The Use of iNaturalist to Collect Heritage Data in Texas
Texas Natural Diversity Database Species of Greatest Conservation Need Reptiles and Amphibians 73 Mammals 92 Birds 111 Fish 134 Invertebrates 449 Plants 449 Total 1308
Integrating iNaturalist Naturalist Community Research & Conservation Data Information Data
Photo Vouchered Observations
iNaturalist: Validation
iNaturalist: Personal Profile
iNat Observations TPWDobservationstaxa Partner Fishes of Texas Crayfishes of Texas735 Dragonflies and damselflies of the New World TMN Lepidoptera of Texas Plants of Texas Texas Ants4712 Total TPWDobservationstaxa Herps of Texas Mammals of Texas Birds of Texas Bees and Wasps of Texas54340 Hummingbirds of Texas31815 Land Snails of Texas8727 Texas Botanical Treasures17643 Texas Whooper Watch431 Texas Freshwater Mussels11123 Partner Fishes of Texas Crayfishes of Texas735 Dragonflies and damselflies of the New World TMN Lepidoptera of Texas Plants of Texas Texas Ants4712 Total
Herps of Texas Project
Texas Horned Lizard Blue = Herps of Texas (210 obs) Brown = TXNDD (39 EOs)
Brown Anole
HOT Big Year Competition for ways to win: – Most species of amphibians in Texas – Most species of reptiles in Texas – Most observations of herps in Texas
Leaderboard for Amphibians
Leaderboard for Reptiles
Distribution of Observations % Observations# Observers% Observers 10%20.5% 25%51% 50%205% 75%5813% 90%12428% % Observations% People 10%0.5% 25%1% 50%5% 75%13% 90%28%
Quality and Capacity Effort Training Capacity Value observation Treasure Hunting Monitoring Data
TNT Priority Pyramid
Trips
Discovering a New Population
Crawfish Frog Blue = Herps of Texas (51 obs) Brown = TXNDD (61 EOs) Observed by Scott Wahlberg