Each line indicates one enclosure, unless preceded by a colon (in which case separate enclosures are indicated by / ). Species that were off-exhibit or unseen are in italics. At this zoo many species went unseen; some of that may be the season (though it was unusually warm for December that day) and some may be due to the new herp complex having its displays and collection in flux still. Unsigned species are preceded by an (unsigned).
Visited December 2021
Link for Review: Slender Lorises, Duct Tape, and Whataburger: A Fish on Dry Land
Knoxville Zoo
Small Mammal Area by ARC (4 species)
Geoffroy’s Marmoset
Six-banded Armadillo
African Crested Porcupine
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
ARC (outdoors) (15 species; almost no animals out in winter)
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Ploughshare Tortoise
Forsten’s Tortoise
Radiated Tortoise
Spider Tortoise (3 subspecies)
Flat-tailed Tortoise
Southern Vietnamese Box Turtle
Bog Turtle, Spotted Turtle
Wood Turtle, Eastern Common Box Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Painted Turtle
Yellow-marginated Box Turtle
Keeled Box Turtle
ARC (indoors) (66 species)
First Room
Linne’s Two-toed Sloth (free-roaming above path)
First Exhibit: Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis), Fly River Turtle, Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle, Indian Flapshell Turtle, Spotted Pond Turtle, Boeseman’s Rainbowfish
Second Exhibit: West African Dwarf Crocodile, Madagascan Big-headed Turtle, Jewel Cichlid (Hemichromis spp), Lyretail Cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi), Congo Tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus), Featherfin Squeaker (Synodontis eupterus), African Glass Catfish (Pareutropius debauwi)
Third Exhibit: Cuban Crocodile, Cuban Cichlid/Biajaca (Nandopsis tetracanthus)
Second Room
Egyptian Tortoise, Ornate Uromastyx
Gila Monster, San Esteban Chuckwalla, Baja Blue Rock Lizard, Granite Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus orcutti)
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Golden Mantella
Prehensile-tailed Skink, Solomon Island Leaf Frog
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Native Salamander Display (only saw 1 species, not yet identified): Spotted-tail Salamander, Red Salamander, Ocoee Salamander, Four-toed Salamander, Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander
Lake Titicaca Frog
Minor’s Chameleon
Boelen’s Python (off-exhibit)
Banded Rock Rattlesnake, Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
Puff Adder, Western Green Mamba
Mangshan Pitviper
Ethiopian Mountain Viper
Timber Rattlesnake, Copperhead
Red Spitting Cobra
King Cobra
Reticulated Python, Asian Common Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
Fiji Banded Iguana
Shield-tailed Agama
Speckled Cape Tortoise (off-exhibit)
Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Four-eyed Turtle, Pan’s Box Turtle, Chinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus), White Cloud Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) (all off-exhibit)
Turtle/Tortoise Greenhouse & Breeding Lab (several enclosures and lab tanks)
Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle, Spiny Turtle, Sulawesi Forest Turtle, Asian Brown Tortoise (Burmese subspecies), Black-breasted Leaf Turtle, Indochinese Box Turtle, Three-lined Box Turtle, Home’s Hingeback Tortoise, Southern Vietnamese Box Turtle, Forsten’s Tortoise, Fly River Turtle (saw 1 other tortoise, not yet identified)
Old Reptile Area (1 species seen)
Komodo Dragon
Empty but Signed Tortoise Yards for Aldabra, Radiated, and Asian Brown Tortoises (unclear if these are in use during summer)
Birds on Upper Slope
Row of Small Aviaries: Harris’s Hawk / Red-tailed Hawk / American Crow / Eurasian Eagle-owl
Row of Two Cages: Gray Crowned Crane / Red-legged Seriema
Row of Two Cages: White-crested Laughingthrush / Barn Owl
Asian Trek (8 species)
Red Panda (3 exhibits – 2 outdoor and 1 indoor)
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Edwards’s Pheasant
Malayan Tiger (2 exhibits)
Lar Gibbon, Silvery Langur (separate groups – rotated through series of multiple indoor/outdoor exhibits)
White-naped Crane, White-faced Whistling Duck (unsigned) Baer’s Pochard
Children’s Zoo (excluding domestics)
American Beaver (2 exhibits)
Budgie Aviary (closed): 1 of 2 Beaver exhibits, Hooded Merganser, unknown birds
Barn (5 species)
Corn Snake
House Mouse
Brown Rat
Black Widow Spider (did not look for any of these)
Barn Owl
West Zoo – African Savanna Path (8 species)
African Elephant
Southern White Rhinoceros
Giraffe, Mountain Zebra
Pair of Small Exhibits: Southern Ground Hornbill / Bat-eared Fox
Egyptian Plaza: Hamadryas Baboon / Lion
West Zoo – North America Path (2 species)
Red-tailed Hawk
Red Wolf
West Zoo – African Forest Loop (5 species)
Chimpanzee
Western Lowland Gorilla
Yellow-backed Duiker
Painted Dog
Lar Gibbon
2 Empty Yards, one under construction (based on previous photos, I think these were for Cheetah and Red River Hog)
Other Exhibits
American Black Bear
Chacoan Peccary (between ARC and West Zoo)
North American River Otter (missed it by seconds)
Mammals: 27
Birds: 15
Reptiles: 71
Amphibians: 11
Fish: 9
Invertebrates: 1
Total species on exhibit: (excluding domestics): 134
Visited December 2021
Link for Review: Slender Lorises, Duct Tape, and Whataburger: A Fish on Dry Land
Knoxville Zoo
Small Mammal Area by ARC (4 species)
Geoffroy’s Marmoset
Six-banded Armadillo
African Crested Porcupine
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
ARC (outdoors) (15 species; almost no animals out in winter)
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Ploughshare Tortoise
Forsten’s Tortoise
Radiated Tortoise
Spider Tortoise (3 subspecies)
Flat-tailed Tortoise
Southern Vietnamese Box Turtle
Bog Turtle, Spotted Turtle
Wood Turtle, Eastern Common Box Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Painted Turtle
Yellow-marginated Box Turtle
Keeled Box Turtle
ARC (indoors) (66 species)
First Room
Linne’s Two-toed Sloth (free-roaming above path)
First Exhibit: Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis), Fly River Turtle, Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle, Indian Flapshell Turtle, Spotted Pond Turtle, Boeseman’s Rainbowfish
Second Exhibit: West African Dwarf Crocodile, Madagascan Big-headed Turtle, Jewel Cichlid (Hemichromis spp), Lyretail Cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi), Congo Tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus), Featherfin Squeaker (Synodontis eupterus), African Glass Catfish (Pareutropius debauwi)
Third Exhibit: Cuban Crocodile, Cuban Cichlid/Biajaca (Nandopsis tetracanthus)
Second Room
Egyptian Tortoise, Ornate Uromastyx
Gila Monster, San Esteban Chuckwalla, Baja Blue Rock Lizard, Granite Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus orcutti)
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Golden Mantella
Prehensile-tailed Skink, Solomon Island Leaf Frog
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Native Salamander Display (only saw 1 species, not yet identified): Spotted-tail Salamander, Red Salamander, Ocoee Salamander, Four-toed Salamander, Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander
Lake Titicaca Frog
Minor’s Chameleon
Boelen’s Python (off-exhibit)
Banded Rock Rattlesnake, Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
Puff Adder, Western Green Mamba
Mangshan Pitviper
Ethiopian Mountain Viper
Timber Rattlesnake, Copperhead
Red Spitting Cobra
King Cobra
Reticulated Python, Asian Common Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
Fiji Banded Iguana
Shield-tailed Agama
Speckled Cape Tortoise (off-exhibit)
Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Four-eyed Turtle, Pan’s Box Turtle, Chinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus), White Cloud Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) (all off-exhibit)
Turtle/Tortoise Greenhouse & Breeding Lab (several enclosures and lab tanks)
Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle, Spiny Turtle, Sulawesi Forest Turtle, Asian Brown Tortoise (Burmese subspecies), Black-breasted Leaf Turtle, Indochinese Box Turtle, Three-lined Box Turtle, Home’s Hingeback Tortoise, Southern Vietnamese Box Turtle, Forsten’s Tortoise, Fly River Turtle (saw 1 other tortoise, not yet identified)
Old Reptile Area (1 species seen)
Komodo Dragon
Empty but Signed Tortoise Yards for Aldabra, Radiated, and Asian Brown Tortoises (unclear if these are in use during summer)
Birds on Upper Slope
Row of Small Aviaries: Harris’s Hawk / Red-tailed Hawk / American Crow / Eurasian Eagle-owl
Row of Two Cages: Gray Crowned Crane / Red-legged Seriema
Row of Two Cages: White-crested Laughingthrush / Barn Owl
Asian Trek (8 species)
Red Panda (3 exhibits – 2 outdoor and 1 indoor)
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Edwards’s Pheasant
Malayan Tiger (2 exhibits)
Lar Gibbon, Silvery Langur (separate groups – rotated through series of multiple indoor/outdoor exhibits)
White-naped Crane, White-faced Whistling Duck (unsigned) Baer’s Pochard
Children’s Zoo (excluding domestics)
American Beaver (2 exhibits)
Budgie Aviary (closed): 1 of 2 Beaver exhibits, Hooded Merganser, unknown birds
Barn (5 species)
Corn Snake
House Mouse
Brown Rat
Black Widow Spider (did not look for any of these)
Barn Owl
West Zoo – African Savanna Path (8 species)
African Elephant
Southern White Rhinoceros
Giraffe, Mountain Zebra
Pair of Small Exhibits: Southern Ground Hornbill / Bat-eared Fox
Egyptian Plaza: Hamadryas Baboon / Lion
West Zoo – North America Path (2 species)
Red-tailed Hawk
Red Wolf
West Zoo – African Forest Loop (5 species)
Chimpanzee
Western Lowland Gorilla
Yellow-backed Duiker
Painted Dog
Lar Gibbon
2 Empty Yards, one under construction (based on previous photos, I think these were for Cheetah and Red River Hog)
Other Exhibits
American Black Bear
Chacoan Peccary (between ARC and West Zoo)
North American River Otter (missed it by seconds)
Mammals: 27
Birds: 15
Reptiles: 71
Amphibians: 11
Fish: 9
Invertebrates: 1
Total species on exhibit: (excluding domestics): 134
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