ZooChat Challenge UK 2016

[MagpieGoose]

If you have seen the Fijians I suggest you check my list again and you will see why!!

I'm pretty sure I did see the Fijians but overlooked it because of the ones at Manchester but will definitely have a confirmation by Thursday.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Don't worry though, I don't think you'll make any identification mistakes on the 2017 challenge (details in a day or so) unless you're playing it blind drunk (obviously with a very understanding designated driver).

I look forward to finding out what it is!

 

[pipaluk]

7/12/16 Tropical Butterfly House, North Anston
200 Grey Banded King Snake
201 Barbados Anole
202 House Gecko

Following a fruitless stop at Chessington on the way home on boxing day, as their reptile area is permanently closed, I stopped off at Bournemouth Oceanarium on another journey to see family:
203 Green Sea Turtle
204 Loggerhead Turtle
205 Home's Hingeback Tortoise

Plus one I missed
206 Eastern Bearded Dragon at Hamerton

Unless I brave the New Year's Eve traffic for a 300 mile plus round trip, this will be my final total, though I know I have one or two unlabelled or unidentified.

 

[pipaluk]

Most seen species Sulcata tortoise 18

 

[MagpieGoose]

Sorry ZG, my mistake again

So after a visit to Cotswolds and Crocs of the World my final total and due to some doubts over the Gerrhosaurus skoogi at Borth Zoo, I have replaced it with the Gerrhosaurus major which I saw during both my visits.


Chester Zoo
1. Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaclatum)
2. Mountain Horned Lizard (Acanthosaura capra)
3. Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)
4. Giant Asian Pond Turtle (Heosemys grandis)
5. Sunda Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)
6. Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys)
7. Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
8. Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
9. Red-tailed Racer (Gonysoma oxycephala)
10. Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)
11. Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila melanota)
12. White-lipped Viper (Cryptelytrops albolabris)
13. Asian Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
14. Salvador’s Monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
15. Indonesian Spiny Tortoise (Heosemys spinosa)
16. Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros)
17. Tautara (Sphenodon punctatus)
18. Parson’s Chameleon (Calumma parsonii)
19. Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)
20. Cone-Headed Lizard (Laemanctys serratus)
21. Indochinese Box Turtle (Cistoclemmys galbinifrons)
22. Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
23. Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
24. Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
25. Painted Batagur (Batagur borneoensis)
26. Roti Island Snake Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
27. Annam Leaf Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
28. Emerald Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)

Twycross Zoo
29. Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
30. African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcatta)
31. Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)
32. Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
33. Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
34. Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
35. Horsefield’s Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
36. Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)

Banham Zoo
37. Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria)
38. Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularus)
39. Colombian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates maurus)
40. Honduran Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis)
41. Royal Python (Python regius)

Linton Zoological Gardens
42. Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongate)
43. Spur Thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
44. European Pond Terrapin (Emys orbicularis)
45. Bredl’s Python (Morelia bredli)
46. Common Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
47. Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)

Chester Zoo
48. Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
49. Bell’s Angle-headed Lizard (Gonocephalus belli)
50. Black-breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
51. Arboreal Agamid Lizard (Hypsilurus magnus)

Borth Zoo- The Animalarium
52. Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys)
53. Dumeril’s Ground Boa (Acrantophis dumerilli)
54. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
55. Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)
56. Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
57. Asian Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)
58. California King Snake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

West Midlands Safari Park
59. Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum exasperatum)
60. Sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodius)
61. Egyptian Dab Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia)
62. Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temmincki)
63. American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
64. Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)
65. Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
66. Jamaican Tree Boa (Epicrates subflavus)
67. Pacific Ground Boa (Candoia paulsoni)
68. Amethystine Python (Morelia amethistina)
69. Thai Monoculate Cobra (Naja kaouthia)
70. Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
71. Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
72. Monkey-Tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)

Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
73. Yellow Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)
74. Bosc Monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
75. Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)

Chester Zoo
76. Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
77. Bornean River Turtle (Orlitia borneensis)
78. Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus)
79. Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
80. Golden Coin Turtle (Cuora trifasciata)

Dudley Zoo Gardens
81. Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
82. Mojave Black-Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores)
83. White-Throated Monitor Lizard (Varanus albigularis)
84. Eyed Dabb Lizard (Uromastyx ocellata)
85. Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
86. Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)
87. Solomon Island Ground Boa (Candoia carinata carinata)
88. West African Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetrasis)
89. Bornean Blood Python (Python breitenseini)
90. Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
91. Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri)
92. Coahulian Box Turtle (Terrapene coahulia)

Bristol Zoo Gardens
93. Aruba Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolour)
94. Gila Monster (Meloderma suspectum)
95. Bourret's Turtle (Cuora bourreti)
96. Madagascan Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
97. Viatnmese Keeled Box Turtle (Cuora mouhotii)
98. Yellow-Headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri)
99. Henkel's Leaf Gecko (Uroplatus henkli)
100. Standing's Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
101. Electric Blue Gecko (Lygosactylus williamsi)
102. Black Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis)
103. Leptien's Spiny-Tailed Lizard (Uromastyx leptieni)
104. Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)
105. Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
106. Great Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus major)

107. Common Chameleon (Chameleo chamaeleon)
108. Great Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus major)
109. Western Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)

Paignton Zoo
110. Homme's Hinge-Backed Tortoise (Kinixys homeona)
111. Yellow-Footed Tortoise (Geochlone denticulata)
112. Blue-Tongued Skink (Tilqua gigas)
113. Giant Pacific Gecko (Gehyra vorax)
114. Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)
115. Marinated Tortoise (Testudo marignata)
116. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
117. Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

Amazon World Zoo Park
118. Argentine Black and White Tegu/Blue Tegu (Salvator merianae)
119. Jackson's Three Horned Chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii)
120. Frog Eyed Gecko/Common Wonder Gecko (Teratoscincus scincus)
121. Mississippi Map Turtle (Grachemys pseudogeographica)
122. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
123. Mata Mata (Chelus fimbriata)
124. Western Hognose Snake (Hesterodon nasicus)

Isle of Wight Zoo
125. Crested Gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus)

Marwell Zoo
126. Painted Dragon (Laudakia stellio brachydactyla)
127. Northern Curly-Tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus)
128. Gliding Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli)

Chester Zoo
129. Boelen's Python (Morelia boeleni)
130. Six-Striped Long-Tailed Grass Lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus)

Reasheath Zoo
131. Sudan Uromastyx (Uromastyx dispar)
132. Madagascan Iguana (Chalarodon madagascariensis)
133. Reeve's Turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
134. Savu Island Python (Liasis mackloti savuensis)

Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre
135. Red-Bellied Cooter (Psuedemys rubriventris)
136. Berber Skink (Eumeces schneideri)
137. Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes viscolour)

Bristol Zoo
138. Chinese Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)

Manchester SeaLife

139) Eastern Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
140) Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia myas)

Manchester Museum

141) Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
142) Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
143) Eastern Cone-Headed Lizard (Laemanctus longipes)
144) Allison’s Anole (Anolis allisoni)


Blackpool Zoo

145) Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
146) Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
147) West African Mud Turtle (Pelusios castaneus)
148) Bell's Hinge-Back Tortoise (Kinixys belliana)
149) Spiny-Tailed Dab Lizard (Uromastyx acanthinurus)

Birmingham Nature Centre

150) Rhinoceros Rat Snake (Rhynchophis boulengeri)
151) Chameleon Forest Dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus)
152) San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)
153) Lechie's Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
154) Abbot's Day Gecko (Phelsuma abbotti)

Cotswold Wildlife Park

155) Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)
156) Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
157) Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
158) Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
159) Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beeearl)
160) Gidgee Skink (Egernia stokesi)
161) Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
162) Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)
163) Cave Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi)
164) Morlet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)

Crocodiles of the World

165) Culvier's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
166) Mertens' Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)
167) Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
168) Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni)
169) Schneider's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus)
170) Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
171) Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
172) Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)
173) Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)
174) Slender-Snouted Crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
175) Plumed Basalisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

I would like to thank Shorts for creating such a great challenge I have enjoyed it so much and have gained knowledge on reptiles, a animal which I had never really taken any interest in before. Also I would like to thank zoogiraffe and all the others who have corrected me on all the mistakes I have made, but I can only keep on learning and hopefully next year I will have a mistake free year! (Everything crossed!) I will just finish off the year with my duplicate taxa, which will be up very soon!

Found the picture of the Fijian Iguana so..

Cotswold WP

176. Fiji Short-Crested Lizard (Brachylophus bulabula)

I didn't have anything to do today so I decided to go to Chester (Although I'm going at the start of 2017) and saw:

177. Graham's Anole (Anolis graham)
178. Copper Skink (Eutropis maculria)
179. Oriental Brown-Sided Skink (Eutropis multifasiata)

Completely done for 2016 with zoos, bring on 2017 (looking forward to next years challenge!)

 

[Shorts]

Barring a last minute upset (which I reckon would be impossible without time travel at this point) congratulations to Zoogiraffe on winning this year's challenge (and I presume sub-challenge for species seen in most zoos, time/reporting will tell).

Whilst there were other strong efforts (Pipaluk's being particularly noteworthy) they were unlikely to match the fanaticism to zoo visits and reptiles demonstrated by Zoogiraffe in 2016. I'll be sorting out the trophies soon.

Thanks to all that have taken part (physically or viewing/commenting on thread) -I hope you've enjoyed it and it's added a little to your 2016 zoo visits.

I'll be posting the 2017 challenge shortly (if only I could be bothered how to attach links within ZooChat I would do so). I hope it's premise proves interesting to you all -it's got some real "tortoise and hare" potential which I hope keep things fun.

 

[pipaluk]

I would like to add my congratulations to Zoogiraffe on a very convincing win, and thanks to Shorts for setting the challenge.

It has certainly increased my interest in reptiles and I've never before spent so much time staring into a seemingly empty enclosure in the hope of getting a glimpse of a small lizard or returning to it if I failed first time!

 

[zoogiraffe]

Many thanks to Shorts for setting the challenge,I suspected you knew I wasn't going to let any one beat me on this one!Also thanks pipaluk,you could have pushed me alot closer if you had just been prepared to do some of the smaller less well known places!!

Also I have atleast another 1 to add possibly got another today at Paignton,but it wasn't the Quince Monitor which has gone!

 

[zoogiraffe]

Most seen species Sulcata tortoise 18

Mine is also Sulcatta but I have seen them in 23 collections of the 66 that I have visited this year.I did however did miss seeing them somehow in another 2!

So shorts seeing as I have by the looks of it,won both competitions can you please pass the trophy for the most seen to whomever is second in that competition.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Thanks Shorts for creating this challenge and the challenge idea in the first place! While I knew I was never going to win (definitely not with the leader visiting most of the reptile-heavy zoos with me), it certainly added a little extra to my short time in the UK. And if I'm not mistaken I have taken second-place, which is pretty incredible!

~Thylo

 

[Macaw16]

I'm quite pleased with my 81 species, many of which were life ticks. I never thought I was going to win, but I did find it enjoyable and informative. Out of the few collections I did Utila Iguana and Red-footed Tortoise were both seen the most, at four times each, with a further six being seen at three different collections.

 

[zoogiraffe]

273) Graham's Anole (Anolis grahami)
274) Bronze Skink (Eutropis maculria)
275) Oriental Brown-sided Skink (Eutropis multifasiata)

Right just a few updates one from a visit to Paignton on the 29th of December,and one from a split that happened and has not been added by me yet despite,me knowing about since my second visit to that place but they weren't held at this place

276) West African Dwarf crocodile type 1
277) (Uroplatus fimbriatus) at Paignton

So here ends my final total for the challenge