Turtle Photos - Wanted

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Chris Smith
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Turtle Photos - Wanted

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Hello all,

The MN DNR is working on a small turtle booklet (hopefully waterproof) that will be given to our fisheries staff as well as others to help with MN turtle ID. We cannot pay for photos but I can certainly send out a gratis copy to those with photos that we use. Photos will be credited. Below is a list of photos / shots needed:

UPDATED - April 15th, 2014

1) Posed / profile shot of a southern (Ouachita) map turtle
2) Top down carapace of southern (Ouachita) map turtle
3) Southern (Ouachita) map turtle plastron
4) False map turtle profile / posed shot
5) False map turtle carapace
6) False map turtle in hand (larger individual ideally)
7) Smooth softshell (posed)
8) Smooth softshell carapace
9) Smooth softshell plastron
10) Smooth softshel in hand


Photos can be e-mail to: Christopher.E.Smith AT state.mn.us (please include the preferred spelling of your name for the photos credit).

Thanks all!
Chris
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Chris, I've also given you my Flickr set on Turtles. I'm pretty sure I have decent up close pics of a smooth softshell I need to dig out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmichels/s ... 386212237/
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Chris - you got mail.

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I've sent you some Graptemys geographica and Sternotherus odoratus shots from Ontario.
Best,
Nick
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Thanks! Keep 'em coming. :thumb:

-Chris
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I have a few Northern map turtle pics that I'll send.
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Stinkpot photos sent (in hand, plastron, etc.) I have a red-eared slider plastron shot if you don't have one yet.
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Thanks all, I have updated the wanted list above.

-Chris
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Just sent you some :thumb:
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#3 Maybe? Head can be cropped out of full size image
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#8 You didn't specify age (Have lots of the same photo of the baby with different variations)
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#9 well, you know, since you harp on me about it every time I take a record of one
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#10 Again, age?
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#11 Holy crap, why don't I have a 1000 better pictures of these, I find them all the damn time
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Here's an A. spinifera. He wasn't really "posed", that's just how he was sitting.

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and my only posed Musk Turtle shot

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Here's some posed spiny softshell shots

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Thanks all! I have updated this list at the top of the page. Still need a few images.

Thanks again,
Chris
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