Trip to the San Diego Zoo (pic heavy)

Kaetlinv · 09-05-12, 10:31 PM

Well this happened a little while back - early April, but i never got around to sharing my pictures with anyone. Well I finally posted them on my facebook and figured I would share the beautiful reptiles I saw there, and some of those fuzzy things with legs and ears....

I'll name what ones I can remember, unfortunately I didn't think to write down all of their names.

Amythestine Python

Albino Rattler(I believe)

Green Mambas

This one was rather cute...

Can't remember these fellows' names, but that pile is two snakes.

Little monitor of some sort, he was very cute.

Kaetlinv · 09-05-12, 10:31 PM

A vine snake decided to have a gecko dinner! Watched this fellow gulp it down, was amazing to see!

His other vine snake buddy relaxing up top.

I believe these were Indian Rock pythons, I could be mistaken.

Pit viper of some sort - stunning color contrast.

Two little Tree boas, the darker one was moving around a little while after this.

Not a good picture - but this was some sort of water snake, fully submerged. Never heard of anything like it before then.

Another big lizard - this guy was massive.

Kaetlinv · 09-05-12, 10:32 PM

The Reptile house had several cobras - at least three true cobras and a few mock cobras. Here's the common.

If I remember correct this was some sort of false cobra, he was very photogenic, despite my phone camera.

Here is the red cobra - this one was actually being taken out for some reason, got a video of it but have no means to upload. It was fantastic watching the handler work the hooks!

Well, you see something new every day. An Anaconda in a tree.

Little green guy, thought he was neat.

Here is the king cobra - he was very active and seemed more than aware of the people sticking their fingers on the other side of his home...

At one point we got him to follow the finger (belongs to my mom, haha) to about three feet off the floor of his enclosure.

Kaetlinv · 09-05-12, 10:33 PM

Little rock pythons of some sort - they looked like brown Ball pythons honestly, with very darling grey eyes. This one wanted to say hello!

Baby komodo dragon, his bigger counterpart was outside.

Gila monster, not a very good shot.

Skinks of some sort, rather cute snoozing there.

Some pit viper - the colors on this thing were absolutely phenomenal!

Ethiopian Pit viper - rather intimidating actually.

Rat snakes of some variety, they also had red headed racers but I didn't get good pictures of those.

Sonoran Gopher Snake, love the facial markings, make him look curious.

Kaetlinv · 09-05-12, 10:33 PM

Here's the big komodo, whew this guy was huge! He was so slow though - this was in process of moving himself over to the other side of the enclosure where I believe he was soon to be fed.

Now onto the non-herps.
For the bug lovers, they had a huge bug room. Here is a Giant Katydid (it made me so happy to see these, reminded me of the little katydid I'd rescued last year.)

Jeweled beetles of some sort, there were a lot more insects than this but most of the pictures didn't turn out well.

Here are some furries. Little Fennec fox who just wanted to sleep - kept getting startled awake by screaming children. Felt rather sorry for him...

Leapord female awaiting food...

One of several Servals, this one taking an afternoon nap.

And the only one they had at that hour of the day - a glorious cheetah. Beautiful animal, they had a 'show' earlier on but we missed it.

Jlassiter · 09-05-12, 10:38 PM

Nice...we got back from there after July 4th this year....

That water snake is a tentacle snake...It is camouflaged and looks like a root or vine underwater....

And those are Red Coachwhips...not ratsnakes......

That big green lizard with the reddish head is a Caiman lizard.....

Nice trip it looked like.....

BarelyBreathing · 09-05-12, 10:44 PM

Cool critters.

Kaetlinv · 09-05-12, 10:48 PM

Like I said, I couldn't remember most of them ^.^'

I think I confused their name with the Red headed Ratsnake that was in an enclosure near them. They're beautiful though.
As for the tentacle snake - I couldn't place the name for the life of me, but I had to look for a bit to find him. Very good camouflage.

A lot of people were around the plaque of the lizards so my mom and I hustled by there - I was also getting overwhelmed with how many beautiful animals there were. the trip really was worth it. Best birthday present I'd ever gotten.

My mom explained it to me when we were heading back home...
"I wanted to give you something special. I could've gotten you so many things, but eventually due to time or wear they would've been thrown away. You can never throw away your memories, and this is a once in a life time thing. You'll always remember the reptile house and the snakes, you'll remember all the big cats, and most especially you'll remember how we got f*cking drenched at the killer whale show... Twice..."

jaleely · 09-05-12, 10:58 PM

I love them all! I haven't been to the SD zoo in a few years. I haven't been since i got into reptiles so i REALLY need to go now!! Very cool!

*Don't Mind Me* · 09-05-12, 10:59 PM

Awesome. Thanks for sharing

**Aaron_S** · 09-05-12, 11:05 PM

Cool pictures.

To help you label your pictures these are the ones I'm pretty confidant in that you couldn't remember.

From top to bottom:

Pile of 2 big snakes...Scrub Pythons
Random Pit Viper...Fer-de-lance
Tree boas....green tree pythons
brown ball pythons...most likely angolan pythons

**millertime89** · 09-05-12, 11:43 PM

that's not an amethystine python looks like a sorong or possibly a kofiau locality scrub python, which, ironically, are Morelia amethystina. True Amethystine pythons are Morelia kinghorni and look quite a bit different and don't have the banding that one does, more of a granite-like pattern.
the little monitor looks like a yellow monitor or quince monitor
that pile is not scrub pythons, they are Timor pythons
those are indeed indian rock pythons
can't really tell what the "rock pythons" are, but from what little I can see and your description of them looking similar to ball pythons I would tend to agree with Aaron that they are Angolans.

h3h · 09-05-12, 11:57 PM

Great set! I particularly enjoyed these: Mambas, Vines, Tree Boas, Cobras, Pit Vipers, Komodo Dragons, and the leopards. I am filled with envy, but I am glad you were able to experience it. Thank you for sharing.

- h3

Kaetlinv · 09-06-12, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Cool pictures.

To help you label your pictures these are the ones I'm pretty confidant in that you couldn't remember.

From top to bottom:

Pile of 2 big snakes...Scrub Pythons
Random Pit Viper...Fer-de-lance
Tree boas....green tree pythons
brown ball pythons...most likely angolan pythons

Good to know what they really are.

Wish I could re-label them ^.^'

Quote:

that's not an amethystine python looks like a sorong or possibly a kofiau locality scrub python, which, ironically, are Morelia amethystina. True Amethystine pythons are Morelia kinghorni and look quite a bit different and don't have the banding that one does, more of a granite-like pattern.

I just wrote what I remembered - and I clearly remember them being called Amythestine (Or Amythestine was in the name somewhere). Not arguing, just saying what I remember. This fellow was just stunning which is why i made note to remember the name.

I've got some more pictures of some species, but I had so many I didn't want to swamp more than I had ^.^' I'll upload a few more for clarification.

Kaetlinv · 09-06-12, 12:23 AM

This was one of the geckos inside the vine snake enclosure... thought I'd pop him in here since he was kinda cute on the glass.

Here's a few shots of those BP like 'rock pythons' I mentioned. The one that came up close was so cute! She reminded me so much of Valentine, and I have no clue why haha

And here is one of the Timar / Scrub python... To see if it'll help clarification.