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Spotted on Oct 1, 2011
Submitted on Sep 14, 2012
2 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 "dusky pigmy rattlesnake" it is Sistrurus miliarius barbouri. 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!
Great and scary spotting! You can use this link to update the scientific name of this lovely snake. You may also use the link in the spotting info when you edit the spotting:
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-...