Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A rare Eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, at Toledo Zoo.

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A rare Eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, at Toledo Zoo.

Picture of a radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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A radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

A pair of juvenile Yosemite toads (Bufo or Anaxyrus canorus) at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at U.C. Berkeley. (IUCN: EN)

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A pair of juvenile Yosemite toads (Bufo or Anaxyrus canorus) at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at U.C. Berkeley. (IUCN: EN)

Photo: The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.

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The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.

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The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: The tail of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.

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The tail of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

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A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

Photo: A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

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A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

Photo: A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

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A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

Photo: A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

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A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the San Antonio Zoo. The orange coloration helps it blend into the rocky outcroppings and soil that it inhabits.

Photo: A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

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A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

Photo: Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: A red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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A red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: A Moroccan black cobra (Naja haje legionis) at the Dallas Zoo.

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A Moroccan black cobra (Naja haje legionis) at the Dallas Zoo.

A federally endangered captive gray wolf, Canis lupus, licks his nose.

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A federally endangered captive gray wolf, Canis lupus, licks his nose.

Photo: South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at the Cali Zoo in Colombia.

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South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at the Cali Zoo in Colombia.

Photo: South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at the Cali Zoo in Colombia.

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South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at the Cali Zoo in Colombia.

Picture of astraea turbo snails (Astraea tecta) at Pure Aquariums.

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Astraea turbo snails (Astraea tecta) at Pure Aquariums.

Picture of a red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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A red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

Picture of a red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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A red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

A picture of a red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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A red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

A Field’s viper (Pseudocerastes fieldi) at Reptile Gardens.

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A Field’s viper (Pseudocerastes fieldi) at Reptile Gardens.

An ariel toucan (Ramphastos ariel) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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An ariel toucan (Ramphastos ariel) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

Photo: A green cat snake (Boiga cyanea) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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A green cat snake (Boiga cyanea) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Picture of an Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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An Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of an Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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An Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of an An Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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An Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of an Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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An Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of a two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

Picture of a two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

Picture of a two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

Picture of a two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A two-year-old, critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

A Mexican burrowing python (Loxocemus bicolor) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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A Mexican burrowing python (Loxocemus bicolor) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

An Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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An Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

An Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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An Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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