Species Fact Sheets

Amphibians

Birds

Invertebrates

Mammals

Reptiles

Species at Zoo Atlanta

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Amphibians

Bicolor poison dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor)

Cope's grey tree frog (Hyla chrysocelis)

Dwarf black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi)

Dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)

Evergreen toad (Incilius coniferus)

Gopher frog (Lithobates capito)

Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)

Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus)

Lemur leaf frog (Agalychnis lemur)

Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)

Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki ahogado)

Red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)

Seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola)

Smooth-sided toad (Rhaebo guttatus)

Strawberry poison dart frog (Oophaga pumilio)

Tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)

Birds

Abyssinian ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)

Amethyst (violet-backed) starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)

Azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)

Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)

Blue (Stanley) crane (Anthropoides paradiseus)

Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)

Blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis)

Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia)

Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)

Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

Dikkop / Spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)

Domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Golden-breasted starling (Lamprotornis regius)

Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)

Green woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)

Guira cuckoo (Guira guira)

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

Harris' hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)

Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea)

Major Mitchell's (pink) cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri)

Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles miles)

Milky (Verreaux's) eagle owl (Bubo lacteus)

Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura carolinensis)

Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor)

Racket-tailed roller (Coracias spatulatus)

Red-and-yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros borneoensis)

Ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys)

Snowy-headed robin chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)

Southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)

Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea)

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus)

Taveta golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)

Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)

Violet (violaceous) turaco (Musophaga violacea)

Wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)

Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator)

White-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)

White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

White-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemellia)

White stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Wonga pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)

Yellow-naped parrot (Amazona auropalliata)

Invertebrates

Chilean rose hair tarantula (Grammostola rosea)

Madagascan hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)

Fish

Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Mammals

Carnivores

African lion (Panthera leo)

Binturong (Arctictis binturong)

Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens)

Kinkajou (Potos flavus megalotus)

Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)

Slender-tailed meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

Hoofstock

Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Anglo-nubian goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Babydoll southdown sheep (Ovis aries southdown-babydoll)

Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

Gulf Coast native sheep (Ovis aries aries)

Kunekune pig (Sus scrofa kunekune)

Nigerian dwarf goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Oberhasli goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)

Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Sudanese nubian goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Primates

Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis palliatus)

Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata variegata)

Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)

Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Schmidt's guenon (red-tailed monkey) (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti)

Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Wolf's guenon (Cercopithecus wolfi wolfi)

Rodents

Long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera domesticus)

Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)

Other Mammals

African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana africana)

European (domestic) rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus)

Hoffman's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)

Lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi)

Screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus)

Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Reptiles

Snakes

Amazon Basin emerald tree boa (Corallus batesii)

Amazon tree boa (Corallus hortulana)

Banded rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus klauberi)

Blood (Brongersma's short-tailed) python (Python brongersmai)

Boelen's python (Simalia boeleni)

Cape cobra (Naja nivea)

Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)

Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata gracia)

(East African) Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica gabonica)

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Eastern pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus)

Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

Green tree python (Morelia viridis)

Indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)

Jamaican boa (Chilabothrus subflavus)

Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni)

Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)

Mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila)

Mangshan pit viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis)

Mexican lancehead rattlesnake (Crotalus polystictus)

Mole (prairie) kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)

Papuan olive python (Apodora papuana)

Puffing snake (Phrynonax poecilonotus)

Red (eastern) corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)

Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)

Red-tail boa (Boa constrictor constrictor)

Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)

Rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata)

Royal (ball) python (Python regius)

San Lucan speckled rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii mitchellii)

Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)

Southern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

Sri Lankan green pitviper (Trimeresurus trigonocephalus)

Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

Timor python (Malayopython timoriensis)

Woma (Aspidites ramsayi)

Testudines (turtles, tortoises, terrapins)

African pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)

Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)

Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)

Arakan forest turtle (Heosemys depressa)

Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri)

Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)

Burmese mountain (black) tortoise (Manouria emys phayrei)

Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota)

Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serptentina)

Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)

Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina)

Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa)

Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)

Indochinese (flower-back) box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)

Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii)

Matamata turtle (Chelus fimbriatus)

McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi)

Mexican box turtle (Terrapene mexicana)

Nile softshelled turtle (Trionyx triunguis)

Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Reimann's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni)

River cooter (Pseudemys concinna)

Yellowbelly slider (Trachemys scripta)

Yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata)

Other Reptiles

African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)

Alligator lizard (Abronia graminea)

Blue-tongue skink (Tiliqua scincoides)

Chiapan (black) beaded lizard (Heloderma alvarezii)

Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)

Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink (Egernia epsisolus)

Emerald monitor (Varanus prasinus)

Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus bulabula)

Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Green basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

Guatemalan (Motagua Valley) beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti)

Iranian fat-tailed gecko (Eublepharis angramainyu)

Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei)

Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

Mertens's water monitor (Varanus mertensi)

Prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata)

Rock iguana (Cyclura)

Rough knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus amyae)

Scheltopusik (glass) lizard (Pseudopus apodus)

Smallwood's anole (Anolis smallwoodi)