That's a shame, it looks really interesting!
Zoos with the rarest / most endangered freshwater turtles
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That's a shame, it looks really interesting!
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes, I agree, I think any art or publicity for freshwater turtles at zoos is great to raise their profile.
Corangurilla
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Apparently the Henry Vilas Zoo in Wisconsin has a Toad-Headed Turtle now? There’s no given species (the sign just said “Toad-Headed Turtle”), and I didn’t get any pictures because I assumed it wasn’t much until after I left the zoo.
Are there any other zoos in America that keep Toad-Headed Turtles of any kind? I’ll provide photos of the turtle once I’m back at the zoo (which should be soon).
Are there any other zoos in America that keep Toad-Headed Turtles of any kind? I’ll provide photos of the turtle once I’m back at the zoo (which should be soon).
"Toadhead turtle" can refer to any number of species in the genera Mesoclemmys and Phrynops. Most likely, your turtle is a P. hilarii.
~Thylo
Corangurilla
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I re-checked and Henry Vilas keeps Mesoclemmys gibba. Zooinstitutes says Baltimore keeps them, too. Is this information up to date?
Probably not, unfortunately. Zooinstitutes is more of a personal photo collection than a reliable updated source.
Yes, Baltimore should still keep them.
Did you include them in your most recent species list? I didn't see them on there, but maybe the common name eluded me. Where in the aquarium are they?
Corangurilla
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Really? @Kudu21 told me that the National Zoo was the only place that had them. But they weren’t in the most recent species list for that place.
They were signed in the first tank in Amazon River Forest as of January this year.
National Zoo did not have Mesoclemmys gibba when I visited in February.
Corangurilla
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How many were there? Henry Vilas has 2.
That’s why I specifically said “listed in ZIMS” — some facilities, even major facilities like the National Aquarium, Denver, Busch Gardens, etc., do not use ZIMS, so it is not an end-all-be-all. I could only confirm that there were other holders, not specifically how many.