. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 356 Manfred Niekisch. Fig. 11. The entrance to the Frankfurt Exotarium still preserves the charm and character of the 1950s when it was rebuilt (2008). Photograph: Sabine Binger. - even rare animals such as a few Psammobates from two different species. Some of the shipments seized contain quite a number of specimens, for example 300 Geoche- lone elegans or more than 70 Cordylus mossambicus and C. rhodesianus and, repeatedly, also large numbers of poi- son arrow frogs. Particularly with regard to the more com- mon species and relatively high numbers of speci
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 356 Manfred Niekisch. Fig. 11. The entrance to the Frankfurt Exotarium still preserves the charm and character of the 1950s when it was rebuilt (2008). Photograph: Sabine Binger. - even rare animals such as a few Psammobates from two different species. Some of the shipments seized contain quite a number of specimens, for example 300 Geoche- lone elegans or more than 70 Cordylus mossambicus and C. rhodesianus and, repeatedly, also large numbers of poi- son arrow frogs. Particularly with regard to the more com- mon species and relatively high numbers of specimens, it is extremely difficult to find appropriate people and in- stitutions willing and able to take them on. All these an- imals are lost to the natural world as they cannot usually be taken back and released into the wild. One exception was the case of five hawksbill turtles {Eretmochelys imbricata) in 2009. Dogs trained to detect CITES species at Frankfurt Airport discovered the eggs in the luggage of a tourist. The eggs were brought to the Exotarium, and, as they looked good, were put into an in- cubator. During the following days, the turtles hatched and were kept in an aquarium until they had reached a length of around 20 cm. As it was known from which beach in the Seychelles they had been collected, they could be sent back and were released into the sea by the local authori- ties. The media attention was huge, and so this success- ful, but quite untypical, story could be accompanied by the message that one should not take home souvenirs of endangered and protected species. Generally, species conservation aspects today play an im- portant role in Frankfurt Zoo, and this, of course, also ap- plies to the Exotarium. This building, with its long and interesting history and its rich collection of reptiles and amphibians, is certainly one of the best places in Frank- furt Zoo to demonstrate to the visitors the multitude of forms, colours, adaptations and other expressions of
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