Urgent Wants List Dec 2012 – March 2013



Nature Picture Library Wants List 2014-2021

This list is a compilation of wants lists compiled over the last 2 years and focuses on popular or in demand subjects which we don’t hold or on which we need new coverage. We encourage existing contributors to include items from the wants list in their submissions, and potential new contributors should check if they have coverage on these subjects but contact us via email first before submitting.

November 2021

Images that show hummingbirds in their habitat, where the bird is small in the frame with a prominent sense of its surroundings.

October 2021

Paedophryne amauensis – world’s smallest frog (Papua New Guinea) discovered 2012

Brookesia nana – world’s smallest chameleon, discovered Madagascar 2021

Boreogadus saida, known as the polar cod or as the Arctic cod

July 2021

Decommissioned / dismantled wind turbines

June 2021

Shrike larder – showing several prey items stored together

New images of European mammals and birds suitable for calendar use

April 2021

Western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)

Yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni)

Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)

Williamson's mouse-deer (Tragulus williamsoni)

The black musk deer or dusky musk deer (Moschus fuscus)

Muntjac deer sub-species (Muntiacus muntjak nigripes)

Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus)

Hainan hare (Lepus hainanus)

East Asian finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri)

March 2021

Sparklemuffin (peacock spider), native to Australia

February 2021

Alaska Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) the most landed fish in North America, worth over a billion dollars annually.

Box jellyfish – considered the most venomous marine animal. Clear, full body images, underwater.

January 2021

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis), North America, spraying offensive odour, mist visible. Should be in a defensive stance, with tail erect.

Two sarcastic fringeheads (Neoclinus blanchardi) fighting for their territory, mouths expanded. Also general portraits of the species, especially shots that show comparison between expanded mouth and mouth at rest. Pacific ocean / USA / California.

September 2020

Brazilian treehopper (Bocydium globulare) – clear view of body/headdress

Man-faced Stink Bug (Catacanthus incarnatus) – clear view of “man-face”

Bearded palm weevil (Rhinostomus barbirostris) – drilling into vegetation

June 2020

Pair or sequence of images of same chameleon (any species) showing colour change.

April 2020

tiger trade, tiger farm, tiger captive in USA images

March 2020

Image of an Egyptian plover cleaning a crocodile’s mouth – a symbiotic relationship photographed in the wild. Digital composites may be accepted but must be declared

February 2020

Impactful images (suitable for double page spread) that deal with the state of the earth. For example: soil erosion, flooding, air pollution, garbage, deforestation, fire, extinction of wildlife.

Even better if there are animals / people in the images. To be clear, we’re not asking for photos of a species that is threatened in general by (e.g. deforestation). The image must explicitly show the effects of (deforestation) on that species, within a single frame.

Globally Endangered / Vulnerable species

We are especially interested in images of these species photographed in the wild.

• Nelson's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni) photographed in the wild

• Dakota Skipper (Hesperia dacotae) - North American butterfly

• Barrens Topminnow (Fundulus julisia). This little fish lives solely in the Barrens Plateau region of Tennessee

• Andean Night Monkey (Aotus miconax) - cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Peru

• Sclater's guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri) - monkey native to the tropical forest habitat of Nigeria in West Africa

• Hispaniolan Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta) - Hispaniola / Dominican Republic / Haiti

• Red-capped Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus) - west-central coast of Africa.

• Hungarian Birch Mouse (Sicista trizona)

• Menabe Monkey Grasshopper (Tetefortina lohenae) - Madagascar

• Tokyo Bitterling (Tanakia tanago) - freshwater fish from Japan

• Mexican Orange Beauty (Brachypelma baumgarteni), found only in the coastal region of the Sierra Madre del Sur, west of the Balsas River Basin, Mexico

• Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) - inhabits the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States.

• San José Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus mansuetus) - found only on San José Island, Mexico

• Paramo Toad (Nannophryne cophotis) - has been recorded from the Regions of Ancash (Pallasca), Cajamarca, and La Libertad (Santiago de Chuco and Otuzco), in Peru.

• Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus), Pakistan.

• Splendid Toadfish (Sanopus splendidus) This species is only known in the Caribbean Sea from two localities: Isla Cozumel off Mexico and Glover's Reef off Belize.

• Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae) - occurs in the foothills and subtropical zone of the Andean east slope in Ecuador, two adjacent east-slope valleys in Colombia, and the Cordillera del Cóndor in Peru. Fairly common in Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador.

• Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) - has historically been recorded from central Peru, and west-central lowland Ecuador to south-west Colombia.

• Confusing Rocket Frog (Ectopoglossus confusus - formerly Anomaloglossus confusus) - this species is known to occur in the the evergreen foothill forests of Ecuador and lower montane forests of the western slope of the Andes

• Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) - found in Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand

• Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - found in Angola; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; The Democratic Republic of Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Tanzania; Uganda

• Any species of rhino ray / wedgefish / guitarfish

• Roloway Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana roloway) - endemic to Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

• Giant Eland (Tragelaphus derbianus) - Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Guinea; Mali; Senegal; South Sudan

• Heuglin's Gazelle (Eudorcas tilonura) - Eritrea; Ethiopia; Sudan

• Maccullochella macquariensis (Australian trout cod, freshwater species) - Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)

• Galaxias pedderensis (Australian freshwater fish) - Australia (Tasmania)

January 2020

Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) in flight / gliding

December 2019

Sphaerodactylus ariasae, commonly called the Jaragua sphaero or the Jaragua dwarf gecko – said to be the world’s smallest reptile.

November 2019

Megalania sp. Extinct giant monitor lizard from Australia – fossil, reconstruction or illustration

October 2019

Seaweed species:

Rhodymenia pacifica

Prionitis spp.

Chondracanthus corymbiferus

Mazzaella splendens

Plocamium pacificum

Cladophora columbiana

Costaria costata

Laminaria setchellii

Alaria marginata

Egregia menziesii

September 2019

People enjoying the UK countryside, people of all ages and diversity, whether it’s a walker in the distance (epic) or a person holding a butterfly (detail).

Swallows or house martins massing (on wires for example) prior to autumn migration

Hobby (Falco Subbuteo) in UK especially young birds hunting in late summer-autumn

Partula Tree Snails

All eight species of pangolins, but especially Asian Pangolins

Purple Frog (from India)

Aye Ayes

Asian Lions

Mountain Chicken Frog

Angel Sharks

Obscure salamanders e.g: Lake Lerma Salamander, Taylor’s Salamander, Chinese Giant Salamander

Hainan Gibbons

Golden mole rat

Obscure Killifish, eg Nothobranchius sainthousei, mangrove Killifish

African Cichlids: eg;Mangarahara, Lemon, Sardine Cichlids,

August 2019:

11 new frog species from the Ecuadorian Andes, formally described on 1st Aug 2019:

Pristimantis atillo

Pristimantis chomskyi

Pristimantis gloria

Pristimantis jimenezi

Pristimantis lutzae

Pristimantis multicolor

Pristimantis nangaritza

Pristimantis teslai

Pristimantis torresi

Pristimantis totoroi

Pristimantis verrucolatus

Urban coyotes

Urban rats USA (only have a couple of Minden images)

Spider Anapisona simoni

June 2019

Chameleons: eggs, egg laying, babies, live birth in some species such as Jackson’s chameleon or Cape Dwarf chameleon.

May 2019

Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina)

Pristimantis tiktik

Galbula pastazae (Coppery-chested Jacamar)

Chaetocercus bombus (Little Woodstar)

Alaskan wood frog (Rana sylvatica) freezing and thawing – stills and video needed

Meteorites – recent stills and video of meteorite craters large and small worldwide

FOOTAGE of bioluminescent animals/plants/fungi/microorganisms

March 2019

Brazilian merganser - Mergus octosetaceus

West African manatee – Trichechus senegalensis (we have no images of this species)

Dec 2018

Blue-throated hillstar hummingbird (Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus) – recently discovered in Ecuadorian Andes

Nov 2018

Dayak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) – especially lactating males nursing young.

Phyllaplysia taylori (Taylor's seahare / sea slug)

Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedaries) showing mating display where you see the dulla organ (also spelled doula or dhula) quite clearly – an inflatable sac that the male extends from the mouth.

Largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis)

Oct 2018

Spittlebugs spitting bubbles

Foam grasshopper with poison yellow bubbles/froth

Clear shot of betta fish / Siamese fighting fish bubble nest

Sept 2018

‘Vampire moths’ – blood-feeding moths in the genus Calyptra

June 18

Reindeer scraping antlers on ground to clear snow and get at food in winter

Black panther (melanistic leopard) – any coverage, especially in the wild

Moon rat (Echinosorex gymnure) - Malaysia

Otter shrews (e.g. Giant otter shrew, Potamogale velox) - Africa

Solenodons (Cuba / Haiti)

Manis culionensis (Philippine Pangolin)

Phataginus tetradactyla (Black-bellied Pangolin)

Smutsia gigantea (Giant Ground Pangolin)

Octopus beak

Inside a leatherback turtles mouth

May 18

Hawaiian honeycreepers – showing diversity of bill shape

Moa fossils or illustrations (extinct giant birds from New Zealand)

Bowerbirds mating

Birds migrating across straits of Gibraltar or Bosphorus

Hesperornis fossil or illustration (extinct giant swimming bird)

Hoatzin young showing claws on wings

Fossil birds from Liaoning in China, showing feathers

Theropod fossils especially from Liaoning, China

Tailorbird at nest, especially sewing leaves together

Polynesian megapode (Megapodius pritcardii) from Tonga, especially nests in volcanic ash

Diatryma or Gastins – extinct giant flightless birds (fossils or illustration)

Illustrations or fossils of very early mammal species

Duck or goose plucking feathers from breast to create brood pouch

Birds nesting close to wasp or bee nests for protection (Australia or SE Asia)

Pakistani or Sindh mastiff or Bully Kutta (rare dog breed)

March 18

Pinus taeda (loblolly pine)

Pygmy parrots (Genus Micropsitta)

Common dolphin (Delphinus) or Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) off Land’s End, Cornwall

Feb 18

dragonfly or another water insect laying eggs on windows on solar panels, confusing them for water

Nov 17

Giant ibis - Thaumatibis gigantean – critically endangered species mostly confined to northern and eastern Cambodia.

Oct 17

Lepista saeva  /  Field Blewitt

UNESCO World Heritage Sites (all cultural sites plus coverage on natural sites where we have little or no coverage – check our site first for details).

Sept 17

Carex depauperata (starved wood-sedge) and Crepis foetida (stinking hawk’s beard)

*Blobfish (Psychrolutes phrictus or marcidus) deep sea species, one from North Pacific, other waters around Australia and New Zealand

May 2017

Barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma)

April 2017

Poitea carinalis - National Flower of Dominica

Illacme plenipes – worlds leggiest millipede

Frogs / Toads

Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) male with babies in mouth

Surinam toad (Pipa pipa) with babies in back membrane

Jan 2017

• Assassin spider / pelican spider – e.g. Eriauchenius workmani or other members of Archaeidae family, showing long fangs at end of jaws; long, crane-like neck used to strike from a distance

• Peacock spiders: (Maratus sp.) Male in mating pose. Dance ritual

• Happy-face spider: Theridion grallator

• Mirror spider: Thwaitesia sp.

Dec 2016

Carnivorous plant capturing an insect - sequence

Nov 2016

Magician’s cone shell Conus magus especially catching prey (W. Pacific esp Philippines)

Venomous toadfish Thalassophryne nattereri (West Atlantic – especially off coast of Brazil)

Porcupine River Stingray Potamotrygon hystrix (South America)

Oct 2016

Melting permafrost

August 2016

Insects, especially colourful ones (butterflies / beetles / dragonflies) that are classified as endangered or vulnerable species.

Sea wasp Box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri (very venomous – Australia and New Guinea)

July 2016

Overweight or obese horses (domesticated).

Caño Cristales River in Serrania de la Macarena, Meta Department, Colombia – known as the River of Five Colours (red colour from an aquatic plant).

Wildlife / landscapes of Cuba:

Endangered Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai, 

Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, 

Endangered Cuban Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata inexpectata,

Gundlach’s Hawk Accipiter gundlachi,

Blue-headed Quail-dove Starnoenas cyanocephala 

Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis.

Cuban gar

Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma

Maria La Gorda

Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs)

Salto Fino: Caribbean's highest waterfall

Peninsula de Guanahacabibes: 100 lakes

Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve: orchids

Cuchillas de Toa Biosphere Reserve: rainforest with cloud forests, coral reefs, mangroves, Cuban land snail

Baconao Biosphere Reserve: thousands of land crabs, outdoor car museum and concrete dinosaur park

Cayo Guillermo: pelicans, pink flamingos, tropical fish, white sand and dunes

Poisonous snakes:

Atractaspis bibronii Southern burrowing asp (southern Africa)

Bungarus caeruleus Common krait (Asia)

Bungarus multicinctus Many-banded krait (Asia)

Bungarus flaviceps – Red-headed krait

Daboia/Vipera palaestinae Viper from Middle East

Micropechis ikaheka New Guinea small-eyed snake

Micrurus frontalis Coral snake from S America

Rhabdophis subminiatus Red-necked keelback – S.E. Asia

Gloydius brevicaudus – pitviper endemic to Korea and China

June 2016

Domestic dog with hackles raised (piloerection / hairs on back and tail standing on end)

May 2016

Heleophryne regis (Royal ghost frog from Cape Province South Africa)　- whole body

Chitra indica (Indian narrow-head softshell turtle) - whole body

Zootoca vivipara (Common lizard) – giving birth to live young (or with newborn young)

Tiliqua gigas (Indonesian blue-tongued skink) - with its blue tonque out (NB. we have one Chris Mattison studio image)

Lake Retba in Senegal

April 2016

South American freshwater fish:

Suriname Eartheater - Geophagus promixus

Pantanal Eartheater - Satanoperca pappaterra

Black Adonis Pleco - Acanthicus hystrix (live fish)

Giant Whiptail Catfish - Pseudohemiodon laticeps

Apistogramma Inka - Apistogramma baenshi

Golden dwarf cichlid - Nannacara anomala

Zamia - Zamia neurophyllidia (South American plant)

Reptiles and amphibians

|Bolitoglossa mexicana |Mexican mushroom-tongue salamander |

|Barbourula kalimantanensis |Bornean flat-headed frog - first species discovered with no lungs |

|Fajervarya cancrivora |Crab-eating frog (Borneo) |

|Macrochelys suwanniensis |Suwannee snapping turtle - new species from USA |

|Chelydra rossignonii |Central American snapping turtle |

|Chelydra acutirostris |South American snapping turtle, previously considered subspecies of Chelydra serpentina |

|Phrynosoma platyrhinos – bleeding from eyes |Desert horned lizard |

|Phrynocephalus mystaceus　– threat display |Toadhead Agama from Iran, Central Asia |

|Phrynocephalus versicolor – lifting tail |Variegated toadhead agama, Mongolia |

|Furcifer lateralis male or pregnant female |Jewel/carpet chameleon |

|Brookesia micra |Smallest chameleon from Madagascar |

|Goniurosaurus luii |Pingxiang cave gecko |

Tor putitora – Golden mahseer, an endangered freshwater fish from the Himalayan region / S Asia.

Agrilus planipennis – Emerald ash borer beetle

March 2016

Bioluminescent millipede aglow (Motyxia spp) (warning communication)

Tiger spider (Poecilotheria rajaei)

Pinkfoot goliath (Theraphosa apophysis)

Aphpnopelma paloma –smallest tarantula

Tarantula limb regeneration

Tarantula emerging from silk nest in tree

Tarantula brushing off urticating hairs

Any animal catching or eating a tarantula

Child holding a tarantula

Two photos showing how frogfish change color to match surroundings

Smooth frogfish guarding eggs

Psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica)

Peacock jumping spider (Maratus Volans)

February 2016

Kangaroo rat jumping (longest jump of any mammal – 45x body length)

October 2015

Bolas spider (Mastophora hutchinsoni or Dicrostichus magnificus)

Velvet spider (Stegodyphus lineatus) - especially the young eating the mother

Deep sea creatures:

Munidopsidae

Shinkaia crosnieri

Satyrichthys amiscus , Jordan&Starks

Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert and Burke

Symphurus orientalis

Helicolenus hilgendorfi

Ongoing need for the following for calendars (striking images, clean and beautiful!)

Big Cats

Whales & Dolphins

Penguins

Wildflowers

National Parks – US particularly

Mountains

New Zealand landscapes

German landscapes

UK scenics – meandering paths

September 2015

• Pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncates) – the smallest species of armadillo

• Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug)

• Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)

August 2015

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) – sequence of at least 3 images showing egg hatching (other marine turtle species also useful)

July 2015

Sea slug (Jorunna parva) nicknamed “sea bunny” due to resemblance to rabbit

Landscapes of Loch Lomond and North York Moors

Strong landscapes of UK National Parks generally

Gelsemium elegans (poisonous plant native to India and China)

Palythoa toxica (poisonous zoanthid native to Hawaii)

Yachts with fireworks or Christmas lights – must reproduce at large size

Sucker footed bat (Myzopoda aurita), showing suction-cup feet

Sequence of images showing retreat of ice (e.g. glacier) over time.

June 2015

Megascolides australis, Giant Gippsland earthworm (Australia)

May 2015

Images of a certain area taken over several decades (or years), where a significant change of the landscape is obvious. Could be images of receding ice/glaciers, expanding deserts,  flooded areas, etc. Dates and exact location should be provided.

April 2015

Any pangolin species, photographed in the wild.

(Ant species)

Cardiocondyla pirata

Martialis heureka

Ampulex dementor

Eoperipatus totoros

Campsicnemus popeye

Dreadnoughtus schrani

Dendropsophus Ozzyi

Jaggermevyx naida

Alvniconcha strummeri

Sphinx Moth species - Hemeroplanes ornatus

March 2015

Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) – we have no pictures at all of this endangered species.

African plants:

Moabi or African pearwood tree (Baillonella toxisperma) – endemic to Congo basin

African teak (Pericopsis elata)

Manniophyton africanum – useful/medicinal plant

Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus, formerly Nectarinia chalybea) feeding

Tarzan chameleon (Calumma tarzan) endemic to Alaotra-Mangoro region of Madagascar

Queen Alexandra’s birdwing butterfly – largest in world (Ornithoptera alexandrae) native to New Guinea – any images of live butterfly or larva

New Guinea Crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae)

Noisy scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus) – endangered, SW Australia only

Woolly spider monkey (Brachyteles arachnoides) preferably in the wild

Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) also preferably in the wild

Blonde capuchin monkey (Sapajus flavius) from Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Black-faced lion tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara) critically endangered from same region

Red-tailed amazon parrot (Amazona brasiliensis)

Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) – endangered tree from Atlantic Forest

Pau-Brazil tree (Caesalpinia echinata)

Jucara palm from Atlantic Forest (Euterpe edulis)

Valdivian Forests of Chile

Monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides) small marsupial

Chilean cat, Guigna or Kodkod (Leopardus guigna) – small wild cat

Northern Great Plains

Strong shots of prairie dog colonies with lots of burrows or animals showing

Caribbean

Splendid toadfish (Sanopus splendidus)

Graysby (Cephalopholis cruentata/cruentatus)

Black spiny sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) in Caribbean region

February 2015

Shark species – live images of adult shark underwater

|Mitsukurina owstoni |Goblin shark |

|Heterodontus japonicus |Japanese bullhead shark |

|Squatina japonica |Japanese angelshark |

|Cirrhigaleus barbifer |Mandarin dogfish |

|Dalatias licha |Kitefin shark |

|Isistius plutodus |Largetooth cookiecutter shark |

|Somniosus pacificus |Pacific sleeper shark |

|Pristophorus sp. |Saw shark |

|Cephaloscyllium umbratile |Blotchy swellshark |

|Pseudotriakis acrales |False catshark |

|Mustelus griseus |Spotless smooth-hound |

|Triakis scyllium |Banded houndshark |

|Negaprion acutidens |Sharptooth lemon shark (1 pic) |

Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)

Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)

Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) groups, coming ashore at night

Macaroni penguin colonies (Eudyptes chrysolophus)

January 2015

Cuban bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) especially in display flight or showing size comparison (world’s smallest bird)

Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) carrying its young in its mouth

Wolverine Frog (also known as hairy frog or horror frog) - Trichobatrachus robustus

bombardier beetle

pistol shrimp

immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

Deep sea species: Psychrolutes phrictus (Blob sculpin),Shinkaia crosnieri (Squat lobster), Careproctus rastrinus (Salmon snailfish), Galeus nipponensis (Broadfin sawtail catshark), Mitsukurina owstoni (Goblin shark)

December 2014

Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)

Underwater images from Sri Lanka (including images with divers)

Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica

The Amazon River (Amazonas itself, not tributaries)

THE TAPAJÓS RIVER BASIN, Brazil

Juruena National Park, Brazil

Dams / hydroelectric power in the Amazon

November 2014

Large-clawed or Israeli gold scorpion (Scorpio maurus)

Homosexual behaviour in animals

Green belt land

September 2014

Rainforest destruction by burning, fires out of control in rainforest areas, smoke/smog caused by such fires (verticals and horizontals, recent images). Also need strong recent dramatic drought images from all parts of the world.

Intensive cattle grazing on land cleared from rainforest.

Images to convey methane trapped in Arctic permafrost.

Tailorbird nest or building nest showing how it sows the leaves together.

July 2014

Royal Splinter Crane Fly (Gnophomyia elsneri). A UK BAP priority species.

Gigantopithecus blacki – extinct ape

June 2014

Dye murex (Bolinus/Haustellum brandaris)

Candiru or toothpick fish (Vandellia cirrhosa) parasitic fish from Amazon and Orinoco basins

May 2014

Goblin shark

Frilled shark

German landscapes

German coasts

New Zealand landscapes

Emperor penguins

Calendar friendly sea turtles

American songbirds (available to US clients)

Mountain lion / puma

February – April 2014

Bottlenose dolphin or other dolphin species giving birth

Parmaturus pilosus Salamander catshark

Hemitriakis japanica Japanese gray shark/Japanese topeshark

Oxynotus japonicus Japanese roughshark

Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara saddle carpetshark

Mustelus griseus Spotless smooth-hound

Carcharhinus dussumieri Widemouth Blackspot Shark

Halaelurus buergeri Blackspotted Catshark

Squalus mitsukurii Shortspine spurdog / shortspine dogfish

Mustelus manazo Starspotted smooth-hound

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai Crocodile shark

Somniosus pacificus Pacific Sleeper Shark

Centroscymnus owstonii Roughhskin dogfish

Centrophorus acus (syn. Centrophorus steindachneri) Steindachner's Dogfish / Needle Dogfish

Etmopterus lucifer Blackbelly lanternshark

Scyliorhinus tokubee Izu catshark

Proscyllium venustum (syn. Proscyllium habereri) Graceful catshark

Rhinochimaera pacifica Knifenose Chimaera

Rhizoprionodon acutus Milk shark

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Barbelthroat Carpetshark

Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus Daggernose Shark

Loxodon macrorhinus Jordan's Blue Dogshark

Poroderma pantherinum Leopard catshark

Ice circles – circles which form on slow-moving rivers and lakes by rotation of current (especially in North America and Scandinavia).

Extreme weather conditions of 2014 – very low temperatures in North America, heatwave in Australia, storms and floods in Europe (bold, dramatic images)

African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) – West Africa from Senegal to Angola (IUCN red list vulnerable)

Kipunji or Highland mangabey (Rungwecebus kipunji) – Tanzania (discovered in 2003, critically endangered)

Amazon River in Brazil showing width and size (including towns on Amazon and mouth of Amazon).

All cycad species in the wild

Cape Verde – any wildlife or environmental coverage, especially related to sharks, rays, marine turtles or fisheries.

Female domesticated water buffalo

Deep-sea blobfish (Psychrolutes phrictus)

Chinese giant salamander

Lyrebird displaying

X-Ray Tetra (Pristella maxillaris)

Juan Fernández Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis)

Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego

Emei moustache toad (Vibrissaphora boringii) showing spines

New images of naked mole rats

Flying squirrels from South East Asia

January 2014

The Sarcastic fringehead, Neoclinus blanchardi, especially with open mouth

Okapi, (Okapia johnstoni), looking for wild shots particularly but good captive shots also welcome.

Gnathamitermes tubiformans – desert termites – pictures of the termites and also the tubes structures they build around plants

Earthworm underground

The following cetaceans:

North Atlantic Right Whale

North Pacific Right Whale

Pygmy Right Whale

Omura’s Whale

Australian Snubfin Dolphin

Indian Humpbacked Dolphin

Atlantic Humpback Dolphin

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Arnoux’s Beaked Whale

Southern Bottlenose Whale

Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale

Sowerby’s Beaked Whale

Andrew’s Beaked Whale

Hubbs’ Beaked Whale

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Gervais’ Beaked Whale

Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale

Gray’s Beaked Whale

Hector’s Beaked Whale

Strap-Toothed Whale

True’s Beaked Whale

Perrin’s Beaked Whale

Pygmy Beaked Whale

Stejneger’s Beaked Whale

Sheperd’s Beaked Whale

Boto Franciscana

Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise

Guitar Shark - Rhynchobatus djiddensis

Neocapritermes taracua –older worker termites explode when attacked

Alps – Landscapes

Paths – mystical and dreamy, leading away from viewer into image

German landscapes, beautiful scenery etc

Tropical beaches

Deep sea material

Blobfish, Psychrolutes marcidus

Snot-Flower Worm, bone-eating snot flower worm, zombie worm, Osedax mucofloris

Bloodybelly jellyfish, Lampocteis cruentiventer

Spookfish or Barreleye Spookfish, Macropinna microstoma

Deep Sea Sea-cucumber, Enypniastes eximia

Bristle Worm or Pompeii Worm, Alvinella pompejana

Vampire Squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis

October 2013

Bumblebee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai

Aquarium fish (both home and commercial aquaria)

Obscure endangered species (especially in the wild), such as:

zebra duiker (Cephalophus zebra)

marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna)

Asian / Oriental small clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)

The kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called guiña, the smallest cat in the Americas

Examples of unusual reproductive processes (eg gynogenesis):

Poecilia formosa (Amazon guppy)

Ophryotrocha puerilis (polychaete worm)

Pseudocerus bifurcus (flatworm)

Snowdrops in snow (new material)

Britain in “Big Freeze” of 62/3– frozen rivers, huge snowdrifts

Blackcaps at a bird table

An image of the yew in Fortingall graveyard (considered Britain’s oldest tree)

Bradypus pygmaeus (Pygmy Three-toed Sloth)

Neofelis diardi – Bornean / Diard’s clouded leopard

Pheasant chicks (with and without parent)

Violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)

Deadwood habitat in a garden (UK if possible)

Enchanters Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)

Arion hortensis - Garden slug /small striped slug /black field slug

Arion lusitanicus - Spanish /Portuguese slug

NEW images of…

lynx (Lynx lynx)

puma (Felis / Puma concolor)

dolphins (all species)

domestic cats not in studios

meerkats

UK peatbogs and destruction of peat habitat – lowland and upland in different locations

Male and female polar bear together – esp courtship and mating

Male and female gorilla together – esp courtship and mating

Harpy eagle in flight especially carrying monkey prey (Harpia harpyja)

Pine Sawyer Beetle (Ergates spiculatus) – adult, larva, bore holes in wood, close-up of jaws (North America)

South West Australia biodiversity hotspot, especially the tall Jarrah and Karri forests, birds or honey possums feeding on endemic plants and numbats in the wild.:

- Pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis, VU)

- Banksia plants

- Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos spp.)

- Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)

- Marri (E. calophylla)

- Karri (E. diversicolor)

- Carnaby's black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris, EN)

- Noisy scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus, VU)

- Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

- Quokka (Setonix brachyurus, VU)

- Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU)

- Gilbert’s potoroo (Potorous gilberti, CR)

- Western swamp turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina, CR)

- Yinnietharra rock dragon (Ctenophorus yinnietharra, VU)

- Lake Cronin snake (Echiopsis atriceps, VU)

- Turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii)

- Nicholl's toadlet (Metacrinia nichollsi)

- Sandhill frog (Arenophryne rotunda)

- Harlequin frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea, VU)

- Yellow-bellied frog (Geocrinia vitellina, VU)

Pyura chilensis (tunicate or sea squirt which is a popular delicacy in Chile)

The following biodiversity hotspots (landscapes, species in habitat and typical/endemic species):

Tropical Andes (montane forests, puna and paramo across Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador)

Atlantic Forest of Brazil (also Selva Atlantica of Argentina and small part of Paraguay)

Cerrado, Brazil (tropical savanna including wet savanna and gallery forests)

Guinean forests of West Africa from Sierra Leone to Cameroon

East African Coastal Forest from southern Somalia to southern Mozambique

Caucasus Mountains

Indo-Burmese region (Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and parts of India, Bangladesh, China and Thailand)

New Caledonia

East Melanesia (Solomon Islands/Vanuatu)

Himalayas (China, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan)

Irano-Anatolian region (steppe, dry forest and mountains across Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbajan)

Galapagos - Strong horizontal images showing landscape, with or without wildlife

Kiwis – any species showing birds in the wild or in suitable NZ habitat

La Reunion island in Indian Ocean – wildlife, landscapes, travel images.

Peacock spider (Maratus volans) from Australia – a tiny jumping spider. Also other peacock spider species.

Sea ducks (Merginae) underwater (eiders, scoters or sawbills).

April 2013

Images showing mathematical abilities of animals and especially scientific experiments into this area.

New images of the following species:

• Adelie Penguin

• Amur Leopards

• Asian Elephant

• Bengal Tiger

• Black Rhino

• Bottlenose Dolphin

• Giant Panda

• Mountain Gorilla

• Orangutan

• Polar Bear

• Snow Leopard

• Hawksbill Turtle

• Jaguar

• Mexican wolves

• Candian lynx

• Arctic hare

• Horned puffin

• American barn owl

• American river otter

• Brown pelican

• Emerald hummingbird

• American crocodile

• Pacific seahorse (Hippocampus ingens)

• Darwin’s fox

• Black panther/melanistic jaguars

• Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)

• Meerkats

• Okapi

• Honey badger

• Red panda

• Pygmy elephant

• Indochinese tiger

• White-cheeked crested gibbon

• Douc langur

• Great hammerhead shark

• Tasmanian devil

Calendar subjects where we need fresh coverage annually:

Tigers (wild)

Wolves (wild)

Big cats (wild)

Butterflies

Dolphins

Elephants

Frogs

Hummingbirds

Owls

Pandas

Penguins

Polar Bears

Songbirds

Turtles

Cats and dogs (not in studio) – natural settings!!

Tropical beaches

Endangered Species 

With the single species titles it’s useful to have a variety of life stages and behaviours too. It is useful to have horizontal, vertical and images that will crop to square. Again, images must be of stand-out calendar quality.

Japanese giant hornet

Whales bearing scars of giant squid attacks(!)

GOLDEN-RUMPED ELEPHANT SHREW (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus)

RED-LEGGED SUN SQUIRREL (Heliosciurus rufobrachium)

GIANT FOREST SQUIRREL (Protoxerus stangeri)

ALPINE HYRAX (Procavia johnstoni mackinderi)

AFRICAN PIPISTRELLE, BANANA BAT (Pipistrellus nanus)

New Zealand landscapes

Terrestrial images of wildlife in Egypt

Songbirds male and female together – eg thrush, warbler, robin (at or away from nest)

Caledonian crow – Corvus moneduloides

Guano Island Peru – Colony

Common poorwill - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Storks or Vultures defaecating on legs to lose heat by evaportation

Common swift nests

White throated swift- aeronauts saxatilis

Torpid hummingbirds

Passerine birds asleep on a perch

Grebes diving underwater

Kingfishers excavating nest holem

Comparison of puffins with paler beaks in winter

Electus parrot males and females

Turacos

Lammergier dust bathing in soil to get orange plumage

Barn owl pectinate claw,

Spruce grouse displays

Palm cockatoo drumming with stick display

Crested auklet pair

Kiwis (the bird)

Oilbirds at night and flying in cave

Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) where several humboldt squids are swimming underwater.

Geese – Whiffling

Albatrosses stumbling on land

Tit, finches or woodpeckers flying – with wings folded back completely

American woodcock

Pets

- Elderly dogs/cats

- Overweight dog/cats

- People looking for dog at a rescue centre, interacting with dogs

- Choosing a puppy from a breeder, puppies with parent dog(s), people interacting with puppies

- Choosing a kitten from breeder

- Mixed breeds in natural setting, not studio (i.e. Labradoodle – intentional mixes rather than ‘mongrels’)

- Dogs and cats in home setting – neutral/tastefully decorated homes if possible

Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)

Photos of Pizzlys or Grolars - a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly/brown bear.

European Insect pest species:

• Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

• Blue mint beetle (Chrysolina coerulans)

• Box tree caterpillar (Cydalima perspectalis)

• Golden root mealybug (Chryseococcus arecae)

• Olive sucker (Euphyllura olivina)

• Spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)

• Allium leaf miner (Phytomyza gymnostoma)

• Blueberry gall midge (Dasineura oxycoccana)

• Cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi)

• Fuchsia gall mite (Aculops fuchsiae)

• Green shield bug (Nezara viridula)

• Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) 

• Hydrangea scale (Pulvinaria hydrangeae)

• Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)

• Wisteria scale (Eulecanium excrescens)

• Citrus longhorn beetle (Anoplophora chinensis)

• Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)

Atacama Desert (Chile) in flower.

Madagascan pink winged stick insect Sipyloidea sipylus

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