You forgot Capybara.1) Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand.
Well that was a fun challenge. I can't wait until next year when I can compete again
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Will be heading back to the UK next week for another term at university, but I managed to fit in a visit to Warsaw Zoo today:
1) False Tomato Frog Dyscophus guineti
2) Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates vittatus
3) Black-spotted Casque-headed Tree Frog Trachycephalus nigromaculatus
4) Amazon Milk Frog Trachycephalus resinifictrix
5) Oriental Fire-bellied Toad Bombina orientalis
6) Cane Toad Rhinella marina
7) White's Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
8) Mountain Chicken Leptodactylus fallax
9) Bony-headed Toad Ingerophrynus galeatus
Unfortunately several more species of poison dart frog were not on show.
1) False Tomato Frog Dyscophus guineti
2) Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates vittatus
3) Black-spotted Casque-headed Tree Frog Trachycephalus nigromaculatus
4) Amazon Milk Frog Trachycephalus resinifictrix
5) Oriental Fire-bellied Toad Bombina orientalis
6) Cane Toad Rhinella marina
7) White's Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
8) Mountain Chicken Leptodactylus fallax
9) Bony-headed Toad Ingerophrynus galeatus
Unfortunately several more species of poison dart frog were not on show.
San Diego Zoo: January 1, 2019
1. Colorado River toad Incilius alvarius
2. Panamanian golden frog Atelopus zeteki
3. Brown mantella Mantella betsileo
4. Golden mantella Mantella aurantiaca
5. Kaiser's spotted newt Neurergus kaiseri
6. Amazon milk frog Trachycephalus resinifictrix
7. Dyeing poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius
8. Black-legged poison frog Phyllobates bicolor
9. False tomato frog Dyscophus guineti
10. Fire salamander Salamandra salamandra
11. Bornean eared frog Polypedates otilophus
12. Vietnamese mossy frog Theloderma corticale
13. Splendid tree frog Litoria splendida
14. Splash-back poison frog Ranitomeya variabilis
15. Green-and-black poison frog Dendrobates auratus
16. Yellow-banded poison frog Dendrobates leucomelas
San Diego Zoo Safari Park: January 2, 2019
17. White's tree frog Litoria caerulea
18. African bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus
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TheWalrus
1. Colorado River toad Incilius alvarius
2. Panamanian golden frog Atelopus zeteki
3. Brown mantella Mantella betsileo
4. Golden mantella Mantella aurantiaca
5. Kaiser's spotted newt Neurergus kaiseri
6. Amazon milk frog Trachycephalus resinifictrix
7. Dyeing poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius
8. Black-legged poison frog Phyllobates bicolor
9. False tomato frog Dyscophus guineti
10. Fire salamander Salamandra salamandra
11. Bornean eared frog Polypedates otilophus
12. Vietnamese mossy frog Theloderma corticale
13. Splendid tree frog Litoria splendida
14. Splash-back poison frog Ranitomeya variabilis
15. Green-and-black poison frog Dendrobates auratus
16. Yellow-banded poison frog Dendrobates leucomelas
San Diego Zoo Safari Park: January 2, 2019
17. White's tree frog Litoria caerulea
18. African bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus
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TheWalrus
Linton Zoo January 1
1 African Bullfrog - Pyxicephalus adspersus
Colchester Zoo January 6
2 Ornate Horned Frog - Ceratophrys ornata
3 Bony headed toad - Ingerophrynus galeatus
4 Blue Poison dart frog - Dendrobates azureus
5 Yellow banded poison dart frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
6 green & black poison dart frog - Dendrobates auratus
7 false tomato frog - Dyscophus guineti
8 Trinidad poison frog - Mannophryne trinitatis
1 African Bullfrog - Pyxicephalus adspersus
Colchester Zoo January 6
2 Ornate Horned Frog - Ceratophrys ornata
3 Bony headed toad - Ingerophrynus galeatus
4 Blue Poison dart frog - Dendrobates azureus
5 Yellow banded poison dart frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
6 green & black poison dart frog - Dendrobates auratus
7 false tomato frog - Dyscophus guineti
8 Trinidad poison frog - Mannophryne trinitatis
Riverbanks Zoo 1/5/19
2. Two-toed amphiuma, Amphiuma means
3. Eastern tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum
4. Green tree frog, Hyla cinerea
5. Broad-striped dwarf siren, Pseudobranchus s. striatus
6. Marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum
7. Panamanian golden frog, Atelopus zeteki
8. Amazon horned frog, Ceratophrys ornata
9. Sambava tomato frog, Dyscophus guineti
10. Hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis
Discovery Place Science 1/5/19
11. Green-and-black poison frog, Dendrobates auratus
12. Yellow-banded dart frog, Dendrobates leucomelas
13. Red-eyed tree frog, Agalychnis callidryas
14. Clown tree frog, Dendropsophus leucophyllatus
South Carolina Aquarium 1/6/19
15. Lesser siren, Siren intermedia
16. Southern leopard frog, Rana utricularia
17. Cope’s gray tree frog, Hyla chrysocelis
First zoo-visit of the year and here a nice selection of amphibians.
Jan. 7 : Dierenpark De Oliemeulen - the Netherlands :
1 - Tricolored dart frog - Epipedobates anthonyi
2 - Painted dart frog - Dendrobates tinctorius ( 2 different forms )
3 - Dendrobates leucomelas - Yellow-headed dart frog
4 - Strawberry dart frog - Oophaga pumilio
5 - Golden dart frog - Dendrobates auratus ( 3 different forms / subspecies )
6 - Pasco dart frog - Ranitomeya lamasi
7 - Rhinella marina - Cane toad
8 - Three-toed amphiuma - Amphiuma tridactylum
2 species which are ( were ) kept on earlier visits, not seen this time :
- Three-striped dart frog ( Ameerega trivittatus ) : still signed to be kept with the Tri-colored dart frogs but couldn't find it and a keeper which I asked about the species told me that she also hadn't seen the single animal already not anymore for some time...
- Red-punckted burrowing frog ( Leptodactylus laticeps ) : the enclosure in which this species was kept previously was completly re-decorated and now is home to a group of Painted dart frogs
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Jan. 7 : Dierenpark De Oliemeulen - the Netherlands :
1 - Tricolored dart frog - Epipedobates anthonyi
2 - Painted dart frog - Dendrobates tinctorius ( 2 different forms )
3 - Dendrobates leucomelas - Yellow-headed dart frog
4 - Strawberry dart frog - Oophaga pumilio
5 - Golden dart frog - Dendrobates auratus ( 3 different forms / subspecies )
6 - Pasco dart frog - Ranitomeya lamasi
7 - Rhinella marina - Cane toad
8 - Three-toed amphiuma - Amphiuma tridactylum
2 species which are ( were ) kept on earlier visits, not seen this time :
- Three-striped dart frog ( Ameerega trivittatus ) : still signed to be kept with the Tri-colored dart frogs but couldn't find it and a keeper which I asked about the species told me that she also hadn't seen the single animal already not anymore for some time...
- Red-punckted burrowing frog ( Leptodactylus laticeps ) : the enclosure in which this species was kept previously was completly re-decorated and now is home to a group of Painted dart frogs
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@vogelcommando you have used a photo of a blue poison dart frog for your Golden entry but this is considered to be a morph of Dyeing.
~Thylo
~Thylo
A species I have never seen.
That's a pity! I was thinking about a day trip to western Brabant this week, probably in May, for revisits to Oliemeulen (after fourtheen years) and De Evenaar (for the new arrived Costa Rican squirrels) and a visit to De Aarde, and those two species were surely on my wish list, next to Amphiuma tridactylum and Ranitomeya lamasi.
zoogiraffe
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1/1/2019 Chester Zoo
1) Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates ternbilis)
2) Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
3) Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
4) Crowned Tree Frog (Anotheca spinosa)
5) Morelet's Tree Frog (Agalychnis moreletii)
6) Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
7) Marañón Poison Frog (Excidobates mysteriosus)
8) Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
9) Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax)
1) Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates ternbilis)
2) Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
3) Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
4) Crowned Tree Frog (Anotheca spinosa)
5) Morelet's Tree Frog (Agalychnis moreletii)
6) Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
7) Marañón Poison Frog (Excidobates mysteriosus)
8) Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
9) Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax)
1/1/2019: Shedd Aquarium
1) Dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2) Mission golden-eyed tree frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
3) Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
4) Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
5) Silverstone's poison frog (Ameerega silverstonei)
6) Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
7) Waxy-monkey treefrog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
8) Fringe tree frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus)
9) Southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)
10) Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
11) Gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor)
12) Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
13) Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
14) Northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
15) Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Lincoln Park Zoo (1/2/19):
16) Oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis)
17) Ceratobatrachus guentheri (Ceratobatrachus guentheri)
18) American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
19) Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
20) Emperor newt (Tylototriton shanjing)
Starting the year out good. Now to grow the list of Salamanders from local museums and aquariums, as the Southeast has a plethora of wild salamander species.
1) Dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2) Mission golden-eyed tree frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
3) Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
4) Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
5) Silverstone's poison frog (Ameerega silverstonei)
6) Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
7) Waxy-monkey treefrog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
8) Fringe tree frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus)
9) Southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)
10) Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
11) Gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor)
12) Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
13) Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
14) Northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
15) Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Lincoln Park Zoo (1/2/19):
16) Oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis)
17) Ceratobatrachus guentheri (Ceratobatrachus guentheri)
18) American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
19) Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
20) Emperor newt (Tylototriton shanjing)
Starting the year out good. Now to grow the list of Salamanders from local museums and aquariums, as the Southeast has a plethora of wild salamander species.
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Annnnnd there goes my lead.
ZSL London Zoo
9. Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii)
10. Cayenne caecilian (Typhlonectes compressicauda)
11. Vietnamese mossy frog (Theloderma corticale)
12. Australian green tree frog (Litoria caerulea)
13. African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
14. Lake Oku clawed frog (Xenopus longipes)
15. Mallorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis)
16. Sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus)
17. Fea's flying frog (Rhacophorus feae)
Zoo Basel
1. Anthony's poison arrow dart frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
2. Cane toad (Rhinella marina)
Tierpark Bern
3. Sambava tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti)
4. Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
5. Spotted poison frog (Ranitomeya vanzolinii)
1. Anthony's poison arrow dart frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
2. Cane toad (Rhinella marina)
Tierpark Bern
3. Sambava tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti)
4. Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
5. Spotted poison frog (Ranitomeya vanzolinii)
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore 1/11/19
18. Eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens
19. Common mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus
National Aquarium in Baltimore 1/11/19
20. Amazon milk frog, Trachycephalus resinifictrix
21. Yellow-striped dart frog, Dendrobates truncatus
22. Terrible poison frog, Phyllobates terribilis
23. Bicolor poison frog, Phyllobates bicolor
24. Strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio
25. Anthony’s poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi
26. Imitating poison frog, Ranitomeya imitator
27. Splashback poison frog, Adelphobates galactonotus
28. Giant leaf frog, Phyllomedusa bicolor
29. Sabana Suriname toad, Pipa parva
FunkyGibbon
Well-Known Member
A slow start, but things should pick up. 
Tama Zoo - 13/1/19
1. Chirixalus effingeri - (no English name, internet says genus is actually Kurixalus)
2. Cynops pyrrhogaster - Japanese fire-bellied newt
3. Hynobius tokyoensis - Tokyo salamander
4. Rana ornativentris - Montane brown frog
5. Hyla japonica - Japanese tree frog
Tama Zoo - 13/1/19
1. Chirixalus effingeri - (no English name, internet says genus is actually Kurixalus)
2. Cynops pyrrhogaster - Japanese fire-bellied newt
3. Hynobius tokyoensis - Tokyo salamander
4. Rana ornativentris - Montane brown frog
5. Hyla japonica - Japanese tree frog
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Imperator Furiosa
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Shedd Aquarium - 01/13/19
- Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
- Black-legged Poison Frog (Phyllobates bicolor)
- Fringe Tree Frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus)
- Blue-and-yellow Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
- Mission Golden-eyed Tree Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
- Mimic Poison Frog (Ranitomeya imitator)
- Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
- Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)
- Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
- Grey Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor)
- Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
- Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
- Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
- Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga)
- Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
A slow start, but things should pick up.
Tama Zoo - 13/1/19
1. Chirixalus effingeri - (no English name, internet says genus is actually Kurixalus)
2. Cynops pyrrhogaster - Japanese fire-bellied newt
3. Hynobius tokyoensis - Tokyo salamander
4. Rana ornativentris - Montane brown frog
5. Hyla japonica - Japanese tree frog
A very choice start, though!
~Thylo
FunkyGibbon
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Tokyo Sea Life Park - 14/1/19
6. Bufo japonicus - Japanese toad
7. Rana japonica - Japanese brown frog
8. Rana rugosa - Japanese wrinkled frog
9. Buergeria buergeri - Kajika frog
10. Rhacophorus schlegerii - Schlegel's tree frog
I think you're going to be top contender for the "most amphibians no one else has seen" award
~Thylo