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Alligator mississippiensis
Spotted on Apr 19, 2013
Submitted on Apr 19, 2013
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 "American alligator" it is Alligator mississippiensis. 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, for detailed information on how species are named and why this is important, see Project Noah's blog entry http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2870249... Thanks!
Hello. Looks like different alligators in this spotting. Because a spotting is an observation of a species at a certain place and time, your spotting needs to be split into separate spottings. Even if it's the same species. Please use the location and date that each was photographed. BTW, the full common name is American alligator and the Scientific name is Alligator mississippiensis. Thanks