Dear Zoochatters, As probably many of you know, I try to keep a photographic archive of my own photos with the maximum number of species possible, either animals, plants, fungi or whatever, extant or extinct, alive or preserved, etc. I know most of you probably would not favour this kind of photographic archive, accepting only f. e. alive animals, but for myself it works for getting many more species, altough of course I try to substitute photos when I obtain better ones - that includes substituting pics of preserved specimens by pics of alive ones if the latter are of enough quality. I was unsure about the section of the forum in which post this thread, but as it's a list based on my photographs, I decided to put it here. If it's wrongly placed please let me know or move it An overwhelming number of zoochatters are extremely obsessed here with tiger and leopard subspecies, and basically subspecies of all other kinds of animals tend to be ignored. For me, the important thing always has been and always will be the species, that is the basic biological unit. Subspecies are something more banal and I don't collect photos of them. I even remember to have being deleted my photos of some subspecies when substituting it by better photos of different subespecies of the same species. If one mind if a tiger is Sumatran or Siberian, then it would be more correct if they also mind if an European goldfinch is subspecies parva or if a beetle Sphenoptera pilosula is or is not of subspecies gadetinica. My curiosity leaded me to find how many non-nominate subespecies photos I have, despite not actively collecting subspecies photos. The count is probably incomplete as I didn't revised every of my pic folders, but it must be very close to reality. I didn't included extinct subspecies (for example I have an image of an extinct subspecies from a living species of snail, not included in the list). The next is a list of those non-nominate subspecies photographed by me. In bold, those alive, in bold and underlined, those photographed alive in the wild. It would be nice if other Zoochatters do equivalent lists and compare them here 1. Acanthacris ruficornis citrina 2. Aceraius grandis hirsutus 3. Acheron trux loquax 4. Acmaeodera crinita maroccana 5. Acmaeodera degener quatuordecimpunctata 6. Acmaeodera rubromaculata segurensis 7. Acrida ungarica mediterranea 8. Actias sinensis angulocaudata 9. Adelpha bredowii californica 10. Aegithalos caudatus taiti 11. Aegosoma sinicum hainanense 12. Agama lionotus dodomae 13. Agama stellio picea 14. Agapanthia cardui suturalis 15. Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori 16. Aglaomorpha histrio formosana (in the wild, but dead - in fact severely damaged and destroyed) 17. Agrias amydon phalcidon 18. Agrias hewitsonius beatifica 19. Agrilus albogularis artemisiae 20. Agrilus viridicaerulans rubi 21. Alauda gulgula wattersi 22. Albarracina warionis korbi 23. Alcedo atthis ispida 24. Alcelaphus buselaphus caama 25. Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii 26. Alectoris graeca saxatilis 27. Alisterus amboinensis buruensis 28. Alisterus amboinensis dorsalis 29. Alisterus chloropterus moszkowskii 30. Alvaradoia numerica disjecta 31. Amazona autumnalis diadema 32. Amazona autumnalis lilacina 33. Amazona autumnalis salvini 34. Amazona festiva bodini 35. Amblema plicata costata 36. Ammophila terminata mocsaryi 37. Ammotragus lervia fassini 38. Anas crecca carolinensis 39. Anas georgica spinicauda 40. Anas rhynchotis variegata 41. Ancistrocerus biphaleratus triphaleratus 42. Andrena pruinosa parata 43. Anisorrhina flavomaculata laeviplaga 44. Anthaxia millefolii polychloros 45. Anthaxia nigrojubata incognita 46. Anthaxia thalassophila iberica 47. Aotus azarae boliviensis 48. Aotus lemurinus griseimembra 49. Aphoenops ochsi reymondi 50. Apis dorsata breviligula 51. Appias lyncida vasava 52. Aprosmictus erythropterus coccineopterus 53. Apus pallidus brehmorum 54. Aquila chrysaetos daphanea 55. Ara militaris mexicana 56. Ara nobilis cumanensis 57. Aratinga nana astec 58. Aratinga wagleri minor 59. Arctictis binturong whitei 60. Ardea alba modesta 61. Arsenura ponderosa guianensis 62. Asterope leprieuri depuiseti 63. Astrapia splendidissima helios 64. Atelerix algirus caniculus 65. Ateles fusciceps rufiventris 66. Atlapetes rufinucha latinuchus 67. Atrophaneura dasarada hedistus 68. Atrophaneura oreon batuataensis 69. Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis 70. Automolus ochrolaemus cervinigularis 71. Babyrousa babyrussa celebensis 72. Barnardius barnardi macgillivrayi 73. Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi 74. Bison bison athabascae 75. Bitis gabonica rhinoceros 76. Blepharita spinosa occidentalis 77. Boa constrictor imperator 78. Bolinus cornutus tumulosus 79. Boloria euphrosyne rusalka 80. Boloria napaea pyreneorientalis 81. Boloria pales pyrenesmiscens 82. Bombus lapidarius decipiens 83. Bombus pascuorum floralis 84. Bombus pensylvanicus sonorus 85. Bombus rupestris vasco 86. Bos gaurus frontalis 87. Bostrychia hagedash nilotica 88. Brachinus albarracinus vivesi 89. Brachycerus apterus major 90. Branta canadensis minima 91. Brotogeris cyanopterus gustavi 92. Bubo africanus milesi 93. Bubo bubo hispanus 94. Bubo bubo sibericus 95. Bubo virginianus subarcticus 96. Bubo capensis mackinderi 97. Buceros rhinoceros silvestris 98. Budorcas taxicolor tibetana 99. Bufo bufo spinosus 100. Bulaea lichatschovi pallida 101. Buprestis sanguinea iberica 102. Bursa rhodostoma thomae 103. Bustilloxia saturata iberica 104. Buteo lineatus elegans 105. Butorides virescens anthonyi 106. Byctiscus impressus formosanus 107. Cacatua galerita triton 108. Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata 109. Cairina moschata domestica 110. Calandrella rufescens polazteki 111. Calathus fuscipes graecus 112. Caligo atreus dionysos 113. Callicore excelsior excelsissima 114. Callicore lyca mionina 115. Callophrys rubi fervida 116. Callosciurus erythraeus taiwanensis 117. Callosciurus prevostii borneoensis 118. Calonectris diomedea borealis 119. Calopteryx virgo meridionalis 120. Calosoma maderae indagator 121. Camponotus atlantis hesperius 122. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris devius 123. Canis aureus moreotica 124. Canis lupus familiaris 125. Canis lupus occidentalis 126. Capra aegagrus cretica 127. Capra falconeri heptneri 128. Capra pyrenaica hispanica 129. Carabus auronitens punctatoauratus 130. Carabus convexus pyrenaeicola 131. Carabus faustus cabrerai 132. Carabus granulatus telluris 133. Carabus hispanus latissimus 134. Carabus impressus neojordanicus 135. Carabus lafossei coelestis 136. Carabus lineatus lateralis 137. Carabus lusitanicus helluo 138. Carabus melancholicus costatus 139. Carabus monilis montichares 140. Carabus morbillosus macilentus 141. Carabus nemoralis pseudomonticola 142. Carabus odoratus dabanensis 143. Carabus problematicus inflatus 144. Carabus rugosus baeticus 145. Carabus solieri rouyricus 146. Carabus torosus sinopensis 147. Carabus variolosus nodulosus 148. Caradrina rebeli lanzarotensis 149. Carpocoris fuscispinus mediterraneus 140. Casmaria erinacea kalosmodix 141 Cephalota circumdata imperialis 142. Cephalota maura punctigera 143. Cepora iudith lea 144. Cercocebus atys lunulatus 145. Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus 146. Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus 147. Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti 148. Cercopithecus diana roloway 149. Cervus eldi thamnin 150. Cervus elaphus bactrianus 151. Cervus elaphus hispanicus 152. Cetonia carthami aurataeformis 153. Chalcophora intermedia fagniezi 154. Channa argus warpachowskii 155. Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus 156. Charadrius dubius curonicus 157. Charaxes bernardus crepax 158. Charaxes druceanus proximans 159. Charaxes eupale latimargo 160. Charaxes jasius saturnus 161. Charaxes nitebis luscius 162. Charaxes protoclea catenaria 163. Charina trivirgata roseofusca 164. Chazara heydenreichi shandura 165. Chazara prieuri iberica 166. Chelodina rugosa siebenrocki 167. Chlamydotis undulata fuerteventurae 168. Chorthippus binotatus moralesi 169. Chorthippus parallelus erythropus 170. Chrysis rufitarsis incisa 171. Chrysochroa fulminans praelonga 172. Chrysochroa ocellata ephippigera 173. Chrysochroa rajah wiwuti 174. Chrysolina affinis baetica 175. Chrysolina grossa tingitana 176. Chrysolina gypsophilae lucidicollis 177. Chrysolina vernalis pyrenaica 178. Cicada barbara lusitanica 179. Cicindela chinensis flammifera 180. Cicindela formosa generosa 181. Cicindela littoralis nemoralis 182. Cicindela maroccana pseudomaroccana 183. Cicindela varians unicolor 184. Ciconia episcopus microscelis 185. Cinnycerthia unirufa unibrunnea 186. Circus cyaneus hudsonius 187. Cisticola chinianus humilis 188. Clanoptilus abdominalis limbifer 189. Clausilia bidentata abietina 190. Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi 191. Colinus virginianus ridgwayi 192. Colobus angolensis palliatus 193. Colobus badius kirkii 194. Colotis evagore nouna 195. Columba fasciata albilinea 196. Conus pulcher prometheus 197. Conus pulcher siamensis 198. Copsychus albospecularis pica 199. Cordylus warreni depressus 200. Corvus corone cornix 201. Corvus monedula spermologus 202. Crotalus durissus culminatus 203. Crotalus horridus atricaudatus 204. Crotalus mitchelii pyrrhus 205. Crotalus oreganus helleri 206. Crypturellus soui meserythrus 207. Cyclarhis gujanensis viridis 208. Cygnus columbianus jankowskii 209. Cypraea mappa alga 210. Damaliscus lunatus jimela 211. Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi 212. Dasylabris maura clausa 213. Delichon dasypus nigrimentalis 214. Dendrocopos major hispanus 215. Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi 216. Diceros bicornis michaeli 217. Diodontus oraniensis gracilipes 218. Diplodus sargus cadenati 219. Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri 220. Dysauxes punctata servula 221. Dysphania numana snelleni 222. Echinarachnius parma obesus 223. Echinosorex gymnura alba 224. Eilema albicosta witti 225. Elaphe porphyracea laticincta 226. Elaphe taeniura friesei 227. Elaphodus cephalophus michianus 228. Emberiza elegans elegantula 229. Emberiza striolata sahari 230. Enhydra lutris nereis 231. Eolophus roseicapillus albiceps 232. Eos histrio talautensis 233. Ephippiger ephippiger cunii 234. Equus africanus somalicus 235. Equus hemionus onager 236. Equus kiang holdereri 237. Equus quagga antiquorum 238. Equus quagga boehmi 239. Equus zebra hartmannae 240. Erebia cassioides arvernensis 241. Erebia hispania rondoui 242. Erebia manto constans 243. Erebia meolans pyrenaica 244. Eresus cinnaberinus frontalis 245. Euchloe bazae iberae 246. Euchorthippus pulvinatus gallicus 247. Eudicella hornimani ruficeps 248. Eudynamys scolopacea mindanensis 249. Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi 250. Eulemur fulvus albifrons 251. Eulemur macaco flavifrons 252. Eumeces skiltonianus interparietalis 253. Eumenes coarctatus lunulatus 254. Eunica eurota euphemia 255. Euphonia musica flavifrons 256. Euphydryas aurinia beckeri 257. Euploea westwoodii viola 258. Eupodotis senegalensis erlangeri 259. Eurema hecabe hobsoni 260. Eurostopodus macrotis cerviniceps 261. Falco chicquera ruficollis 262. Falco tinnunculus canariensis 263. Falco tinnunculus dacotiae 264. Felis margarita harrisoni 265. Forpus passerinus deliciosus 266. Forpus xanthopterygius spengeli 267. Galerida cristata pallida 268. Gallus gallus domesticus 269. Garrulus glandarius rufitergum 270. Gazella dama mhorr 271. Gazella dorcas osiris 272. Gazella granti raineyi 273. Gazella granti robertsi 274. Geochelone pardalis babcocki 275. Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis 276. Geotrygon montana martinica 277. Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata 278. Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi 279. Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi 280. Glaucidium perlatum licua 281. Gobio gobio lozanoi 282. Gomphocerus sibiricus pyrenaicus 283. Gonepteryx amintha formosana 284. Gonocephalum granulatum pusillum 285. Gonocerus juniperi triquetricornis 286. Gorilla beringei graueri 287. Goura scheepmakeri sclaterii 288. Graphium anthedon milon 289. Graphium latreillianus theorini 290. Graphosoma lineatum italicum 291. Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii 292. Grus canadensis tabida 293. Gymnorhina tibicen hypoleuca 294. Gyps rueppellii erlangeri 295. Hadena luteago andalusica 296. Haliotis coccinea canariensis 297. Haliotis rugosa pustulata 298. Harpalus microthorax salinator 299. Hebomoia leucippe daemonis 300. Heloderma horridum exasperatum 301. Helogale parvula undulata 302. Hipparchia azorina miguelensis 303. Hirundo daurica rufula 304. Hirundo tahitica namiyei 305. Holopyga fastuosa generosa 306. Hormogaster pretiosa arrufati 307. Hyla regilla hypochondriaca 308. Iberodorcadion fuliginator loarrense 309. Icterus cayanensis chrysocephalus 310. Icterus dominicensis portoricensis 311. Kobus kob leucotis 312. Lacerta viridis bilineata 313. Lagonosticta rubricata virata 314. Larus cachinnans michahelles 315. Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus 316. Leucomigus candidatus tessellatus 317. Leucosticte arctoa tephrocotus 318. Limenitis arthemis astyanax 319. Lobobunaea phaedusa christyi 320. Locusta migratoria cinerascens 321. Lonchura bicolor poensis 322. Lonchura castaneothorax sharpii 323. Lophura leucomelana hamiltoni 324. Loris lyddekerianus grandis 325. Loris lydekkerianus nordicus 326. Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus 327. Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus 328. Loxigilla violacea ruficollis 329. Lycaena alciphron gordius 330. Macroprotodon cucullatus brevis 331. Maculinea alcon rebeli 332. Martes flavigula aterrima 333. Mecynorrhina torquata ugandensis 334. Megaloxantha bicolor gigantea 335. Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes 336. Mellivora capensis cottoni 337. Micrastur ruficollis guerilla 338. Mioscirtus wagneri maghrebi 339. Morpho deidamia neoptoleus 340. Morpho menelaus godarti 341. Morpho rhetenor helena 342. Muscisaxicola alpina cinerea 343. Mustela frenata latirostris 344. Naemorhedus griseus arnouxianus 345. Narraga nelvae catalaunica 346. Nebrioporus depressus elegans 347. Netta erythrophthalma brunnea 348. Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis 349. Ochrophlebia caffra ligneola 350. Odobenus rosmarus divergens 351. Odontolabis cuvera sinensis 352. Oedipoda fuscocincta caerulea 353. Ornithoptera priamus poseidon 354. Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus 355. Orthotomus cucullatus coronatus 356. Oryctes nasicornis grypus 357. Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis 358. Otocyon megalotis virgatus 359. Ovibos moschatus wardi 360. Ovis ammon poli 361. Ovis canadensis californiana 362. Ovis orientalis punjabiensis 363. Ovis vignei bochariensis 364. Oxybelus fischeri tegularis 365. Paguma larvata taivana 366. Panthera pardus japonensis 367. Panthera pardus kotiya 368. Panthera tigris altaica 369. Panthera tigris sumatrae 370. Papilio memnon agenor 371. Papilio menatius cleotas 372. Papilio paris hermosanus 373. Papilio peranthus adamanthus 374. Papilio polyctor ganesa 375. Papilio polyxenes asterius 376. Papilio zagreus bachus 377. Paracinema tricolor bisignata 378. Parantica sita nipponica 379. Patella candei crenata 380. Paulogramma pyracmon peristera 381. Pedetes capensis surdaster 382. Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca 383. Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis 384. Phoca vitulina richardsi 385. Phoenicopterus ruber roseus 386. Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis 387. Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillii 388. Piculus rivolii quindiuana 389. Piculus rubiginosus tobagensis 390. Picus viridis sharpei 391. Platycercus adscitus palliceps 392. Plebejus pylaon hespericus 393. Plusia putnami gracilis 394. Podalonia affinis concolor 395. Podargus strigoides cuvieri 396. Poephila acuticauda hecki 397. Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis 398. Potamochoerus porcus pictus 399. Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas 400. Psephotus haematogaster haematorrhous 401. Psittacula alexandri abbotti 402. Psittacula himalayana finschii 403. Pterocles exustus erlangeri 404. Ptilinopus iozonus humeralis 405. Pyrrhogyra otolais nasica 406. Quiscalus lugubris luminosus 407. Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii 408. Rangifer tarandus fennicus 409. Rhodopechys githaginea amantum 410. Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis 411. Saltator albicollis guadelupensis 412. Samia cynthia ricini 413. Saxicola torquata rubicola 414. Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys 415. Sistrurus miliarius barbouri 416. Spindalis zena nigricephala 417. Sporophila aurita corvina 418. Stenomutilla argentata bifasciata 419. Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis 420. Streptoprocne zonaris subtropicalis 421. Strix nebulosa lapponica 422. Sus scrofa castillianus 423. Sus scrofa domesticus 424. Syrmaticus soemmerringii scintillans 425. Tachysphex unicolor simonyi 426. Taeniopygia guttata castanotis 427. Tefflus meyerlei hacquarli 428. Tenthredo bifasciata nigritibis 429. Testudo hermanni boettgeri 430. Thamnophis sirtalis florida 431. Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia 432. Trachemys scripta elegans 433. Trachypithecus cristatus ultima 434. Trachypteris picta decastigma 435. Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci 436. Tragelaphus imberbis australis 437. Tragelaphus spekii gratus 438. Trichoglossus flavoviridis meyeri 439. Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus 440. Troglodytes aedon hiemalis 441. Trogon violaceus caligatus 442. Tropinota squalida canariensis 443. Turdus albicollis crotopezus 444. Turdus merula cabrerae 445. Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus 446. Turdus ruficollis atrogularis 447. Turtur brehmeri infelix 448. Uromastyx dispar maliensis 449. Ursus arctos horribilis 450. Ursus thibetanus formosanus 451. Xylocopa californica arizonensis Initially I wanted to illustrate every one, but as the list was growing I discarded that idea. Please tell me if anybody is interested in a particular image
I also always note subspecies where known - as you say, knowing which subspecies of a small bird you've seen isn't objectively different to knowing which subspecies of bear or big cat. I include them (unnumbered) on my own copies of my year lists as well, in as much as they are known or can reasonably be inferred. I am curious though why you exclude the nominate form? They're also valid subspecies, and distinct from a generic individual of the species. A European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos) is not the same as a generic zoo-bred Ursus arctos of unknown origin, so should count towards your subspecies tally. And in fact, there are many cases where the nominate is the harder form to find - not many on here will have seen Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, for example - so if you ever did that would be the bigger feather in your cap!