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Agkistrodon piscivorus
Spotted on Sep 17, 2013
Submitted on Sep 17, 2013
3 Comments
Hello. Since you know the identity of your organism (from your use of a common name), please go ahead and fill in the scientific name field. In this case for the "cottonmouth water moccasin" it is Agkistrodon piscivorus. This allows the spotting to be correctly entered into the database and become a complete record, letting groups and individuals use the data and find your spotting. It also takes the spotting off the "unidentified" list. If you are interested in learning how species are named and why this is important, see Project Noah's blog entry http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2870249... Thanks!
Awesome find, Paul. When you get a moment, will you please enter the scientific name to this spotting so it can join the official PN database? Also, tell us a little bit about the encounter in the Notes section. Thanks! :-)
Cool snake spottings, Paul. Welcome to Project Noah.