Tortues de France

Presentation

Françoise SERRE COLLET

France

Photographs

Françoise Serre-Collet is a herpetologist (specialist in reptiles and amphibians), in charge of scientific mediation within the Natural Heritage of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. Its goal is to make reptiles and amphibians known to the public. To do this, she is using all the existing teaching materials: conferences, books, photographic exhibitions, naturalistic animations, coaching and intervention during internships, etc. She works on radio, notably on France-Inter, or on television shows such as E=M6 or Ushuaia Nature, of which she was the guest in Costa Rica. Photography is for her a way to illustrate all the richness and beauty of these animals with scales and bare skin. Its objectives are the protection of species and habitats and the dissemination of knowledge, by twisting the necks of legends and other beliefs related to these often unloved or beloved animals. Very active, she participates in many festivals and offers you an exhibition about the french turtles.

Exposition

2022 2 | Chapiteau

This exhibition particularly targets the turtles of metropolitan France, namely 3 species mainly, the Hermann’s Tortoise, the european pond turtle and the panish pond turtle. The exhibition is divided into 3 parts, the first one is intended to make known the life of these species, mating, hatching, feeding etc. The second one concerns introduced species such as Pond sliders, the common snapping turtles and alligator snapping turtles found in nature, and finally, the last part is devoted to the means used by the Museum to save the european pond turtle. The photos are taken on Dibond and each image is linked with an explanatory cartel.