ZooChat Challenge Global 2023 - 10th Anniversary Special!

[SusScrofa]

I came back from a work trip in Baltimore and also ended up visiting Colonial Williamsburg and the Virginia Zoo afterwards. Also stopped at other zoos and some wildlife centers along the way. Unfortunately could not make it to Smithsonian National Zoo to see the new bird house, though. List of visited facilities used in this challenge:

Upper Schuylkill Valley Park = USVP
Plumpton Park Zoo - PPZ
Maryland Zoo = MZ
National Aquarium = NA
Marshy Point Nature Center - MPNC
Virginia Zoo = VZ

I will say, National Aquarium definitely helped with the turtle challenge



2014: Fly the Coop - 10/11 (+1)
New World Quail - 1/1
Northern Bobwhite - USVP


2016 (Part II): Let That Ruminate (BOVIDAE) - 24 (+1)
24. Lesser Kudu - MZ


2016 (Part III): Sea Shepherds - 1/2 (+1)
1. Bottlenose Dolphin - NA


2018 (Part III): Carnivore Carnival - 6/6 (+1) - COMPLETE
6. Binturong - PPZ


2019 (Part I): See, Don't Touch - 11 (+5)
7. Harlequin Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga histrionica) - NA
8. Strawberry (Oophaga pumilio) - NA
9. Splashback (Adelphobates galactonotus) - NA
10. Yellow-striped (Dendrobates truncatus) - NA
11. Golden (Phyllobates terribilis) - NA


2021: Don't You Forget About Me - 10/13 (+1)
Treeshrews 1/1
1. Northern Treeshrew - VZ


2022: Don't Turn On the Lights - 9/10 (+2)
8. Hellbender - MZ
9. Seba's Short-tailed Bat - MZ


Embrace the ABCs Challenge - 16/18 (+2) + 2 in-progress
15. African Penguin - MZ, New York Aquarium
16. Sand Tiger Shark - NA, New York Aquarium

In-Progress
a) African Bullfrog - VZ
b) Hyacinth Macaw - Brevard Zoo


I'm Hot Blooded (Mandatory) - 23/23 (+2) - COMPLETE
Monitors 4/4
3. Green Tree Monitor - VZ
4. Black Tree Monitor - VZ


I'm Hot Blooded (TESTUDINES) - 66 (+18)
49. Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni) - VZ
50. Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni) - VZ
51. Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) - MPNC
52. Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) - MZ
53. Northern Red-bellied Turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris) - MPNC
54. McCords Box Turtle (Cuora mccordi) - VZ
55. Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon baurii) - MZ
56 Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios subniger) - MZ
57. Red-headed Amazon Turtle (Podocnemis erythrocephala) - NA
58. Arrau River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) - NA
59. Cotinga Toad-headed Turtle (Phrynops tuberosus) - NA
60. White-throated Australian Snapping Turtle (Elseya albagula) - NA
61. Northern Australian Snapping Turtle (Elseya dentata) - NA
62. Mary River Turtle (Elusor macrurus) - NA
63. Red-bellied shortneck Turtle (Emydura subglobosa) - NA
64. Northern Yellow-faced Turtle (Emydura tanybaraga) - NA
65. Victoria Shortneck Turtle (Emydura victoriae) - NA
66. Sawshell Turtle (Myuchelys latisternum) - NA


The Unbearable Challenge - 7/8 (+1)
7. Asiatic Black Bear - VZ


Hall of Champions - 9/11 (+1)
9. (2020) Blue-faced Honeyeater - NA


Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (North America) - 3/4 (+1)?
3. Northern Yellow-faced Turtle (Emydura tanybaraga) - NA

I think one of the newly discovered Australian turtles are only found in National Zoo? Can someone please confirm if there is any only found here?


Challenges Completed: 12
We're Gonna Need A Bigger Trap
Check Your Feeders
Thylo's Top 20
Carnivore Carnival
Small But Will Fight
Pinni-party
River Giants
Island Hoppers Challenge
I'm Hot-blooded (Non-testudines)
Usborne's Scavenger Hunt
Rio Challenge
One Zoo Wonder

Challenges In-progress: 12
Fly The Coop - 1 left
How Many Toes - 4 left
Let That Ruminate (Non-bovid) - 1 left
Sea Shepherds - 1 left
Asian Songbird Challenge - 1 left
Don't You Forget About Me - 3 left
Don't Turn On the Lights - 1 left
Native Species Challenge - 1 left
Embrace the ABCs Challenge - 2 left
Second Chance Red List Challenge - 1 left
The Unbearable Challenge - 1 left
Hall of Champions - 2 left
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1 left?

Open-ended Challenge Totals
Penguimonium - 5
See, Don't Touch - 11
Let's Give this Another Go - 6
Bovids - 24
Testudines - 66

Not Started
Thylo's Bonus Challenge

Got another visit this past week. Hoping to get Bronx Zoo in tomorrow before I return home.

Philadelphia Zoo (4/27/23) = PZ
Adventure Aquarium (4/27/23) = AA

2013: Penguimonium - 7 (+2)
6. Little Blue Penguin - AA
7. Humboldt Penguin - PZ

2016 (Part II): Let That Ruminate (Mandatory) - 11/11 (+1) COMPLETE
Hippos 2/2
2. Hippopotamus - PZ

2022: Don't Turn On the Lights - 10/10 (+1) COMPLETE
10. Aye-aye - PZ

I'm Hot Blooded (TESTUDINES) - 71 (+5)
67. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) - AA
68. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) - PZ
69. Flat-backed Spider Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) - PZ
70. Golden Coin Turtle (Cuora trifasciata) - PZ
71. Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis) - AA

Hall of Champions - 10/11 (+1)
10. (2016) Raggiana Bird Of Paradise - PZ


Challenges Completed: 14
We're Gonna Need A Bigger Trap
Let That Ruminate (Non-bovid)
Check Your Feeders
Thylo's Top 20
Carnivore Carnival
Small But Will Fight
Pinni-party
River Giants
Don't Turn On the Lights
Island Hoppers Challenge
I'm Hot-blooded (Non-testudines)
Usborne's Scavenger Hunt
Rio Challenge
One Zoo Wonder

Challenges In-progress: 12
Fly The Coop - 1 left
How Many Toes - 4 left
Sea Shepherds - 1 left
Asian Songbird Challenge - 1 left
Don't You Forget About Me - 3 left
Native Species Challenge - 1 left
Embrace the ABCs Challenge - 2 left
Second Chance Red List Challenge - 1 left
The Unbearable Challenge - 1 left
Hall of Champions - 1 left
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1 left?

Open-ended Challenge Totals
Penguimonium - 7
See, Don't Touch - 11
Let's Give this Another Go - 6
Bovids - 24
Testudines - 71

Not Started
Thylo's Bonus Challenge

 

[15399]

Rosamond Gifford Zoo is a zoo that seems to get me a few surprise species every time I visit:
Fly The Coop (3/11):
3. Helmeted Curassow- Pauxi pauxi

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (7/10):
7. Cape Porcupine- Hystrix africaeaustralis

Don't You Forget About Me (6/13):
6. Large Hairy Armadillo- Chaetophractus villosus

Don't Turn On The Lights (10/10) NOW COMPLETE:
10. Large Hairy Armadillo- Chaetophractus villosus

Challenges Complete: 5/29

Next month is when my bigger zoo visiting for the year is going to pick up, but as of right now I have a solid foundation for being only four months into the year. I know I'm not going to finish all of the challenges (mainly because of umbrellabirds, sun bears, pandas, and a few aquatic mammals), but with the upcoming zoo visits I have planned I should be able to get closer than ever before!

The Asian box turtles in Buffalo Zoo's reptile house have finally stopped evading me! With this, there are only two species at Buffalo Zoo I've yet to see this year, both of whom count for the challenge (ring-tailed lemur and ocelot).

Hot Blooded for Cold Blood (16/24 plus chelonians):
Chelonians:
18. Indochinese Box Turtle- Cuora galbinifrons
19. Chinese Three-Striped Box Turtle- Cuora trifasciata

Challenges Complete: 5/29.
Unless either the lemurs or ocelot are visible at Buffalo next week, next time I post in this thread should be when I start to finish a lot more challenges.

 

[Keith]

Zoo Antwerp - (1-03)

Spoiler

Penguimonium (3)
3. Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)

Fly the Coop (9/11)
Megapode (0/1)
Cracidae (1/2)
1. Red-billed curassow (Crax blumenbachii)
Guineafowl (1/1)
1. Vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
New World quail (1/1)
1. Californian quail (Callipepla californica)
Phasianidae (6/6)
5. Asian blue quail (Synoicus chinensis)
6. Collared partridge (Arborophila gingica)

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (3/10)
3. Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)

How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (4/9)
Equids (1/3)
Rhinoceros (2/3)
Tapir (1/3)

Let That Ruminate (9/11+7)
Pigs and Peccaries (2/3)
Hippos (2/2)
2. Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Giraffes (2/2)
Native deers (1/2)
Exotic deers (2/2)
Bovidae (8)
8. African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

See Shepherds (0/2)

Check Your Feeders (1/4)
1. Rosy starling (Pastor roseus)

Asian Songbird Challenge (4/5)
4. Chestnut-backed thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)

Thylo's Top 20 (6/8)
4. Crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
5. Golden-breasted starling (Lamprotornis regius)
6. White-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli)

Small but Will Fight (7/10)
Mongooses (2/2)
Small cats (3/5)
Foxes (1/2)
Red panda (1/1)

Pinni-Party (2/2) [COMPLETE]
2. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

Carnivore Carnival (0/6)

See, Don't Touch (6)
3. Anthonys poison-arrow frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
4. Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
5. Green and black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)
6. Variable poison dart frog (Ranitomeya variabilis)

River Giants (0/1)

Let's Give this Another Go (3)
2. Goodfellow's tree-kangeroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
3. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Don't You Forget About Me (3/13)
Bats (0/4)
Treeshrew (1/1)
Armadillos (0/2)
Anteater (0/1)
Sloth (0/1)
Sea-cow (0/1)
Elephants (1/2)
Hyrax (1/1)

Don't Turn on the Lights (2/10)

Native Species Challenge (1/5)

Embrace the ABCs Challenge (13/36)
7. Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) (2/2)
8. Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (1/2)
9. Green iguana (Iguana iguana) (1/2)
10. Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) (2/2)
11. Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) (2/2)
12. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) (2/2)
13. Lion (Panthera tigris) (2/2)

Second Chance Red List Challenge (0/14)

Island Hoppers Challenge (20/22)
Mammals (5/5)
Birds (6/6)
Reptiles (6/6)
Amphibians (1/3)
Fishes (2/2)

I'm Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (13/24+14)
Monitors (2/4)
2. Spiny-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus)
Geckos (2/2)
1. Peacock day gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
2. Mertens' day gecko (Phelsuma robertmertensi)
Agamidae (1/1)
Venomous snakes (3/10)
2. Rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis)
3. Western diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
Pythons (3/3)
2. Carpet python (Morelia spilota)
3. Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)
Crocodiles/Gharials (2/4)
Turtles and Tortoises (14)
12. Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
13. Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
14. South-east asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis)

Usborne's Scavanger Hunt Challenge (10/15)
8. American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
9. Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
10. Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

Rio Challenge (3/8)
1. Grey-breasted parakeet (Pyrrhura griseipectus)
2. Military macaw (Ara militaris)
3. Sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis)

The Unbearable Challenge (1/8)

Hall of Champions (4/11)
3. Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
4. Goodfellow's tree-kangeroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)

One Zoo Wonder (0/1)

Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (2/3)
2. Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei)

Thylo's Bonus Challenge (0/1)

Apenheul - (1-05)

Spoiler: Apenheul

Penguimonium (3)

Fly the Coop (9/11)
Megapode (0/1)
Cracidae (1/2)
Guineafowl (1/1)
New World quail (1/1)
Phasianidae (6/6)

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (4/10)
4. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (4/9)
Equids (1/3)
Rhinoceros (2/3)
Tapir (1/3)

Let That Ruminate (9/11+8)
Pigs and Peccaries (2/3)
Hippos (2/2)
Giraffes (2/2)
Native deers (1/2)
Exotic deers (2/2)
Bovidae (8)

See Shepherds (0/2)

Check Your Feeders (1/4)

Asian Songbird Challenge (4/5)

Thylo's Top 20 (6/8)

Small but Will Fight (7/10)
Mongooses (2/2)
Small cats (3/5)
Foxes (1/2)
Red panda (1/1)

Pinni-Party (2/2) [COMPLETE]

Carnivore Carnival (0/6)

See, Don't Touch (6)

River Giants (0/1)

Let's Give this Another Go (3)

Don't You Forget About Me (4/13)
Bats (0/4)
Treeshrew (1/1)
Armadillos (0/2)
Anteater (0/1)
Sloth (1/1)
1. Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
Sea-cow (0/1)
Elephants (1/2)
Hyrax (1/1)

Don't Turn on the Lights (4/10)
3. Grey-handed night monkey (Aotus griseimembra)
4. Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)

Native Species Challenge (1/5)

Embrace the ABCs Challenge (13/36)

Second Chance Red List Challenge (0/14)

Island Hoppers Challenge (20/22)
Mammals (5/5)
Birds (6/6)
Reptiles (6/6)
Amphibians (1/3)
Fishes (2/2)

I'm Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (13/24+14)
Monitors (2/4)
Geckos (2/2)
Agamidae (1/1)
Venomous snakes (3/10)
Pythons (3/3)
Crocodiles/Gharials (2/4)
Turtles and Tortoises (14)

Usborne's Scavanger Hunt Challenge (12/15)
11. Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
12. Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Rio Challenge (3/8)

The Unbearable Challenge (1/8)

Hall of Champions (4/11)

One Zoo Wonder (0/1)

Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (2/3)

Thylo's Bonus Challenge (0/1)

 

[SusScrofa]

Got another visit this past week. Hoping to get Bronx Zoo in tomorrow before I return home.

Philadelphia Zoo (4/27/23) = PZ
Adventure Aquarium (4/27/23) = AA

2013: Penguimonium - 7 (+2)
6. Little Blue Penguin - AA
7. Humboldt Penguin - PZ

2016 (Part II): Let That Ruminate (Mandatory) - 11/11 (+1) COMPLETE
Hippos 2/2
2. Hippopotamus - PZ

2022: Don't Turn On the Lights - 10/10 (+1) COMPLETE
10. Aye-aye - PZ

I'm Hot Blooded (TESTUDINES) - 71 (+5)
67. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) - AA
68. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) - PZ
69. Flat-backed Spider Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) - PZ
70. Golden Coin Turtle (Cuora trifasciata) - PZ
71. Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis) - AA

Hall of Champions - 10/11 (+1)
10. (2016) Raggiana Bird Of Paradise - PZ


Challenges Completed: 14
We're Gonna Need A Bigger Trap
Let That Ruminate (Non-bovid)
Check Your Feeders
Thylo's Top 20
Carnivore Carnival
Small But Will Fight
Pinni-party
River Giants
Don't Turn On the Lights
Island Hoppers Challenge
I'm Hot-blooded (Non-testudines)
Usborne's Scavenger Hunt
Rio Challenge
One Zoo Wonder

Challenges In-progress: 12
Fly The Coop - 1 left
How Many Toes - 4 left
Sea Shepherds - 1 left
Asian Songbird Challenge - 1 left
Don't You Forget About Me - 3 left
Native Species Challenge - 1 left
Embrace the ABCs Challenge - 2 left
Second Chance Red List Challenge - 1 left
The Unbearable Challenge - 1 left
Hall of Champions - 1 left
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1 left?

Open-ended Challenge Totals
Penguimonium - 7
See, Don't Touch - 11
Let's Give this Another Go - 6
Bovids - 24
Testudines - 71

Not Started
Thylo's Bonus Challenge

Bronx Zoo (5/1/23)

The last zoo on my visit to the northeast and probably the last one for a bit.

Are there any global rarities at Bronx? I feel there's something in the collection not found anywhere else but I don't know rarities on the international level.


2014: Fly the Coop - 11/11 (+1) COMPLETE
Megapode 1/1
1. Maleo


2016 (Part I): How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? - 7/9 (+2)
Equid 3/3
3. Przewalski's Horse

Tapir 2/3
2. Malayan Tapir


2016 (Part II): Let That Ruminate (BOVIDAE) - 29 (+5)
25. Slender-horned Gazelle
26. Thomson's Gazelle
27. Himalayan Tahr
28. Markhor
29. Nubian Ibex


2019 (Part I): See, Don't Touch - 12 (+1)
12. Brazilian PDF (Ranitomeya vanzolinii)


2020: Let's Give this Another Go - 7 (+1)
7. Feathertail Glider


Embrace the ABCs Challenge - 17/18 + 1 in-progress (+1)
17. African Bullfrog - Bronx Zoo, Virginia Zoo

Hyacinth Macaw is only species in progress.


Second Chance Red List Challenge - 14/14 - COMPLETE
Extinct In Wild - 2/2
2. Pere Davids Deer


I'm Hot Blooded (TESTUDINES) - 79 (+8)
72. Forsten'sTortoise (Indotestudo forsteni)
73. Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys sp)*
74. Painted Batagur (Callagur borneoensis)
75. Black Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltoni)
76. Indian Roof Turtle (Kachuga tecta)
77. Cochin Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga)
78. Four-eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
79. Giant Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina expansa)

*The hingeback tortoise is just signed on the genus level though I think its Kinixys homeana. Since I haven't seen any in that genus can I count it? If I see a Kinixys with a species ID at some point in this challenge it will replace the one on this list.


Thylo's Bonus Challenge - 1/1 COMPLETE
1. Lion/Nyala+Gazelles



Challenges Completed: 17
Fly The Coop
We're Gonna Need A Bigger Trap
Let That Ruminate (Non-bovid)
Check Your Feeders
Thylo's Top 20
Carnivore Carnival
Small But Will Fight
Pinni-party
River Giants
Don't Turn On the Lights
Second Chance Red List Challenge
Island Hoppers Challenge
I'm Hot-blooded (Non-testudines)
Usborne's Scavenger Hunt
Rio Challenge
One Zoo Wonder
Thylo's Bonus Challenge

Challenges In-progress: 9
How Many Toes - 2 left
Sea Shepherds - 1 left
Asian Songbird Challenge - 1 left
Don't You Forget About Me - 3 left
Native Species Challenge - 1 left
Embrace the ABCs Challenge - 1 left
The Unbearable Challenge - 1 left
Hall of Champions - 1 left
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1 left

Open-ended Challenge Totals
Penguimonium - 7
See, Don't Touch - 12
Let's Give this Another Go - 7
Bovids - 29
Testudines - 79

 

[Kudu21]

I FINALLY made it to SeaWorld for the first time today!

SeaWorld San Diego (San Diego, CA) -- 26 April 2023:

Penguimonium (11/∞):

Spoiler

1. Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
2. Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)
3. Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
4. Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
5. King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
6. Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
7. Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Sea Shepards (2/2): COMPLETE

Spoiler

1. Orca (Orcinus orca)
2. Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

Pinni-Party (2/2): COMPLETE

Spoiler

1. Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)

Embrace the ABCs (16/18):

Spoiler

1. Blacktip reef shark (2/2)

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (24/24):

1. Turtles/Tortoises (79/∞):
   Spoiler

   1. Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
   2. Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

TOTAL:
Completed: 23/29
In-Progress: 3/3

I had a pouched redemption at the San Diego Zoo today, seeing all three species of marsupial that I missed on my visit last month! It took a lot of patience and many return trips, but I got to see a very active common wombat and the very tip of a brush-tailed bettong’s tail I was also able to spot both species of turtle in the West African dwarf crocodile exhibit in Africa Rocks!, revisiting the exhibit late in the afternoon to minimize the glare.

San Diego Zoo (San Diego, CA) -- 02 May 2023:

Let’s Give This Another Go (13/∞):

Spoiler

1. Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
   
2. Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
   
3. Parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma)

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (24/24): COMPLETE

1. Turtles/Tortoises (81/∞):
   Spoiler

   1. Madagascar big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis)
      
   2. West African mud turtle (Pelusios castaneus)

TOTAL:
Completed: 23/29
In-Progress: 3/3

 

[TinoPup]

Philadelphia Zoo, March 31 2023

Spoiler

1. 2013: Penguimonium 2/12
2. Humboldt Penguin, Spheniscus humboldti

2. 2014: Fly the Coop 7/11
1/1. Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
2/6. Great Argus Argusianus argus
3/6. Cabot's Tragonpan Tragopan caboti
4/6. Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
5/6. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
6/6. Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis

3. 2015: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Trap 3/10
3. Prehensile-tailed Porcupine, Coendou prehensilis

4. 2016 Part 1: How Many Toes am I Holding Up? 3/9
3. Southern White Rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum simum

5. 2016 Part II: Let That Ruminate 8/11, 10/∞ Bovids (63 I think?)
Any 3 Suids 1/3
1. Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus

7. 2017 Part I: Check Your Feeders 3/4
3. Blue-Gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus

8. 2017 Part II: Asian Songbirds 2/5
1/4. Bali Mynah Leucopsar rothschildi
2/4. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus

9. 2017 Part II: Thylo's Top 20 4/8
1. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea raggiana
2. Blue-Gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
3. Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
4. Taveta Golden Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps

12. 2018 Part III: Carnivore Carnival 5/6
5. Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis

13. 2019 Part I: See, Don’t Touch 5/∞
5. Golfodulcean PDF Phyllobates vittatus

16. 2021: Don't You Forget About Me 2/13
1/4. Rodrigues Fruit Bat Pteropus rodricensis
1/1. Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni

17. 2022: Don't Turn on the Lights 1/10
1. Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis

19. Embrace the ABCs Challenge 21/36
2/2 Lion Panthera leo
2/2 Meerkat Suricata suricatta
1/2 Southern White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum
1/2 Western Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla
1/2 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
2/2 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus

21. Island Hoppers Challenge 18/22
Mammals 5/5
5. Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis
Birds 6/6
1. Bali Mynah Leucopsar rothschildi
2. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea raggiana
3. Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria
4. Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri
5. Guam Rail Hypotaenidia owstoni
6. Guam Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus
Reptiles 6/6
6. Flat-tailed Spider Tortoise Pyxis planicauda

22. I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) 20/23, 20/∞
Monitors 1/4
1. Mertens' Water Monitor Varanus mertensi
Tortoises/Turtles 20/∞
13. Galapagos Tortoise, signed at Chelonoidis porteri
14. Pancake Tortoise Malacochersus tornieri
15. Flat-tailed Spider Tortoise Pyxis planicauda
16. Golden Coin Turtle Cuora trifasciata
17. Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum
18. Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
19. Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
20. Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata

23. Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge 12/15
12. Sumatran Orangutan Pongo abelii

25. Unbearable Challenge 3/8
3. Andean Bear Tremarctos ornatus

26. Hall of Champions 4/10
4. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea raggiana

29. Thylo's Bonus Challenge
Philadelphia's 360 trails

TOTAL:
Complete: 1/29
Started: 23/29

Bronx Zoo, April 30 2023

Spoiler

3. 2015: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Trap 7/10
4. Damaraland Mole-rat
5. Long-tailed Chinchilla
6. Common Degu
7. Red-rumped Agouti

4. 2016 Part 1: How Many Toes am I Holding Up? 3/3, 2/3, 2/3
2/3. Grevy's Zebra
3/3. Przewalski's Horse
2/3. Indian Rhino
2/3. Malayan Tapir

5. 2016 Part II: Let That Ruminate 9/11, 16/∞ Bovids (63 I think?)
Required
9. Babirusa
Bovidae
11. Gaur
12. Slender-horned Gazelle
13. Thomson's Gazelle
14. Nubian Ibex
15. Markhor
16. Himalayan Tahr

9. 2017 Part II: Thylo's Top 20 6/8
5. Black-naped Oriole
6. Plush-crested Jay

10. 2018 Part I: Small But Will Fight 9/10
9. Dwarf Mongoose

11. 2018 Part II: Pinni-Party 1/2
1. CA Sea Lion

12. 2018 Part III: Carnivore Carnival 6/6 COMPLETE
6. Fossa

13. 2019 Part I: See, Don’t Touch 6/∞
6. Blessed PDF

14. 2019 Part II: River Giants 1/1 COMPLETE
1. Eastern Hellbender

15. 2020: Let's Give This Another Go 3/∞
2. Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
3. Feathertail Glider

16. 2021: Don't You Forget About Me 4/13
1/2. Asian Elephant
1/1. Northern Treeshrew

17. 2022: Don't Turn on the Lights 10/10 COMPLETE
**I have switched out the one entry I previously had (Aye-aye at Philly) to make this a One Zoo Wonder**
1. Aardvark
2. African Rock Python
3. Mohol Bushbaby
4. North American Deer Mouse
5. Feathertail Glider
6. Arabian Spiny Mouse
7. Bushy-tailed Jird
8. Cactus Mouse
9. California Mouse
10. Pallid Gerbil

18. Native Species Challenge 2/5
1. Blue Iguana
2. Panamanian Golden Frog

19. Embrace the ABCs Challenge 6/18 started, 10/18 complete
1/2. Asian Elephant
2/2. Southern White Rhino
1/2. African Bullfrog
2/2. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

21. Island Hoppers Challenge 20/22
Fish 2/2
1. Spotted Damba Cichlid
2. Madagascar Panchax

22. I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) COMPLETE, 36/∞
Agama 1/1
Dwarf Shield-tailed Agama
Monitors 4/4
2. Gray's Monitor
3. Blue Tree Monitor
4. Black Tree Monitor
Tortoises/Turtles 36/∞
21. Painted Terrapin
22. Spider Tortoise
23. Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
24. Arrau Turtle
25. Cochin Black Turtle
26. McCord's Box Turtle
27. Four-eyed Turtle
28. Jardine River Turtle
29. Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
30. Mary River Turtle
31. Spotted Pond Turtle
32. Indian Roofed Turtle
33. Giant Snake-necked Turtle
34. Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle
35. Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
36. Home's Hingeback Tortoise

23. Usborne's Scavenger Hunt Challenge 15/15 COMPLETE
13. Indian Rhino
14. Markhor
15. Common Boa

26. Hall of Champions 7/11
5. Okapi (this one is from Greensboro Science Center, missed it before)
6. Tambourine Dove
7. Matschie's Tree Kangaroo

27. One Zoo Wonder COMPLETE
Don't Turn on the Lights, Bronx Zoo

28. Bona Fide Rarity Hunter
2. Taiwan Mountain Pitviper, Bronx Zoo

TOTAL:
Complete: 8/29
Started: 20/29

 

[Kudu21]

I had a pouched redemption at the San Diego Zoo today, seeing all three species of marsupial that I missed on my visit last month! It took a lot of patience and many return trips, but I got to see a very active common wombat and the very tip of a brush-tailed bettong’s tail I was also able to spot both species of turtle in the West African dwarf crocodile exhibit in Africa Rocks!, revisiting the exhibit late in the afternoon to minimize the glare.

San Diego Zoo (San Diego, CA) -- 02 May 2023:

Let’s Give This Another Go (13/∞):

Spoiler

1. Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
   
2. Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
   
3. Parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma)

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (24/24): COMPLETE

1. Turtles/Tortoises (81/∞):
   Spoiler

   1. Madagascar big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis)
      
   2. West African mud turtle (Pelusios castaneus)

TOTAL:
Completed: 23/29
In-Progress: 3/3

A very small update from a very small facility:

Living Coast Discovery Center (Chula Vista, CA) -- 03 May 2023:

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (24/24): COMPLETE

1. Turtles/Tortoises (82/∞):
   1. Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)

TOTAL:
Completed: 23/29
In-Progress: 3/3

 

[SusScrofa]

Bronx Zoo (5/1/23)
I'm Hot Blooded (TESTUDINES) - 79 (+8)
72. Forsten'sTortoise (Indotestudo forsteni)
73. Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys sp)*
74. Painted Batagur (Callagur borneoensis)
75. Black Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltoni)
76. Indian Roof Turtle (Kachuga tecta)
77. Cochin Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga)
78. Four-eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
79. Giant Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina expansa)

As I was going through my checklist yesterday, I realized that I actually had left off a few turtle species I'd seen previously, some quite common in fact and one from a small nature center visited last week.

80. Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) - Tree Hill Nature Center & Maryland Zoo
81. Florida Softshell Turtle (Apelone ferox) - Tree Hill Nature Center & Bronx Zoo
82. Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) - JA McFaul Environmental Center (Visited 4/28/23)

So 82 testudines for me so far.

 

[twilighter]

Two days in Denmark on the way home brought few interesting species and great experience at the new Australian Walkthrough Aviary at Copenhagen.

Challenges Complete - 21/28
Challenges in progress - 7/7
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter Bonus - 1/1

09/04 Odense zoo
09/04 Fjord & Bælt, Kerteminde
09/04 Terrariet Reptile Zoo, Vissenbjerg

10/04 Copenhagen zoo

2013: Penguimonium (7)
2014: Fly the Coop (11/11) COMPLETE
2015: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (10/10) COMPLETE
2016 (Part I): How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (8/9)
2016 (Part II): Let That Ruminate (11/11) COMPLETE & (41)
41.Common impala/ Aepyceros melampus melampus - Copenhagen

2016 (Part III): Sea Shepherds (2/2) COMPLETE
2. North Atlantic Harbour porpoise/ Phocoena phocoena phocoena - Fjord & Bælt

2017 (Part I): Check Your Feeders (4/4) COMPLETE
2017 (Part II): Asian Songbird Challenge (4/5)
2017 (Part III): Thylo's Top 20 (8/8) COMPLETE
2018 (Part I): Small but Will Fight (10/10) COMPLETE
10. Arctic fox/ Alopex lagopus - Copenhagen

2018 (Part II): Pinni-Party(2/2) COMPLETE
2018 (Part III): Carnivore Carnival (6/6) COMPLETE
2019 (Part I): See, Don't Touch (11)
11.Bicolored poison dart frog/ Phyllobates bicolor - Vissenbjerg

2019 (Part II): River Giants (1/1) COMPLETE
2020: Let's Give this Another Go (19)
19. Eastern quoll/ Dasyurus viverrinus - Copenhagen

2021: Don't You Forget About Me (13/13) COMPLETE
13. Antillean manatee/ Trichechus manatus manatus - Odense

2022: Don't Turn On the Lights (10 /10) COMPLETE
Native Species Challenge (4/5)
Embrace the ABCs Challenge (35/36)
Pond slider 2/2 - Vissenbjerg

Second Chance Red List Challenge (14/14) COMPLETE
Island Hoppers Challenge (22/22) COMPLETE
I'm Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (24/24) COMPLETE & (52)

Vissenbjerg
20. Black mamba/ Dendroaspis polylepis
21. Eastern gaboon viper/ Bitis gabonica
22. Inland taipan/ Oxyuranus microlepidotus
23. Puff adder/ Bitis arietans

24. Cuban crocodile/ Crocodylus rhombifer

42. Annam leaf turtle/ Mauremys annamensis
43. Common musk turtle/ Sternotherus odoratus
44. Forest hingeback tortoise/ Kinixys erosa
45. Eastern box turtle/ Terrapene carolina carolina
46. European pond turtle/ Emys orbicularis
47. Hermann’s tortoise/ Testudo hermanni
48. Mata-Mata/ Chelus fimbriata
49. McCord's snake-necked turtle/ Chelodina mccordi
50. Northern Vietnamese box turtle/ Cuora galbinifrons
51. Painted turtle/ Chrysemys picta
52. Spiny hill turtle/ Heosemys spinosa

Copenhagen
53. Horsfield’s tortoise/ Testudo horsfieldii
54. Yellow-margined box turtle/ Cuora flavomarginata

Usborne's Scavenger Hunt Challenge (15/15) COMPLETE
The Rio Challenge (8/8) COMPLETE
The Unbearable Challenge (8/8) COMPLETE
One-Zoo Wonder (1/1) COMPLETE
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (3/3) COMPLETE
Bonus Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - One zoo in the World (1/1)
Thylo's Bonus Challenge (1/1) COMPLETE

I need to fill some important gaps in my top 50 European zoo list and Beauval and Le Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine were probably the two most important institutions on the continent where I have never been. I was happy to change this last week. They are rightfully deserve their glory and I highly recommend the whole Loire Valley area in the heart of France. Added also the two Paris zoos, Parc des Félins (+Terre De Singes, not to be underestimated), Aquarium Porte de Doree and the three Lisbon collections on the way home.

Started the turtles/tortoises count from 53 instead of 54.


Challenges Complete - 22/28
Challenges in progress - 6/6
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter Bonus - 1/1

26/04 La Ménagerie, le zoo du Jardin des Plantes
27/04 Parc zoologique de Paris
27/04 Aquarium Porte de Doree
29/04 Beauval zoo
30/04 Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine
01/05 Parc des Félins +Terre De Singes
02/05 Oceanário de Lisboa
02/05 Aquário Vasco da Gama
03/05 Jardim Zoologico Lisboa

2013: Penguimonium (8)
8. Magellanic penguin/ Spheniscus magellanicus OL

2014: Fly the Coop (11/11) COMPLETE
2015: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (10/10) COMPLETE
2016 (Part I): How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (8/9)
2016 (Part II): Let That Ruminate (11/11) COMPLETE & (47)
42.Kuban tur/ Capra caucasica JdP
43. Transcapian urial/ Ovis vignei arkal JdP
44. Roan antelope/ Hippotragus equinus PZ
45. Nyala/ Tragelaphus angasii BV
46. Southern lesser kudu/ Tragelaphus imberbis australis BV
47. Yellow-backed duiker/ Cephalophus silvicultor BV

2016 (Part III): Sea Shepherds (2/2) COMPLETE
2017 (Part I): Check Your Feeders (4/4) COMPLETE
2017 (Part II): Asian Songbird Challenge (4/5)
2017 (Part III): Thylo's Top 20 (8/8) COMPLETE
2018 (Part I): Small but Will Fight (10/10) COMPLETE
2018 (Part II): Pinni-Party(2/2) COMPLETE
2018 (Part III): Carnivore Carnival (6/6) COMPLETE
2019 (Part I): See, Don't Touch (12)
12.Strawberry poison frog/ Oophaga pumilio OL

2019 (Part II): River Giants (1/1) COMPLETE
2020: Let's Give this Another Go (19)
2021: Don't You Forget About Me (13/13) COMPLETE
2022: Don't Turn On the Lights (10 /10) COMPLETE
Native Species Challenge (5/5) COMPLETE
5. European adder - PZ

Embrace the ABCs Challenge (35/36)
Second Chance Red List Challenge (14/14) COMPLETE
Island Hoppers Challenge (22/22) COMPLETE
I'm Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (24/24) COMPLETE & (66)
54. Arrau river turtle/ Podocnemis expansa - BV
55. Northern river terrapin/ Batagur baska - BV
56. Southern river terrapin/ Batagur affinis - BV
57. Central American wood turtle/ Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni - BV
58. Helmeted turtle/ Pelomedusa subrufa - Doue
59. Adanson's mud turtle/ Pelusios adansonii- LZ
60. Alligator snapping turtle/ Macrochelys temminckii - LZ
61. Florida redbelly turtle/ Pseudemys nelsoni - LZ
62. Florida softshelled turtle/ Apalone ferox - LZ
63. Indian Star tortoise/ Geochelone elegans - LZ
64. Chinese stripe-necked turtle/ Mauremys sinensis - APD
65. Northern red-bellied turtle/ Pseudemys rubriventris - APD
66. Ouachita map turtle/ Graptemys ouachitensis - APD

Usborne's Scavenger Hunt Challenge (15/15) COMPLETE
The Rio Challenge (8/8) COMPLETE
The Unbearable Challenge (8/8) COMPLETE
One-Zoo Wonder (1/1) COMPLETE
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (3/3) COMPLETE
Bonus Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - One zoo in the World (1/1)
Thylo's Bonus Challenge (1/1) COMPLETE

 

[TheGerenuk]

Toronto Zoo: 22 February 2023

Spoiler

Don't Turn On The Lights (6/10):
6. Solomon Island leaf frog (Cornufer guentheri)

Native Species Challenge (1/5):
1. Panamanian golden toad (Atelopus zeteki)

Island Hoppers Challenge (18/22):
14. Pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)
15. Solomon Island leaf frog (Cornufer guentheri)
16. Golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
17. Mangarahara cichlid (Ptychochromis insolitus)
18. Arnoult's panchax (Pachypanchax arnoulti)

I'm Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (13/24 required; 17 chelonians):
13. Eyelash pit viper (Bothriechiis schlegelii)
Chelonians:
15. Red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa)
16. Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
17. Spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa)

Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (2/3):
2. Arnoult's panchax (Pachypanchax arnoulti)

Turns out Toronto's Fijian iguanas are B.fasciatus instead of B.bulabula. Also managed to ID the unknown Malagasy fish, both of which are actually very rare in North American zoos.

Small update today.

Toronto Zoo: 6 May 2023

How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (3/9):
3. White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Let That Ruminate (6/11 required, 2 bovids):
6. Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Carnivore Carnival (1/6):
1. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Let's Give This Another Go (2 marsupials/monotremes):
2. Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fulinginosus)

Embrace the ABCs Challenge (8/36):
7. Ring-tailed lemur (Toronto)
8. White rhinoceros (Toronto)

Island Hoppers Challenge (19/22):
19. Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Still missing a few species from here, which I will probably see in later visits.

 

[red river hog]

Central Park Zoo - 4/15

2013: Penguimonium

2. Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)
3. King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
4. Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
5. Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

2014: Fly the Coop

Phasianidae:
3. Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
4. Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)

2017 (Part II): Asian Songbird Challenge

1. Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)

2017 (Part III): Thylo's Top 20

6. Red-billed Blue-Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)

2018 (Part I): Small but Will Fight

Mongooses:
1. Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo)

Red Panda:
1. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

2018 (Part II): Pinni-Party

1. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
2. Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

2021: Don't You Forget About Me

Bats:
2. Rodrigues Flying Fox (Pteropus rodricensis)
3. Seba's Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspecilliata)

2022: Don't Turn On the Lights

1. Seba's Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspecilliata)
2. Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)

The Unbearable Challenge

2. Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

One-Zoo Wonder

1. Pinni-Party

Elmwood Park Zoo - 5/6

Fly the Coop:

New World Quail:
1. Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)

Phasianidae:
5. Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
6. Temminck's Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap:

2. North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
3. Patagonian Mara (Dolichotis patagonum)

Let That Ruminate:

Pigs/Peccaries:
3. Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri)

Native Deer:
1. Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Nonnative Deer:
1. Reeves's Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesii)

Bovids: (Numbers got messed up here - I'm on 9.)
9. American Bison (Bison bison)

Thylo's Top 20:

7. Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Small, But Will Fight:

Small Cats:
1. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

See, Don't Touch:

4. Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

Don't You Forget About Me:

Bats:
4. Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)

Don't Turn on the Lights:

3. Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)

Native Species Challenge:

1. Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Embrace the ABC's Challenge:

12. Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

I'm Hot-Blooded (For Cold Blood):

Turtles/Tortoises:
28. Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Not Started (2):
River Giants
Bona-Fide Rarity Hunter

In Progress (19):
Fly the Coop (6/11)
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (3/10)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (6/9)
Let That Ruminate (9/11)
Sea Shepherds (1/2)
Asian Songbird Challenge (1/5)
Thylo's Top 20: (7/20)
Small, But Will Fight (3/10)
Carnivore Carnival (3/6)
Don't You Forget About Me (8/13)
Don't Turn on the Lights (3/10)
Native Species Challenge (1/5)
Embrace the ABC's Challenge (12/18)
Second Chance Red List Challenge (12/14)
Island Hoppers Challenge (19/22)
I'm Hot-Blooded (For Cold Blood) (17/24)
The Rio Challenge (7/8)
The Unbearable Challenge (2/8)
Hall of Champions (4/10)

Completed (5):
Check Your Feeders
Pinni-Party
Usborne's Scavenger Hunt
One-Zoo Wonder
Thylo's Bonus Challenge

Totals:
Penguinimonium: 5
Let That Ruminate - Bovids: 9
See, Don't Touch: 4
Let's Give This Another Go: 4
I'm Hot-Blooded (For Cold Blood) - Turtles/Tortoises: 28

 

[15399]

The Asian box turtles in Buffalo Zoo's reptile house have finally stopped evading me! With this, there are only two species at Buffalo Zoo I've yet to see this year, both of whom count for the challenge (ring-tailed lemur and ocelot).

Hot Blooded for Cold Blood (16/24 plus chelonians):
Chelonians:
18. Indochinese Box Turtle- Cuora galbinifrons
19. Chinese Three-Striped Box Turtle- Cuora trifasciata

Challenges Complete: 5/29.
Unless either the lemurs or ocelot are visible at Buffalo next week, next time I post in this thread should be when I start to finish a lot more challenges.

Finally warm enough for lemurs to be outside at the Buffalo Zoo!

Embrace the ABC's (9/36):
9. Ring-tailed Lemur- Buffalo Zoo

Island Hoppers (17/22):
17. Ring-tailed Lemur- Lemur catta

Challenges completed remains 5/29.

 

[amur leopard]

I'm guessing the general consensus is that any subpopulations of Chelonoidis niger are regarded as simply subspecies and not full species for the tortoise challenge, but just for clarification, are they? I know they have very complex taxonomy which is still a matter of great debate, so just wanted to clear it up in case.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

I'm guessing the general consensus is that any subpopulations of Chelonoidis niger are regarded as simply subspecies and not full species for the tortoise challenge, but just for clarification, are they? I know they have very complex taxonomy which is still a matter of great debate, so just wanted to clear it up in case.

For the purposes of the challenge they are all niger - largely because there are so many hybrid individuals around and it prevents argument about whether a given animal was pure or not - but it definitely seems like they represent a whole array of species in fact.

 

[KiwiBirb]

I am relatively new to Zoochat so I’m starting late
BRONX ZOO

Penguimonium
1. Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
2. Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Fly the Coop
Megapode
1. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)

Phasianidae
1. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
2. Reeve’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
3. Temminck’s Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
4. Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis)
5. Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
6. Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Trap
1. Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
2. Common Degu (Octodon degus)
3. Damaraland Mole Rat (Fukomys damarensis)
4. Long-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

How Many Toes Am I Holding Up?

Wild-type Equid
1. Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
2. Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

Rhinoceros
1. Southern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum)
2. Greater One-horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Tapir
1. Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Let That Ruminate

Pigs/Peccaries
1. Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)
2. North Sulawesi Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)

Okapi/Giraffe
1. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Exotic Deer
1. Sandbar Deer (Rusa unicolor)
2. Formosan Sika Deer (Cervus nippon taiouanus)

Bovidae
1. American Bison (Bison bison)
2. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
3. Gaur (Bos gaurus)
4. Markhor (Capra falconeri)
5. Lowland Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
6. Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)
7. Thompson’s Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
8. Slender-horned Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)
9. Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana)

Thylo’s Top 20
1. Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor)
2. White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
3. Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)

Small but Will Fight

Mongoose
1. Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)

Red Panda
1. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Pinni-Party
1. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Carnivore Carnival
1. Fossa

See, Don’t Touch
1. Dyeing Poison Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2. Green and Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
3. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
4. Panamanian Golden Toad (Atelopus zeteki)
5. Yellow-banded Poison Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

River Giants
1. Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Let’s Give This Another Go
1. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

Don’t You Forget About Me
Bats
1. Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis)
Treeshrew
1. Common Treeshrew (Tupac’s glis)
Elephant
1. Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)

Don’t Turn On the Lights
1. Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
2. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinopsm telfairi)
3. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
4. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
5. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
6. Aardvark (Orycteropis afer)

Native Species Challenge: North America
1. Cayman Blue Iguana (Cycluram lewisi)
2. Panamanian Golden Toad (Atelopus zeteki)

Embrace ABCs Challenge
1. Indian Elephant 1/2
2. Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2
3. Western Lowland Gorilla 1/2
4. Southern White Rhinoceros 1/2
5. Lion 1/2
6. Tiger 1/2
7. Asian Small-clawed Otter 1/2
8. Indian Peafowl 1/2
9. Bald Eagle 1/2
10. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach 1/2

Second Chance Red-list Challenge
Vulnerable
1. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
2. Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)
3. Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
4. Reeve’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

Endangered
1. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
2. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
3. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
4. Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

Critically Endangered
1. Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
2. Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
3. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)
4. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)

Extinct in the Wild
1. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
2. Père David’s Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Island Hoppers Challenge
Mammals
1. Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
2. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)
3. Fossa (Cryptoprecta ferox)
4. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
5. Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)

Birds
1. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
2. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
3. Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra)
4. Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
5. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)

Reptiles
1. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
2. Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
3. Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
4. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
5. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
6. Hog Island Boa (Boa constrictor imperator)

Fish
1. Polleni Cichlid (Paratilapia polleni)
2. Sakaramy Killifish (Pachypanchax sakaramyi)

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood)
Monitors
1. Gray’s Monitor (Varanus olivaceus)
2. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
3. Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)
4. Mertens’ Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)

Gecko
1. William’s Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

Agiamidae
1. Shield-tailed Agama (Xenagama taylori)

Venomous Snakes
1. Brongersma’s Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus brongersmai)
2. Ethiopian Mountain Viper (Bitis parviocula)
3. Indian Cobra (Naja naja)
4. King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
5. Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
6. Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)
7. Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii)
8. Taiwan Mountain Pitviper (Trimeresurus gracillis)

Pythons
1. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
2. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
3. Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)

Crocodiles/Gharial (not Alligators) (Are Caimans allowed?)
1. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
2. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
3. Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Turtles and Tortoises
1. Black-breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
2. Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
3. Four-eyes Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
4. Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
5. Indian Roofed Turtle (Pangshura tecta)
6. Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
7. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
8. Red-headed Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis erythrocephala)
9 Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
10. Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
11. Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)

Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge
1. Indian Rhinoceros
2. American Bison
3. Markhor
4. North Island Brown Kiwi
5. American Flamingo
6. King Vulture
7. Laughing Kookaburra

The Unbearable Challenge
1. Brown Bear

Hall of Champions
1. Lesser Bird of Paradise
2. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo
3. Gaur

Bona Fide Rarity Hunt
1. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)

One-Zoo Wonder
1. Bronx Zoo- Second Chance Red-list Challenge

Thylo’s Bonus Challenge
1. Nyala-Lion Bronx Zoo

Haven’t Started
Sea Shepards
Check your Feeders
Asian Songbird Challenge
The Rio Challenge

Partially Completed
Fly the Coop (7/11)
We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Trap (4/10)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (5/9)
Let That Ruminate (5/11)
Thylo’s Top 20 (3/8)
Small but Will Fight (2/10)
Pinni-Party (1/2)
Carnivore Carnival (1/6)
Don’t You Forget About Me (3/13)
Don’t Turn On the Lights (6/10)
Native Species Challenge (2/5)
Embrace the ABCs Challenge (5/18) (Each Half Point is 0.5 Points)
Island Hoppers Challenge (18/22)
I’m Hot-Blooded (For Cold Blood) (20/24)
Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge (7/15)
The Unbearable Challenge (1/8)
Hall of Champions (3/10)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunt (1/3)

Fully Completed
River Giants
Second Chance Red List Challenge
One-Zoo Wonder
Thylo’s Bonus Challenge

Open Ended
Penguimonium- 2
Bovidae- 9
See, Don’t Touch- 5
Let’s Give this Another Go- 1
Turtles/Tortoises- 11

NOTES- Rushed Mouse House, Congo, Pheasant Aviary, and World of Birds. I skipped Butterfly Garden and Children’s Zoo. Also I have no idea what kind of Giraffe the Bronx Zoo has which is why I didn’t include it.

 

[TinoPup]

I am relatively new to Zoochat so I’m starting late
BRONX ZOO

Penguimonium
1. Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
2. Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Fly the Coop
Megapode
1. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)

Phasianidae
1. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
2. Reeve’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
3. Temminck’s Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
4. Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis)
5. Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
6. Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Trap
1. Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
2. Common Degu (Octodon degus)
3. Damaraland Mole Rat (Fukomys damarensis)
4. Long-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

How Many Toes Am I Holding Up?

Wild-type Equid
1. Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
2. Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

Rhinoceros
1. Southern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum)
2. Greater One-horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Tapir
1. Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Let That Ruminate

Pigs/Peccaries
1. Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)
2. North Sulawesi Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)

Okapi/Giraffe
1. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Exotic Deer
1. Sandbar Deer (Rusa unicolor)
2. Formosan Sika Deer (Cervus nippon taiouanus)

Bovidae
1. American Bison (Bison bison)
2. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
3. Gaur (Bos gaurus)
4. Markhor (Capra falconeri)
5. Lowland Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
6. Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)
7. Thompson’s Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
8. Slender-horned Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)
9. Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana)

Thylo’s Top 20
1. Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor)
2. White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
3. Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)

Small but Will Fight

Mongoose
1. Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)

Red Panda
1. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Pinni-Party
1. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Carnivore Carnival
1. Fossa

See, Don’t Touch
1. Dyeing Poison Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2. Green and Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
3. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
4. Panamanian Golden Toad (Atelopus zeteki)
5. Yellow-banded Poison Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

River Giants
1. Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Let’s Give This Another Go
1. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

Don’t You Forget About Me
Bats
1. Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis)
Treeshrew
1. Common Treeshrew (Tupac’s glis)
Elephant
1. Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)

Don’t Turn On the Lights
1. Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
2. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinopsm telfairi)
3. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
4. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
5. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
6. Aardvark (Orycteropis afer)

Native Species Challenge: North America
1. Cayman Blue Iguana (Cycluram lewisi)
2. Panamanian Golden Toad (Atelopus zeteki)

Embrace ABCs Challenge
1. Indian Elephant 1/2
2. Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2
3. Western Lowland Gorilla 1/2
4. Southern White Rhinoceros 1/2
5. Lion 1/2
6. Tiger 1/2
7. Asian Small-clawed Otter 1/2
8. Indian Peafowl 1/2
9. Bald Eagle 1/2
10. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach 1/2

Second Chance Red-list Challenge
Vulnerable
1. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
2. Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)
3. Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
4. Reeve’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

Endangered
1. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
2. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
3. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
4. Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

Critically Endangered
1. Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
2. Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
3. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)
4. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)

Extinct in the Wild
1. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
2. Père David’s Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Island Hoppers Challenge
Mammals
1. Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
2. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)
3. Fossa (Cryptoprecta ferox)
4. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
5. Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)

Birds
1. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
2. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
3. Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra)
4. Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
5. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)

Reptiles
1. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
2. Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
3. Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
4. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
5. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
6. Hog Island Boa (Boa constrictor imperator)

Fish
1. Polleni Cichlid (Paratilapia polleni)
2. Sakaramy Killifish (Pachypanchax sakaramyi)

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood)
Monitors
1. Gray’s Monitor (Varanus olivaceus)
2. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
3. Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)
4. Mertens’ Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)

Gecko
1. William’s Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

Agiamidae
1. Shield-tailed Agama (Xenagama taylori)

Venomous Snakes
1. Brongersma’s Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus brongersmai)
2. Ethiopian Mountain Viper (Bitis parviocula)
3. Indian Cobra (Naja naja)
4. King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
5. Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
6. Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)
7. Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii)
8. Taiwan Mountain Pitviper (Trimeresurus gracillis)

Pythons
1. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
2. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
3. Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)

Crocodiles/Gharial (not Alligators) (Are Caimans allowed?)
1. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
2. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
3. Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Turtles and Tortoises
1. Black-breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
2. Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
3. Four-eyes Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
4. Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
5. Indian Roofed Turtle (Pangshura tecta)
6. Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
7. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
8. Red-headed Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis erythrocephala)
9 Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
10. Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
11. Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)

Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge
1. Indian Rhinoceros
2. American Bison
3. Markhor
4. North Island Brown Kiwi
5. American Flamingo
6. King Vulture
7. Laughing Kookaburra

The Unbearable Challenge
1. Brown Bear

Hall of Champions
1. Lesser Bird of Paradise
2. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo
3. Gaur

Bona Fide Rarity Hunt
1. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)

One-Zoo Wonder
1. Bronx Zoo- Second Chance Red-list Challenge

Thylo’s Bonus Challenge
1. Nyala-Lion Bronx Zoo

Haven’t Started
Sea Shepards
Check your Feeders
Asian Songbird Challenge
The Rio Challenge

Partially Completed
Fly the Coop (7/11)
We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Trap (4/10)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (5/9)
Let That Ruminate (5/11)
Thylo’s Top 20 (3/8)
Small but Will Fight (2/10)
Pinni-Party (1/2)
Carnivore Carnival (1/6)
Don’t You Forget About Me (3/13)
Don’t Turn On the Lights (6/10)
Native Species Challenge (2/5)
Embrace the ABCs Challenge (5/18) (Each Half Point is 0.5 Points)
Island Hoppers Challenge (18/22)
I’m Hot-Blooded (For Cold Blood) (20/24)
Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge (7/15)
The Unbearable Challenge (1/8)
Hall of Champions (3/10)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunt (1/3)

Fully Completed
River Giants
Second Chance Red List Challenge
One-Zoo Wonder
Thylo’s Bonus Challenge

Open Ended
Penguimonium- 2
Bovidae- 9
See, Don’t Touch- 5
Let’s Give this Another Go- 1
Turtles/Tortoises- 11

NOTES- Rushed Mouse House, Congo, Pheasant Aviary, and World of Birds. I skipped Butterfly Garden and Children’s Zoo. Also I have no idea what kind of Giraffe the Bronx Zoo has which is why I didn’t include it.

When was your visit?

Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) isn't a PDF so doesn't count for that challenge. Bronx doesn't have common treeshrew, the animal has the wrong signage, it's a northern. Hog Island Boa doesn't count for Island Hoppers (Boa imperator is native to all of central America).

 

[twilighter]

I am relatively new to Zoochat so I’m starting late
BRONX ZOO

Penguimonium
1. Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
2. Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Fly the Coop
Megapode
1. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)

Phasianidae
1. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
2. Reeve’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
3. Temminck’s Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
4. Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis)
5. Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
6. Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Trap
1. Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
2. Common Degu (Octodon degus)
3. Damaraland Mole Rat (Fukomys damarensis)
4. Long-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

How Many Toes Am I Holding Up?

Wild-type Equid
1. Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
2. Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

Rhinoceros
1. Southern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum)
2. Greater One-horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Tapir
1. Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Let That Ruminate

Pigs/Peccaries
1. Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)
2. North Sulawesi Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)

Okapi/Giraffe
1. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Exotic Deer
1. Sandbar Deer (Rusa unicolor)
2. Formosan Sika Deer (Cervus nippon taiouanus)

Bovidae
1. American Bison (Bison bison)
2. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
3. Gaur (Bos gaurus)
4. Markhor (Capra falconeri)
5. Lowland Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
6. Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)
7. Thompson’s Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
8. Slender-horned Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)
9. Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana)

Thylo’s Top 20
1. Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor)
2. White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
3. Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)

Small but Will Fight

Mongoose
1. Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)

Red Panda
1. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Pinni-Party
1. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Carnivore Carnival
1. Fossa

See, Don’t Touch
1. Dyeing Poison Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2. Green and Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
3. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
4. Panamanian Golden Toad (Atelopus zeteki)
5. Yellow-banded Poison Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

River Giants
1. Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Let’s Give This Another Go
1. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

Don’t You Forget About Me
Bats
1. Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis)
Treeshrew
1. Common Treeshrew (Tupac’s glis)
Elephant
1. Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)

Don’t Turn On the Lights
1. Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
2. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinopsm telfairi)
3. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
4. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
5. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
6. Aardvark (Orycteropis afer)

Native Species Challenge: North America
1. Cayman Blue Iguana (Cycluram lewisi)
2. Panamanian Golden Toad (Atelopus zeteki)

Embrace ABCs Challenge
1. Indian Elephant 1/2
2. Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2
3. Western Lowland Gorilla 1/2
4. Southern White Rhinoceros 1/2
5. Lion 1/2
6. Tiger 1/2
7. Asian Small-clawed Otter 1/2
8. Indian Peafowl 1/2
9. Bald Eagle 1/2
10. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach 1/2

Second Chance Red-list Challenge
Vulnerable
1. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
2. Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)
3. Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
4. Reeve’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

Endangered
1. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
2. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
3. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
4. Grévy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)

Critically Endangered
1. Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
2. Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
3. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)
4. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)

Extinct in the Wild
1. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
2. Père David’s Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Island Hoppers Challenge
Mammals
1. Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
2. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)
3. Fossa (Cryptoprecta ferox)
4. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
5. Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus)

Birds
1. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
2. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
3. Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra)
4. Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
5. Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)

Reptiles
1. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
2. Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
3. Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
4. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
5. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
6. Hog Island Boa (Boa constrictor imperator)

Fish
1. Polleni Cichlid (Paratilapia polleni)
2. Sakaramy Killifish (Pachypanchax sakaramyi)

I’m Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood)
Monitors
1. Gray’s Monitor (Varanus olivaceus)
2. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
3. Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)
4. Mertens’ Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)

Gecko
1. William’s Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

Agiamidae
1. Shield-tailed Agama (Xenagama taylori)

Venomous Snakes
1. Brongersma’s Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus brongersmai)
2. Ethiopian Mountain Viper (Bitis parviocula)
3. Indian Cobra (Naja naja)
4. King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
5. Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
6. Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)
7. Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii)
8. Taiwan Mountain Pitviper (Trimeresurus gracillis)

Pythons
1. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
2. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
3. Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)

Crocodiles/Gharial (not Alligators) (Are Caimans allowed?)
1. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
2. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
3. Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Turtles and Tortoises
1. Black-breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
2. Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
3. Four-eyes Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
4. Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
5. Indian Roofed Turtle (Pangshura tecta)
6. Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
7. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
8. Red-headed Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis erythrocephala)
9 Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
10. Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
11. Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)

Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge
1. Indian Rhinoceros
2. American Bison
3. Markhor
4. North Island Brown Kiwi
5. American Flamingo
6. King Vulture
7. Laughing Kookaburra

The Unbearable Challenge
1. Brown Bear

Hall of Champions
1. Lesser Bird of Paradise
2. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo
3. Gaur

Bona Fide Rarity Hunt
1. Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)

One-Zoo Wonder
1. Bronx Zoo- Second Chance Red-list Challenge

Thylo’s Bonus Challenge
1. Nyala-Lion Bronx Zoo

Haven’t Started
Sea Shepards
Check your Feeders
Asian Songbird Challenge
The Rio Challenge

Partially Completed
Fly the Coop (7/11)
We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Trap (4/10)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (5/9)
Let That Ruminate (5/11)
Thylo’s Top 20 (3/8)
Small but Will Fight (2/10)
Pinni-Party (1/2)
Carnivore Carnival (1/6)
Don’t You Forget About Me (3/13)
Don’t Turn On the Lights (6/10)
Native Species Challenge (2/5)
Embrace the ABCs Challenge (5/18) (Each Half Point is 0.5 Points)
Island Hoppers Challenge (18/22)
I’m Hot-Blooded (For Cold Blood) (20/24)
Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt Challenge (7/15)
The Unbearable Challenge (1/8)
Hall of Champions (3/10)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunt (1/3)

Fully Completed
River Giants
Second Chance Red List Challenge
One-Zoo Wonder
Thylo’s Bonus Challenge

Open Ended
Penguimonium- 2
Bovidae- 9
See, Don’t Touch- 5
Let’s Give this Another Go- 1
Turtles/Tortoises- 11

NOTES- Rushed Mouse House, Congo, Pheasant Aviary, and World of Birds. I skipped Butterfly Garden and Children’s Zoo. Also I have no idea what kind of Giraffe the Bronx Zoo has which is why I didn’t include it.

Welcome to ZooChat You can include any Giraffe.

 

[KiwiBirb]

When was your visit?

Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) isn't a PDF so doesn't count for that challenge. Bronx doesn't have common treeshrew, the animal has the wrong signage, it's a northern. Hog Island Boa doesn't count for Island Hoppers (Boa imperator is native to all of central America).

Welcome to ZooChat You can include any Giraffe.

Thank You both for Corrections

This visit was on 5/6/2023
Updates:
Let that Ruminate
Giraffe/Okapi
2. Giraffe

See, Don’t Touch
-1. Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)

Don’t You Forget About Me
Treeshrew
1. Northern Tree Shrew (Tupaia Belangeri)

Island Hoppers Challenge
Reptiles
-1. Hog Island Boa (Boa imperator)

Partially Completed
Let That Ruminate (6/11)
Don’t You Forget About Me (3/13)
Island Hoppers Challenge (17/22)

Open-Ended
See, Don’t Touch- 4

 

[amur leopard]

Island Hoppers Challenge
Reptiles
-1. Hog Island Boa (Boa imperator)

Didn’t @TinoPup just say these didn’t count towards the island challenge ? Otherwise all correct .

 

[KiwiBirb]

Didn’t @TinoPup just say these didn’t count towards the island challenge ? Otherwise all correct .

I won’t count it just not to confuse anyone. There are countless island reptiles out there so I’m sure there will be just one more I will see before December 31, 2023