Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Reptile

Photo: A Koch's day gecko (Phelsuma kochi) at Madagascar Exotics

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A Koch’s day gecko (Phelsuma kochi) at Madagascar Exotics

Photo: A Spearpoint leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui) at Madagascar Exotics in Marozevo, Madagascar.

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A Spearpoint leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui) at Madagascar Exotics in Marozevo, Madagascar.

Photo: A New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leichianus henkeli) at the Houston Zoo.

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A New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leichianus henkeli) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: A New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leichianus henkeli) at the Houston Zoo.

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A New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leichianus henkeli) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

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A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

Photo: A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

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A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

Photo: A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

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A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

Photo: A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

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A frog-eyed gecko (Teratoscincus scincus) at Reptile Gardens.

Photo: A fan foot gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquisti) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A fan foot gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquisti) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A fan foot gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquisti) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A fan foot gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquisti) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A golden gecko (Gecko badenii) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A golden gecko (Gecko badenii) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A golden gecko (Gecko badenii) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A golden gecko (Gecko badenii) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A lined leaf tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A lined leaf tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A lined leaf tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A lined leaf tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A lined leaf tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A lined leaf tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: A spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida.

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A spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida.

Photo: A spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida.

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A spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida.

Photo: A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

Photo: A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

Photo: A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

Photo: A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

Photo: An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from a private collection.

Photo: An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from a private collection.

Photo: An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from a private collection.

Photo: An Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata’) from a private collection.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from a private collection. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

Photo: An Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata’) from a private collection.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from a private collection. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

Photo: An Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata’) from a private collection.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from a private collection. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

Photo: An Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata’) from a private collection.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from a private collection. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

Photo: An Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) from a private collection.

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An Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle
(Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle
(Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle
(Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle
(Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

Photo: A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

Photo: A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

Photo: A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

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