Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Reptile

Photo: A painted turtle in Everglades National Park, Florida.

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A painted turtle in Everglades National Park, Florida.

Photo: Jerris Foote of Sarasota's Mote Marine Lab patrols the beach on Casey Key (south of Sarasota) to tag and measure any nesting female loggerhead turtles.

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Jerris Foote of Sarasota’s Mote Marine Lab patrols the beach on Casey Key (south of Sarasota) to tag and measure any nesting female loggerhead turtles.

Photo: Jerris Foote of Sarasota's Mote Marine Lab patrols the beach on Casey Key (south of Sarasota) to tag and measure any nesting female loggerhead turtles.

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Jerris Foote of Sarasota’s Mote Marine Lab patrols the beach on Casey Key (south of Sarasota) to tag and measure any nesting female loggerhead turtles.

The Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at the Florida Panther NWR. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

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The Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at the Florida Panther NWR. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

The Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at the Florida Panther NWR. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

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The Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at the Florida Panther NWR. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

Photo: The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), "the turtle lady" worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

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The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), “the turtle lady” worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

The Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at the Florida Panther NWR. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

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The Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at the Florida Panther NWR. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

Photo: The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), "the turtle lady" worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

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The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), “the turtle lady” worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

Photo: The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), "the turtle lady" worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

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The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), “the turtle lady” worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

Photo: The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), "the turtle lady" worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

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The late Ila Loetscher (d. 2000), “the turtle lady” worked to save the reptiles on South Padre Island, Texas.

Photo: A female biologist uses radio telemetry to track juvenile desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert.

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A female biologist uses radio telemetry to track juvenile desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert.

Photo: Activist Eldon Hughes, shown at Joshua Tree National Monument in California's Mojave Desert has worked to protect the desert habitat of the threatened desert tortoise.

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Activist Eldon Hughes, shown at Joshua Tree National Monument in California’s Mojave Desert has worked to protect the desert habitat of the threatened desert tortoise.

Photo: Activist Eldon Hughes, shown at Joshua Tree National Monument in California's Mojave Desert has worked to protect the desert habitat of the threatened desert tortoise.

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Activist Eldon Hughes, shown at Joshua Tree National Monument in California’s Mojave Desert has worked to protect the desert habitat of the threatened desert tortoise.

Photo: The desert tortoise's (threatened) habitat California's Mojave Desert is being threatened by housing developments.

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The desert tortoise’s (threatened) habitat California’s Mojave Desert is being threatened by housing developments.

Photo: A biologist watches for endangered desert tortoises as a bulldozer makes way for a housing development in their last remaining habitat.

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A biologist watches for endangered desert tortoises as a bulldozer makes way for a housing development in their last remaining habitat.

Photo: The endangered desert tortoise's habitat in Nevada is being threatened by housing developments.

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The endangered desert tortoise’s habitat in Nevada is being threatened by housing developments.

Photo: The endangered desert tortoise's habitat in Nevada is being threatened by housing developments.

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The endangered desert tortoise’s habitat in Nevada is being threatened by housing developments.

Photo: The desert tortoise's (threatened) habitat California's Mojave Desert is being threatened by housing developments.

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The desert tortoise’s (threatened) habitat California’s Mojave Desert is being threatened by housing developments.

Picture of a panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of a panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of a panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

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