Nactus Award 2009-2010 / Results
Category 2: Reptiles in their environment
David Northcott, Canyon Country, USA - Crocodylus porosus
Winner Nactus Award 2009-2010
We are extremely pleased to announce the winner of the 2009-2010 Nactus Award! This year's winner of our prestigious herpetological photography award is Mr. David A. Northcott from Canyon Country, CA, USA. Our on-line voters have selected his photograph as the most striking of all of the competition’s entries.
As the winner, Mr. Northcott will be accompanying the Exo Terra expedition team to Cameroon as the official expedition photographer. In addition, he will receive the 1.5 kg Nactus Award statuette. Category winners are awarded a certificate.
At this time, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the contestants. Our panel of judges found it quite challenging to select the 5 finalists for each category from amongst the hundreds of exceptional reptile and amphibian photographic entries that were received.
Of course, we owe a big "thank-you" to all of our on-line voters. The 2009-2010 Nactus Award would not have been the huge success it was, if it were not for the thousands of people who took the time to visit the Exo Terra web site to view and vote for their favourite nominee.
Emmanuel Van Heygen,
Exo Terra Product Manager
Category Winners 2009-2010
Category 1: Norbert Kaszycki, Lodz, Poland - Rana esculenta
Category 3: David Northcott, Canyon Country, USA - Theloderma corticale
Category 4: David Sucianto, Bogor, Indonesia - Tribolonotus gracilis
Category 5: Eigil Rasmussen, Soborg, Denmark - Furcifer pardalis
Category 6: Royden Lepp, Bothell, USA - Chamaeleo laterispinis
Category 7: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Atelopus spumarius barbotini
Voting results
Nominees
These are the nominated pictures for the Nactus Award 2009-2010.
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Category 1: Amphibians in their environment
1: Damon Bungard, Vermont, USA - Notophthalmus viridescens
2: Salvador Colvée, Alicante, Spain - Oedipina uniformis
3: Salvador Colvée, Alicante, Spain - Chioglossa lusitanica
4: Craig O’Connell, Stormville, USA - Rana clamitans
5: Norbert Kaszycki, Lodz, Poland - Rana esculenta
Category 2: Reptiles in their environment
1: Salvador Colvée, Alicante, Spain - Boa constrictor
2: Philipp Zerbe, Zürich, Switzerland- Anolis roquet summus
3: Benny Trapp, Wuppertal, Germany - Telescopus fallax
4: David Northcott, Canyon Country, USA - Crocodylus porosus
5: Sos Tibor, Brasov, Romania - Natrix tessellata
Category 3: Amphibian Portraits
1: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis
2: Peter Lewis, Stanford, USA - Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica
3: Joe Milmoe, Washington DC, USA - Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum
4: David Northcott, Canyon Country, USA - Theloderma corticale
5: Salvador Colvée, Alicante, Spain - Anotheca spinosa
Category 4: Reptile Portraits
1: Geoff Simpson, Derbyshire, UK - Lacerta agilis
2: David Sucianto, Bogor, Indonesia - Tribolonotus gracilis
3: Jemma Wilcock, York, UK - Morelia viridis
4: Andrew Gilpin, North Liberty, USA - Rhacodactylus chahoua
5: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Protobothrops mangshanensis
Category 5: Animal behaviour
1: Svetlana Kharchenko, New York, USA - Naja mossambica
2: Salvador Colvée, Alicante, Spain - Varanus albigularis
3: David Northcott, Canyon Country, USA - Rhacodactylus lechianus
4: Katrin Dannowski, Werdau, Germany - Meroles cuneirostris
5: Eigil Rasmussen, Soborg, Denmark - Furcifer pardalis
Category 6: Scientific Record
1: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Rhinoderma darwinii
2: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Anotheca spinosa
3: Andrew Gilpin, North Liberty, USA - Rhacodactylus ciliatus
4: Royden Lepp, Bothell, USA - Boa constrictor
5: Royden Lepp, Bothell, USA - Chamaeleo laterispinis
Category 7: Endangered species
1: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Rhinoderma darwini
2: Royden Lepp, Bothell, USA - Bradypodion uthmoelleri
3: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Atelopus spumarius barbotini
4: Danté B. Fenolio, Piedmont, USA - Atelopus zeteki
5: Benny Trapp, Wuppertal, Germany - Speleomantes supramontis
