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Coordinates completely hidden from public maps, true coordinates only visible to you and the curators of projects to which you add the observation.
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Everyone can see the coordinates unless the taxon is threatened.
Description
This looked a little bit different than the California Newts we were finding but not entirely sure since it's hard to tell how far the eyes are inset. It might just have been that it was quite a large one and fully saturated from sitting in a pond.
In addition to how far the eyes protrude, you can also look to see whether the dark color completely surrounds the eye or not. If the light/dark line runs up above the eye or around eye level, it's probably a CA newt. The totally irrationaly mnemonic I use is, "Surf's up, dude!", because, uh, the line runs up in the CA. I know. It's weird.
The data quality assessment is a summary of an observation's accuracy. All
observations start as "casual" grade, and achieve
"research" grade when
the iNat community agrees with the observer's ID, where an "agreeing"
identification is one that matches exactly or is of a child taxon of the
observer's ID. For example, if Scott says it's a mammal and Ken-ichi
says it's Homo sapiens, then Ken-ichi agrees with Scott.
the observation has a date
the observation is georeferenced (i.e. has lat/lon coordinates)
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Observations will revert to "casual" grade if the above conditions aren't met or
the community agrees the location doesn't looks accurate (e.g. monkeys in the middle of the ocean, hippos in office buildings, etc.)
the community agrees the organism isn't wild/naturalized (e.g. captive or cultivated by humans or intelligent space aliens)
Comments & Identifications
In addition to how far the eyes protrude, you can also look to see whether the dark color completely surrounds the eye or not. If the light/dark line runs up above the eye or around eye level, it's probably a CA newt. The totally irrationaly mnemonic I use is, "Surf's up, dude!", because, uh, the line runs up in the CA. I know. It's weird.
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