. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 3. Mixed life in a tropical jungle environment: Tiliqua rugosa (?), Cordylus giganteus and Macroscincus coctei (1912). It is plain that mortality was high. The 1895 zoo guide (the first to be published after ten years!) lists, however, an im- pressive number of species - or to be more precise: two crocodiles, eleven turtles, 17 snakes, 22 lizards and ten. Fig. 4. A big specimen of Python reticulatus in its terrarium (1912). anuran species and three species of urodela. A few of the comments and specimens are truly remarkable. So "thanks to the good
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 3. Mixed life in a tropical jungle environment: Tiliqua rugosa (?), Cordylus giganteus and Macroscincus coctei (1912). It is plain that mortality was high. The 1895 zoo guide (the first to be published after ten years!) lists, however, an im- pressive number of species - or to be more precise: two crocodiles, eleven turtles, 17 snakes, 22 lizards and ten. Fig. 4. A big specimen of Python reticulatus in its terrarium (1912). anuran species and three species of urodela. A few of the comments and specimens are truly remarkable. So "thanks to the goodness of Mr Schmacker from Shang- hai", the collection contained "the first specimen of the Chinese alligator brought live to Europe" and "two giant Aldabra turtles (Testudo elephantina)". With regard to the latter, the 1895 zoo guide states that "only a few decades will pass until this turtle of such incredible dimensions will have become extinct". "One of the rarest species at the Zo- ological Garden, the snake-necked turtle, Hydraspis hi- lairei", was kept together with Chelydra serpentina. "The Sinai lizard (Uromastix ornatus)" is described as a "very strange animal. It feeds on rose petals in summer and on acacia and lettuce in winter; as soon as the sun shines on its back, it opens certain depressions in the skin and the body assumes a very beautiful colour". The lizard species ranged from Angitis fragilis to "Silubosaurus stokesi" and from "Lacerta muralis" to "Tiliqua gigas". Aside from alpine salamander, Japanese giant salamander, bull frog and Leptodactylus, all amphibians kept at that time were species that occurred wild in the Frankfurt area. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 347-357 ©ZFMK. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf
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