My collection of Subspecies

Kakapo

Well-Known Member
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!
 
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