Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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A Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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A Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered red wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi) at the Great Plains Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered red wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi) at the Great Plains Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

Picture of a Bermuda diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). This may soon be designated as a separate subspecies or even a full species, and was photographed at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A Bermuda diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). This may soon be designated as a separate subspecies or even a full species, and was photographed at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A vulnerable Hispaniolan or Haitian slider turtle (Trachemys decorata) at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

Picture of a vulnerable Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) at the Denver Aquarium.

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A vulnerable Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) at the Denver Aquarium.

A razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), from the Colorado River System. (US: Endangered; IUCN: Critically endangered)

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A razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), from the Colorado River System. (US: Endangered; IUCN: Critically endangered)

A Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) from the Colorado River. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Endangered)

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A Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) from the Colorado River. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Endangered)

A Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) from the Colorado River. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Endangered)

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A Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) from the Colorado River. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Endangered)

Picture of a vulnerable Madagascar spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides oblonga) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

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A vulnerable Madagascar spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides oblonga) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

Picture of a vulnerable Madagascar spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides oblonga) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

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A vulnerable Madagascar spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides oblonga) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

A tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius verroxii) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

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A tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius verroxii) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

Solomon Island leaf frog or eyelash frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

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Solomon Island leaf frog or eyelash frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

Solomon Island leaf frog or eyelash frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

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Solomon Island leaf frog or eyelash frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

A critically endangered Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

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A critically endangered Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) at the Fresno Chaffe Zoo.

Photo: Northern prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) collected in Cherry County, Nebraska.

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Northern prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) collected in Cherry County, Nebraska.

Photo: Northern prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) collected in Cherry County, Nebraska.

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Northern prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) collected in Cherry County, Nebraska.

Photo: A Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

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A Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

Photo: A Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

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A Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

Photo: A northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

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A northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

Photo: A northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

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A northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

Photo: Northern Plains ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi) collected in Thayer County, Nebraska.

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Northern Plains ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi) collected in Thayer County, Nebraska.

Photo: Northern Plains ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi) collected in Thayer County, Nebraska.

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Northern Plains ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi) collected in Thayer County, Nebraska.

Photo: Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster) collected in Pawnee County, Nebraska.

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Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster) collected in Pawnee County, Nebraska.

Kansas glossy snake (Arizona elegans elegans) collected in Dundee County, Nebraska.

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Kansas glossy snake (Arizona elegans elegans) collected in Dundee County, Nebraska.

Photo: Utah milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum taylori) at the LA Zoo.

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Utah milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum taylori) at the LA Zoo.

Photo: Central Plains milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

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Central Plains milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

Photo: Central Plains milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

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Central Plains milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis) collected in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

Photo: Baja California rat snake (Bogertophis rosaliae) at the LA Zoo.

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Baja California rat snake (Bogertophis rosaliae) at the LA Zoo.

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