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Animal Inventory Durrell Wildife Conservation Trust Animal Inventory Durrell Wildife Conservation Trust Columns 1. Number of animals in the collection on 1st January 2013 2. Number of animals born or hatched in 2013 3. Number of animals imported in 2013 4. Number of animals that died in 2013, apart from those in column 5 5. Number of animals which died in 2013 within 30 days of birth or hatching 6. Number of animals exported in 2013 7. Number of animals in the collection of 31st December 2013 Key: M = male, F = female, U = sex undetermined, ? = unknown 1234567 Status Status Scientific name Common name BirthsAcquisitions Deaths Juv. Deaths Dispositions 1 Jan. 2013 31 Dec. 2013 MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU Invertebrata Mollusca Gastropoda Achatinidae Achatina fulica giant East African snail 0 0 9 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - 0 0 11 Archachatina marginata West African land snail 0 0 3 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? - - - - - - 0 0 1 Arthropoda Atyidae Caridina japonica Japanese algae-eating shrimp 0 0 60 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - 0 0 10 Insecta Blattellidae Gromphadorhina portentosa Madagascar hissing cockroach 1 3 5 ? ? ? 26 24 20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 7 11 0 Bacteriidae Extatosoma tiaratum giant prickly walkingstick 2 2 14 0 0 7 - - - - - - - - - ? ? ? 0 12 13 Diplopoda Spirostreptidae Spirostreptus giganteus giant millipede 0 0 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 2 Chordata Vertebrata Characidae Paracheirodon axelrodi Cardinal tetra 0 0 85 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - 0 0 42+ Callichthyidae Corydoras trilineatus threelined catfish 0 0 47 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - 0 0 50+ Loricariidae Ancistrus cirrhosus suckermouth catfish 0 0 48 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? - - - 0 0 25+ Farlowella acus stick catfish 0 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 3 Amphibia Typhlonectidae Typhlonectes natans aquatic caecilian 2 4 0 - - - - - - 0 2 1 - - - 1 1 1 - - - Bufonidae Bufo galeatus toad 0 0 5 - - - - - - 0 0 1 - - - 2 2 0 - - - Bufo marinus giant marine toad 5 4 0 - - - - - - 4 1 0 - - - - - - 1 3 0 Pedostibes hosii climbing toad 5 6 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - 5 5 0 Dendrobatidae Dendrobates azureus blue poison dart frog 10 8 0 0 0 9 - - - 1 2 0 0 0 1 - - - 9 6 8 Dendrobates mysteriosus poison dart frog 2 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 2 Dendrobates pumilio strawberry poison dart frog 6 5 0 0 0 15 - - - 0 0 1 0 0 3 - - - 6 5 11 Phyllobates terribilis golden poison dart frog 2 1 0 - - - - - - 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - Phyllobates vittatus Golfodulcean poison dart frog 0 0 9 - - - - - - 0 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 8 Hylidae Hylinae Trachycephalus resinifictrix mission golden-eyed tree frog 6 5 0 0 0 37 - - - 3 1 4 - - - 0 0 1 3 4 32 Leptodactylidae Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Montserrat whistling frog 1 4 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 2 0 1 2 0 Leptodactylus fallax mountain chicken frog 12 21 0 0 0 50 20 0 15 0 6 21 0 0 8 0 1 12 32 14 24 Rhacophoridae Theloderma corticale Tonkin Bug-eyed Frog 1 0 11 0 0 31 - - - 0 0 2 - - - - - - 8 2 31 Reptilia Testudines Emydidae Deirochelyinae Trachemys scripta elegans red-eared slider 0 0 9 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? - - - - - - 0 0 9 Geoemydidae Heosemys spinosa spiny hill turtle 2 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 5 5 Testudinidae Astrochelys radiata radiated tortoise 3 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 0 Astrochelys yniphora ploughshare tortoise 0 0 5 - - - - - - 0 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 4 Chelonoidis nigra Galapagos tortoise 2 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 Pyxis planicauda Madagascar flat-tailed tortoise 4 4 4 0 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 7 Testudo marginata marginated tortoise 2 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 - - - Sauria Agamidae Acanthosaura lepidogaster brown horn-headed lizard 0 4 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 4 0 Bronchocela cristatella Bornean bloodsucker 12 4 0 0 0 6 - - - 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - - 12 4 4 Pogona vitticeps inland bearded dragon 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 Chamaeleonidae Furcifer pardalis Reunion chameleon 5 4 0 0 0 17 - - - 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 2 9 Iguanidae Anolis roquet summus anole 3 3 6 0 0 3 - - - 3 1 0 0 0 1 - - - 3 5 2 1 1234567 Status Status Scientific name Common name BirthsAcquisitions Deaths Juv. Deaths Dispositions 1 Jan. 2013 31 Dec. 2013 MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU Cyclura nubila nubila Cuban iguana 1 1 0 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 Iguana delicatissima West Indian iguana 2 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 3 2 Laemanctus serratus casque-headed iguana 4 8 0 0 0 24 - - - 1 0 1 0 0 10 - - - 3 8 13 Leiocephalus carinatus Cayman lion lizard - - - - - - 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys blue spiny lizard 2 3 0 0 0 7 - - - 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 Gekkonidae Nactus coindermirensis lesser night gecko 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 Lacertidae Lacerta viridis emerald lacerta 0 0 10 ? ? ? - - - ? ? ? - - - - - - 0 0 10 Scincidae Gongylomorphus fontenayi orange tail skink 0 0 37 0 0 31 0 0 1 0 0 4 - - - 0 0 4 12 6 43 Leiolopisma telfairii Telfair's skink 5 5 0 3 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 6 0 Tiliqua gigas New Guinea blue-tongued skink 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 Helodermatidae Heloderma horridum exasperatum Rio Fuerte beaded lizard 1 1 0 - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 1 1 0 Varanidae Varanus komodoensis Komodo dragon 2 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 - - - - - - 2 0 0 0 0 2 Varanus prasinus emerald monitor - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 Serpentes Bolyeridae Casarea dussumieri Round Island ground boa 1 6 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6 3 Boidae Boinae Epicrates maurus brown rainbow boa 0 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 2 0 - - - Epicrates subflavus Jamaican boa 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - Pythoninae Python molurus bivittatus Burmese rock python 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 Colubridae Elaphe guttata cornsnake 2 1 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - 2 0 0 Gonyosoma oxycephala red-tailed ratsnake 2 4 2 0 0 4 - - - 1 0 0 - - - 0 2 4 1 2 2 Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli Pueblan milksnake 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 1 Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae Sinaloan milksnake 1 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - Viperidae Crotalinae Bothriechis schlegelii eyelash palm pitviper 2 5 0 - - - - - - 0 2 0 - - - - - - 2 3 0 Viperinae Vipera berus common adder 3 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 0 Aves Phasianidae Lophura edwardsi Edward's pheasant 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 Lophura hatinhensis Vietnamese pheasant 2 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 Polyplectron napoleonis Palawan peacock pheasant 4 4 2 1 0 2 - - - 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 Afropavo congensis Congo peafowl 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - - Anatidae Anser cygnoides swan goose 4 3 0 0 1 1 - - - 1 0 1 - - - - - - 3 4 0 Branta ruficollis red-breasted goose 11 14 2 0 0 17 - - - - - - 0 0 3 - - - 11 14 16 Dendrocygna viduata white-faced whistling duck 5 3 9 0 0 6 - - - 1 1 1 - - - 0 0 6 4 2 8 Anas bernieri Madagascar teal 3 8 0 0 0 1 - - - 1 0 0 0 0 1 - - - 2 8 0 Anas gibberifrons Indonesian teal 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - - Anas melleri Meller's duck 8 9 0 0 0 2 - - - 1 1 0 - - - 1 1 0 6 7 2 Anas punctata hottentot teal 8 11 0 0 0 2 - - - 2 3 0 - - - 1 2 0 5 6 2 Aythya nyroca ferruginous duck 2 6 0 3 2 6 - - - - - - 0 0 2 - - - 5 8 4 Marmaronetta angustirostris marbled teal 5 6 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 2 Nettapus auritus African pygmy goose 1 2 0 0 0 6 - - - - - - 0 0 3 - - - 1 2 3 Tadorna tadorna common shelduck 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 Thalassornis leuconotus leuconotus African white-backed duck 9 7 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - 3 3 0 5 4 0 Phoenicopteridae Phoenicopterus chilensis Chilean flamingo 21 28 0 0 0 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 28 6 Phoenicopterus roseus greater flamingo 15 14 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 14 0 Threskiornithidae Geronticus eremita northern bald ibis 10 10 3 1 3 2 - - - - - - 0 0 2 - - - 11 13 3 Lophotibis cristata Madagascar ibis 3 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 2 1 1 0 Scopidae Scopus umbretta hamerkop 1 1 0 0 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 3 Gruidae Balearica regulorum grey-crowned crane 1 3 0 - - - 1 0 0 1 0 0 - - - - - - 1 3 0 Grus vipio white-naped crane 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 2 0 Anthropoides paradiseus blue crane 2 2 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - 2 1 0 Recurvirostridae Himantopus himantopus black-winged stilt 1 2 0 - - - - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - 1 1 0 Himantopus himantopus himantopus black-winged stilt 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 Columbidae Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica Nicobar pigeon 6 3 0 0 0 1 - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - - 6 2 1 Chalcophaps indica emerald dove 4 4 0 2 1 2 - - - - - - 0 0 1 - - - 6 5 1 Columba mayeri Mauritius pink pigeon 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 - - - - - - 3 4 1 Gallicolumba crinigera Mindanao bleeding-heart 2 2 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 1 Oena capensis Namaqua dove 4 0 0 - - - - - - 2 0 0 - - - - - - 2 0 0 Nesoenas picturata Madagascar turtle dove 2 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - - - 1 1 0 Stretopelia risoria ringed turtle dove 5 4 0 0 0 8 - - - 0 1 0 0 0 7 - - - 5 3 1 Psittacidae Psittacinae Psittacula eques echo parakeet 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 Amazona versicolor St Lucia parrot 3 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - - - - 2 0 0 Musophagidae 2 1234567 Status Status Scientific name Common name BirthsAcquisitions Deaths Juv. Deaths Dispositions 1 Jan. 2013 31 Dec. 2013 MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU MFU Tauraco erythrolophus red-crested turaco 2 2 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - - - - - 1 2 0 Bucerotidae Aceros corrugatus wrinkled hornbill 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 Pittidae Pitta sordida mulleri hooded pitta 2 6 0 - - - - - - 1 2 0 - - - - - - 1 4 0 Corvidae Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax red billed chough 4
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