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by DJLTX on September 17, 2004
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Hello,
I have been interested in snakes all of my life. In Fort Worth we have a good herpatarium (sp?) at the zoo however
I am interested in seeing a Taipan in captivity (with a layer of glass between us of course). Does anyone know of a good zoo or exhibit in the U.S where I can see one?
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by Buzztail1 on September 17, 2004
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The San Diego Zoo has a Taipan exhibit.
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/download/3471/Coastal%20Taipan.jpg
Karl H. Betz
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by Chance on September 17, 2004
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I believe Sean Palmer recently moved to South Padre Island, TX and opened something called "Cobra Gardens" or whatever. I know he had PNG taipans, but I don't know if he took them with him. You may get in touch with him and see what he still has. At the very least, you'd definitely be seeing a very nice Naja collection.
-Chance
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by stopgetinpopped on September 17, 2004
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Taipans are on exhibit in several zoo's in the nation.
Last I checked:
San Diego Zoo has one New Guinea Taipan.
St. Louis Zoo has one New Guinea Taipan. ( they may not have this one anymore?)
Kentucky Reptile Zoo has a couple of Coastal Taipans.
Dean Ripas place in South Carolina? has/had n.g. Taipans
And of course ours at the Reptile Gardens in South Dakota.
We have all three forms of Taipans: Inland, New Guinea and Coastals on exhibit.
Terry Phillip
Curator of Reptiles
Reptile Gardens
Rapid City, South Dakota
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by Buzztail1 on September 17, 2004
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San Diego's exhibit claims to be a Coastal Taipan.
The link to the picture of the specimen is in my post above.
Cheers,
Karl
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by Nechushtan on September 17, 2004
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San Diego does indeed have a Taipan which I just had the privledge to see 3 days ago... It's a beautiful snake with subtle hints of red and was incredibly active (at least while I was there). I also had the opportunity to see it "yawn" briefly and was amazed that such a "terror" had such tiny (invisible to me) fangs. I must say that that exhibit (the entire reptile house) was the highlight of my vacation.
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by stopgetinpopped on September 17, 2004
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Karl,
San Diego brought in 4 Papuan Taipans in 1999 or 2000(?), they bought two and we bought the other two.
Not sure as why the exhibit mentions Coastal Taipans? But the snake in your link Karl is in fact a New Guinea Taipan, Oxyuranus canni.
In 2000 Zoo Atlanta and Black Hills Reptile Gardens had the only Coastals in Zoo's in the U.S. In 2000 Zoo Atlanta sent all 5 of theirs to us. I put one Coastal Taipan on loan to the Dallas Zoo's temporary "VENOM" exhibit for a year. I have loaned one out to the Omaha Ne. Henry Doorly Zoo. ( which I forgot in my last post) and one donated to the Kentucky Reptile Zoo.
The rest are all New Guinea's
Best Regards to all.
Taphillip
Curator of Reptiles
Black Hills Reptile Gardens
Rapid City, SD.
www.reptilegardens.com
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by Chance on September 18, 2004
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The last time I was at the St. Louis Zoo, back in '03, they still had a canni on display. I assumed they had more in the back. They have an incredibly nice herp display, the nicest I've seen yet. I definitely recommend making a visit there.
Terry, something I've been meaning to ask since I've seen you type this a couple of time recently, on taipan taxonomy, has the PNG taipan been given species status now? I noticed you refer to it as O. canni, rather than O. s. canni. If it has been upgraded, I'd like to know so that I don't refer to it incorrectly. Thanks.
-Chance
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by Chance on September 18, 2004
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Oh, and to Ronald, don't underestimate their pokers ;) They actually have gigantic fangs for an elapid, one of the biggest head to fang size ratios in the family Elapidae. Large adults can have fangs measuring nearly an inch! You may not have seen them because you may be used to seeing the sheathed, hinged fangs of some viperids, but I assure you, theirs are impressive. I don't suppose you took any pictures while you were there, and if so, got any of it yawning? If not it's no biggie, but I'd be curious to see them if you did.
-Chance
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