Scott Shupe - The Florida Wildlife Encyclopedia

Copyright 2019 by Scott Shupe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.

Cover design by Rain Saukas

Cover photos by Scott Shupe

Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-2886-8

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-2891-2

Printed in China

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who contributed to the completion of this book. In no particular order, those individuals are:

Rob Mottice, senior aquarist at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for help in identifying freshwater fish species photographed at that facility.

David Wilkins, curator at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, South Carolina, for his help in identifying freshwater fish species photographed at his facility.

Larry Warner, North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, for his help in identifying freshwater fish species photographed at his facility.

The staff of the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, for help in identifying freshwater fish species photographed at that facility.

The staff at the Georgia Fish Center for helping identify minnow species photographed at that facility.

The staff at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center for help in identifying minnow species photographed at that facility.

Dave Frymire for helping the author secure herp specimens for photography and for allowing me to photograph several snake species in his possession.

John R. MacGregor for providing a number of reptile, amphibian, and mammal photographs used in this book.

Matthew R. Thomas for help in identifying several species of darters and minnows photographed by the author for this book as well as for his technical advice and ichthyological expertise; and for providing a large number of fish photographs used in the book.

Amy Berry, Clay Hill Memorial Forest and Nature Center, for providing fish and amphibian specimens for photography.

Dr. Gordon Weddle, Campbellsville University, for providing fish and amphibian specimens for photography.

Dr. Richard Kessler, Campbellsville University, for help collecting fish specimens for photography.

Jim Harrison and Kristin Wiley of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo for allowing the author to photograph snake species at their facility.

Judy Tipton for allowing me to photograph birds in her yard.

Matt Wagner and John Hardy from the Mississippi Museum of Natural History for helping to ID fishes photographed in aquariums at that facility.

Brainard Palmer-Ball of the Kentucky Ornithological Society for help identifying fall warblers photographed by the author for this book.

Candy McNamee for several photo contributions and for guiding the author on a search for migratory birds along the Texas coast.

Karen Finch for guiding the author in a search for migratory birds in south Florida.

Dr. Tim Spier, Murray State University, for his help in collecting fish specimens for photography.

John Hewlett who accompanied the author in the field and helped locate and collect fish and reptile specimens for photography.

James Kiser for providing several hard-to-get photographs used in this book.

Loren Taylor for help in locating contributing bird photographers.

The Staff of the Appalachicola National Estuarine Reserve for helping to identify fish species photographed at their facility.

The Staff of the Guano Tolomota Matanzas National Estuarine Reserve for helping to identify fish species photographed at their facility.

Jack Richardson for allowing the author to photograph fish at his facility.

Tony Austin and the staff of the Rio Pinar Country Club in Orlando, Florida, for allowing the author to access their properties to photograph Shermans Fox Squirrels.

Dr. Adam Kaeser, US Fish and Wildlife Service, for his photo contribution.

Frans Vermeulen, www.itrainsfishes.net, for photo contri-bution.

Don Martin of Don Martin Bird Photography for contributing several of the more excellent bird photos in the book.

T. Travis Brown for his photo contributions

David Speiser, www.lilibirds.com, for several professional quality bird photo contributions.

Jeffrey Offereman for his photo contribution.

Konrad Schmidt of North America Native Fish Association for contributions of several great fish photos.

Brian Zimmerman, www.ZimmermansFish.com, for several quality fish photo contributions.

Cheryl Tanner for her photo contribution.

Chris Crippen for photo contribution.

John Williams for his photo contribution.

Fishing with Pole for photo contributions.

Dr. Edmund Zimmerer, professor emeritus of biology at Murray State University, for his photo contributions.

Tim Johnson for his photo contribution and for his help locating other wildlife photographers.

Aubrey Pawlikowski of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for her photo contribution.

Kyle S. Shupe for being the authors eyes and ears during wildlife photography excursions across the southeastern United States.

Victor G. Ferenzi for his photo contribution.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for permission to download and use photos from their Flickr site.

Corey Raimond for his photo contributions.

US Fish and Wildlife Service for photo contribution.

Sandeep Gangadharan for his photo contribution.

Dan Scolaro for his photo contributions.

Greg Schechter for his photo contribution.

Brett Albanese of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for several fish photo contributions.

Jenifer Wisniewski of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for assistance in acquiring needed photographs.

Alan Cressler for his photo contributions.

Whit Gibbons, professor emeritus of ecology at University of Georgia, for assistance in locating photos of Florida herpetofauna.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admistration/Department of Commerce/NOAH Library and SEFSC Pacagoula Laboratory and collection of Brandi Noble for several fish photos.

Howard Jelks and Noel Burkhead, US Geological Survey, for several fish photo contributions.

J.D. Willson for contributing several reptile and fish photos.

Jake Scott for several outstanding photos of Florida herpetofauna.

W. Mike Howell for providing several important fish photos.

Thanks also to the North American Native Fish Association (NANFA) website, which hosts many of the fish photographers whose photos appear in this book.