Baltimore Aquarium Pictures

[ira]

Here are some nice pictures from my last trip to the National Aquarium at baltimore. No newts, but a bunch of cool amphbians and fish:

Golden Atelopus Toad. I never actually thought i would get to see one of these in the flesh!!!!

D. Imitator

Citronella Tinctorus, one of my favorites.

amazonian milk frog, super cute and sassy!!

A crotchety old turtle.

and here are some saltwater pics if any of you are into that kind of stuff (i am)

a bubble coral and a good shot of one of their main coral tanks. I was absoutly blown away by their coral tank, it was absoutly bueatiful.

Green brain coral

some finger leather corals

and here is a picture of a pretty bird they had hanging out in their avaiary.

i hope everyone enjoys these pics!

 

[mark]

Hey
Nice photo's, what species is that Atelopus? Is it A. carbonerensis?

Greets Mark

 

[ira]

I am not sure what species it is, i was so excited when i saw them i forgot to look.

 

[greg]

I'm almost certain that this is Atelopus zeteki. Only a handful of species of Atelopus are kept in captivity and of those even fewer breed. I think zeteki is the one most often bred.

But I've been wrong about little hippity-hop neotropical things before.

greg

 

[mark]

ah, thanks for the info Greg.

Greets

 

[edward]

It is zeteki. The reason that this is the most commonly bred atelopus is that most of the reproduction is to establish a self sufficient population in captivity as it is now almost extinct in the wild.
Atelopids in general are going extinct at a very rapid rate.

Ed