris bredoides)
Giant Katydid (Stilpnochlora couloniana)

Millipedes and Centipedes

Chinese Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
Giant Olive Millipede (Telodeinopus aoutii)

Arachnids

Natal Brown Bird-eater (Acanthoscurria natalensis)
Mexican Black Velvet Tarantula (Aphonopelma caniceps)
Mexican Fireleg Tarantula (Brachypelma boehmei)
Smith's Red-knee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi)
Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
Hercules Baboon Spider (Hysterocrates hercules)
Brazilian Salmon-pink Tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
Brazilian Black-and-White Tarantula (Nhandu coloratovillosus)
Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
Trinidad Chevron Tarantula (Psalmopoeus cambridgei)
Curlyhair Tarantula (Tliltocatl albopilosus)
Mexican Red-rumped Tarantula (Tliltocatl vagans)

Stick Insects

Scheire's Stick Insect (Lobofemora scheirei "Cat Tien")
Peleng Stick Insect (Myronides glaucus "Peleng")
Vietnam Prickly Stick Insect (Neohirasea maerens)
Black Beauty Stick Insect (Peruphasma schultei)
Giant Malayan Stick Insect (Phobaeticus serratipes)
Peleng Walking Leaf (Phyllium letiranti)
Thorny Devil Stick Insect (Stilpnochlora couloniana)
Cagayan Stick Insect (Tisamenus sp. "Cagayan")
Oriental Stick Insect (Trachythorax sp. "Kon Chu Rang")

 

[TeaLovingDave]

REPTILES - 178 TAXA

Turtles and Tortoises - 62 taxa

Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
McCord's Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
North Australian Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina oblonga)
Siebenrock's Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina siebenrocki)
Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Chaco Tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis)
Yellow-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Southeast Asian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis)
Central Vietnamese Flowerback Box Turtle (Cuora bourreti)
Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle (Cuora cyclornata cyclornata)
Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
Northern Vietnamese Box Turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)
Asian Leaf Turtle (Cyclemys dentata)
Branderhorst´s Snapping Turtle (Elseya branderhorsti)
New Guinea Snapping Turtle (Elseya novaeguineae
Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle (Emydura subglobosa)
European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis)
Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota)
Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis)
Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)
False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica)
Giant Asian Pond Turtle (Heosemys grandis)
Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
Eroded Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys erosa)
Western Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys nogueyi)
Speke's Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys spekii)
White-lipped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum)
Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
Asian Forest Tortoise (Manouria emys)
Red-necked Pond Turtle (Mauremys nigricans)
Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle (Mauremys sinensis)
Gibba Toadhead Turtle (Mesoclemmys gibba)
Zulia Toadhead Turtle (Mesoclemmys zuliae)
Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis)
Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa)
West African Mud Turtle (Pelusios castaneus)
Gabon Mud Turtle (Pelusios gabonensis)
West African Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios niger)
East African Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios subniger)
Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus)
Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle (Phrynops hilarii)
Western Twist-neck Turtle (Platemys platycephala)
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Incised Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa)
Central American Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni)
Black Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis)
Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Turkish Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca ibera)
Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata)
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta)
Cumberland Slider (Trachemys scripta troostii)

Monitors and Allies - 19 taxa

Haitian Giant Galliwasp (Celestus warreni)
European Legless Lizard (Pseudopus apodus
Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum exasperatum)
Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
Spiny-tailed Monitor (Varanus acanthurus)
Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii)
Mindanao Water Monitor (Varanus cumingi)
Kimberley Rock Monitor (Varanus glauerti)
Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)
Peach-throated Monitor (Varanus jobiensis)
Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Blue-spotted Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)
Quince Monitor (Varanus melinus)
Merten's Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)
Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)
Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)
Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
Timor Monitor (Varanus timorensis)
Freckled Monitor (Varanus tristis orientalis)

Iguanas, Chameleons and Allies - 28 taxa

Baracoa Anole (Anolis baracoae)
Western Bearded Anole (Anolis barbatus)
Holguin Anole (Anolis noblei)
Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus winstonorum)
Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Frill-necked Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
Utila Spinytail Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)
Common Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
Cuban Iguana (Cyclura nubila nubila)
Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
Central American Green Iguana (Iguana iguana rhinolopha)
Eastern Casquehead Iguana (Laemanctus longipes)
Northern Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus)
Baja California Rock Lizard (Petrosaurus thalassinus)
Chinese Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
Tree Runner (Plica plica)
Dwarf Bearded Dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni)
Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys)
North African Mastigure (Uromastyx acanthinura)
Moroccan Mastigure (Uromastyx nigriventris)
Ornate Mastigure (Uromastyx ornata)
Oman Mastigure (Uromastyx thomasi)

Snakes - 23 taxa

Bismarck Ringed Python (Bothrochilus boa)
Pacific Tree Boa (Candoia carinata)
Cuban Boa (Chilabothrus angulifer)
Haitian Boa (Chilabothrus striatus striatus)
Radiated Ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus)
African Egg-eating Snake (Dasypeltis scabra)
Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
Colombian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates maurus)
Dwarf Sand Boa (Eryx miliaris)
Rhino Ratsnake (Gonyosoma boulengeri)
Sinaloan Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae)
Macklot's Python (Liasis mackloti mackloti)
Desert Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata gracia)
Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)
Viperine Water Snake (Natrix maura)
Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
Burmese Rock Python (Python bivittatus)
Borneo Blood Python (Python breitensteini)
Ball Python (Python regius)
Amethystine Python (Simalia amethistina)
Checkered Gartersnake (Thamnophis marcianus)

Geckos - 18 taxa

Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
Vietnamese Golden Gecko (Gekko badenii)
Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
Smith's Green-eyed Gecko (Gekko smithii)
Fat-tail gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
Striped Velvet Gecko (Homopholis fasciata)
William's Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi
Malagasy Ground Gecko (Paroedura picta)
Short-headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma breviceps)
Yellow-headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri)
Koch's Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma kochi)
Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata)
Island Day Gecko (Phelsuma nigristriata)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Standing's Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
New Caledonia Bumpy Gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
Ringed Wall Gecko (Tarentola annularis)
Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)

Skinks and Allies - 14 taxa

Sudan Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major)
Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus ocellatus)
West Canary Skink (Chalcides viridanus)
Tropical Girdled Lizard (Cordylus tropidosternum)
Prehensile-tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)
Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
Schneider's Skink (Eumeces schneideri princeps)
Emerald Skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)
Fernand's Skink (Lepidothyris fernandi)
Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius)
Mozambique Girdled Lizard (Smaug mossambicus)
Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
Madagascar Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis)
Ornate Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus ornatus)

Lizards - 9 taxa

Green Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
Northern Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti eisentrauti)
Greek Rock Lizard (Hellenolacerta graeca)
Western Green Lizard (Lacerta bilineata)
Iberian Wall Lizard (Podarcis hispanicus)
Peloponnese Wall Lizard (Podarcis peloponnesiacus)
Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis siculus)
Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus)
North African Ocellated Lizard (Timon pater)

Crocodilians - 5 taxa

Colombian Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus crocodilus)
Slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
Smooth-fronted Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus)

 

[TeaLovingDave]

AMPHIBIANS - 30 TAXA

Frogs and Toads - 24 taxa

Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)
European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis)
Chaco Horned Frog (Chacophrys pierottii)
Green-and-Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
Yellow-banded Poison Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
Dyeing Poison Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Blue Poison Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius var. "Azureus")
Painted Frog (Discoglossus pictus)
American Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus)
Anthony's Poison Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
Western Dwarf Clawed Frog (Hymenochirus curtipes)
Colorado River Toad (Incilius alvarius)
Bony-headed Toad (Ingerophrynus galeatus)
Banded Bull Frog (Kaloula pulchra)
Budgett’s Frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis)
Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax)
Golfodulcean Poison Frog (Phyllobates vittatus)
Hong Kong Whipping Frog (Polypedates megacephalus)
Australian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea
Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Yellow Stream Frog (Sylvirana cubitalis)
Titicaca Water Frog (Telmatobius culeus)
African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis)

Newts and Salamanders - 5 taxa

Amami Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda ensicauda)
Laos warty newt (Laotriton laoensis)
Kaiser's Spotted Newt (Neurergus kaiseri)
Iberian Ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles waltl)
Emperor Newt (Tylototriton shanjing)

Caecilians - 1 taxon

Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)

 

[snowleopard]

Thanks very much for taking the time to do this. Wroclaw's Reptile House has long been a legendary building for its collection, and your list with its 242 species is astonishing. I would imagine it takes an absolute minimum of two hours to properly see all the animals, and probably very few zoos have such immense displays of geckos and monitor lizards. I've heard that the exhibit quality is simply average, but the lineup of species is amazing.

 

[birdsandbats]

That is one impressive reptile house!

 

[twilighter]

Thank you very much for this list, @TeaLovingDave ! I wish I had it in May. I can say that the place definitely looks more impressive, compared to my visit 3 years ago. It's still the old building, but the exhibits look better designed, planted and arranged by taxonomic order. How you would compared it to your previous visit?

 

[Dassie rat]

According to ZTL, Wroclaw is
1 of 5 ZTL collections with ornate girdled lizards and black Malagasy cat-eyed snakes
1 of 4 with Balkan emerald lizards, Bismarck ringed pythons and Mozambique spitting cobras
1 of 3 with Amami sword-tailed newts and Madagascar reed frogs
1 of 2 with tree runners, Gaboon caecilians, African forest turtles and Kotschy's geckos
and the only one with Chaco horned frogs, Zulia toadhead turtle, East African egg-eating snakes, frilly geckos, Greek and sharp-snouted rock lizards, Aegean, Iberian and Peloponnese wall lizards, Smith's green-eyed geckos and west Canary skinks

 

[Jurek7]

For many years, there was also a room with display of free-flying butterflies, which would add another 20 or so species. Was it open during your visit?

It is one of most interesting animal building worldwide, in my opinion!

 

[TeaLovingDave]

For many years, there was also a room with display of free-flying butterflies, which would add another 20 or so species. Was it open during your visit?

It is one of most interesting animal building worldwide, in my opinion!

It was indeed open, but I didn't take any detailed notes in there this time round as a general rule, given how short-lived and ephemeral the inhabitants of such displays tend to be - and hence how often species may come and go - I don't tend to keep track of them.

Thank you very much for this list, @TeaLovingDave ! I wish I had it in May. I can say that the place definitely looks more impressive, compared to my visit 3 years ago. It's still the old building, but the exhibits look better designed, planted and arranged by taxonomic order. How you would compared it to your previous visit?

I don't think the differences are all that pronounced, but I enjoyed it thoroughly on both occasions!

I would imagine it takes an absolute minimum of two hours to properly see all the animals, and probably very few zoos have such immense displays of geckos and monitor lizards.

Well, Plzen beats Wroclaw hands-down where geckos are concerned - much of their collection is usually offshow, but has been known to be placed temporarily on-display for special exhibits. I think the real strength is the chelonian collection, which must be the largest onshow assortment of the group in a non-specialist zoological collection.