Photos needed for publication!

[boa10jeh]

Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out. I graduated with a degree in Zoology last July from the University of Sheffield in the UK having studied the evolution of the wide diversity of colours seen in poison dart frogs for my dissertation. This piece of work recieved a very high mark and I have been told it is potentially publishable in a herpetological journal.
The problem is this: with the paper being on diversity of colours, it would be very useful to have photographs to demonstrate this. Of course I cannot use photos off the internet without the express permission of the photographers/owners, which would be a very time consuming process.
I was wondering if anyone here had photographs of any species of Dendrobatid from the list below (they have to have been taken by the person who sends them), or if anyone keeps any species of Dendrobatid of which they could take photographs? I of course will need to know the species, and in the case of Oophaga pumilio and Ranitomeya imitator the locality of that colour population.
If anyone is able to help, I will need a statement along with the photograph which says that you are happy for the photograph to be used in a scientific publication, or that it can be reproduced in the public domain. I am more than happy to acknowledge photographers should I manage to get my paper submitted.
Thanks very much in advance for looking at this post. Please feel free to pass on this post if you know of anyone who might be willing to help.
Jane

I need:
-as many different colours of Oophaga pumilio as possible
several different species of the genera:
-Phyllobates
-Dendrobates
-Oophaga
-Ranitomeya
-Epipedobates
-Allobates
-Colostethus
-as I said, I need several different colours and patterns of Ranitomeya imitator, and ideally the species they imitate in different regions (eg. Dendrobates variabilis, Dendrobates fantasticus, Dendrobates ventrimaculata
-I would also like to include a case study of similarities between the Dendrobatids of Central and South America and the Mantellas of Madagascar, so any Mantella pictures would also be appreciated.

Thanks again!

[UncleChester]

Sorry you haven't received any response here, you might try a search for photos with an appropriate creative commons license:

CC Search

For example, searching for Oophaga pumilio on flickr with even the most restrictive 'free' license gives nearly 50 photos and would be a good way to find photographers who are both into dart frogs and are willing to publish images under various free licenses.

Best of luck!

[flybyferns]

A basic Google search ....... photos dart frogs
Also includes where the photo originated from

https://www.google.com/search?q=phot...w=1251&bih=580

Lynn

[boa10jeh]

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll check those out!

[spock22a]

Another possibility: try contacting any zoos or aquariums near you that could potentially have the types of frogs you need. They would probably have really accurate data on species, and would most likely be willing to let you take photos or use some of their own.

[jbigtoe]

I don't have any pictures either, but sometimes I search Flikr for photos to use at school and email the photographers for permission to use them. I am rarely denied permission. Some of those guys are REALLY GOOD!