The Use of iNaturalist to Collect Heritage Data in Texas.

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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