The data quality assessment is a summary of an observation's accuracy. All
observations start as "casual" grade, and achieve
"research" grade when
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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)
- the observation has a photo
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
You mean this one?
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identotron?observation_id=82371#q=&place=327&taxon=29033
Pituophis catenifer sayi is the full scientific name, but gopher snakes are a close relative.
Got it, weird that they call Pituophis catenifer gopher snakes out here in CA, I know the eastern Pituophis they call pine snakes
Gopher, bullsnakes, and pine snakes on the east coast are all Pituophis catenifer, but I guess there are enough differences to warrant a sub species designation. I have 2 captive bred Sonoran Desert Gopher Snakes they don't look much different than the gopher snakes i use to catch in Vacaville, CA when I was younger.
Pituophis catenifer catenifer is the Pacific Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer annectens is the San Diego Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer affinis is the Sonoran Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola is the Great Basin Gopher Snake and the Bull Snake is Pituophis catenifer sayi, Those are the major western Gopher Snake species. I would guess the differences are minor because i have seen most of them in my travels across the western states.
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