Favorite online ID resources

There are some fantastic online resources for identifying the many life forms that I encounter. Here are some that are more targeted in scope and useful for a novice. My choices are slanted towards, but not limited to, California. There are others (BugGuide, Moth Photographers Group are examples) that are better suited to someone with more than a beginning knowledge of a topic. Some of the links have been provided by other iNat users so please leave a comment if you know of other fine online resources.

Guides

Herps

California Reptiles and Amphibians
http://www.californiaherps.com/info/identification.html

Shasta Co. Field Herpetological Resource Site
Look for links to specific keys on the left.
http://www.shastaherps.org/

Tadpoles of Coastal Southern California - USGC guide
http://www.werc.usgs.gov/ProjectSubWebPage.aspx?SubWebPageID=4&ProjectID=75

A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California
http://www.werc.usgs.gov/ProjectSubWebPage.aspx?SubWebPageID=1&ProjectID=75

Reptiles and Amphibians of Arizona
http://www.reptilesofaz.org/


Spiders

Frequently Encountered Spiders in California
http://nature.berkeley.edu/~callobius/cbcstuff/common_spiders/big_spi_quilt.html


Plants

CalFlora
http://www.calflora.org/entry/wgh.html

San Diego County Plant Atlas
http://www.sdplantatlas.org/

Simplified Key to Conifer Genera of the US
American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/learn/biodiversity_counts/ident_help/Text_Keys/conifer_key.htm

Leaf Key to Common Trees in Louisiana
https://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/BA8FFA18-B7CD-4D98-88FF-AF234D5F9ACD/18437/pub1669LeafKey.pdf

Wildflower Search Engines
http://www.wildflowersearch.com/
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Wildflowers


Ocean Plants

Seaweed & Kelp
Fantastic sight by Emerald Diving
http://emeralddiving.com/id_seaweeds.html

Guide to Seaweeds and Seagrasses
is focused on Netarts Bay, Oregon but is very helpful for west coast species.
http://www.netartsbaytoday.org/html/guide_to_seasweeds.html


Lady Beetles

Discover Life guide
http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?guide=Ladybug


Galls

I have a whole journal entry on just Gall identification sites
http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/finatic/2183


Flies

Zurqui All-Diptera Biodiversity Inventory
Guide to identify the most common fly families
http://phorid.net/zadbi/education/how-to-identify-flies/


Mushrooms

Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/major_groups.html


Terrestrial Mollusc

Nice interactive key by University of Florida
http://idtools.org/id/mollusc/key.php?key=tmt


Sea Turtles

NOAA
http://oilspill.fsu.edu/images/pdfs/turtle-id-placard.pdf


Bees

Bumble Bees of the Western United States
http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Western_BB_guide.pdf

Bumble Bees of the Eastern United States
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/BumbleBeeGuideEast2011.pdf


Moths

Santee - San Diego County Moth
http://www.pbase.com/m3ling/santee_moths

Moths of Orange County, California
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/lepidopt/Moths.htm

Moth Photographers Group
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml

BugGuide Silhouette Key to Major Moth Families
http://bugguide.net/node/view/21675


Mammals

Coyote Subspecies
Various other places on the web have the same information but I find this map and key the easiest to use.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/2/27/20130204055227!Coyote_subspecies_distribution_map.svg


Multiple Guides

Multiple Identification Keys for Florida fauna
http://www.flbenthos.org/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?usr=51H16964&rnd=875666&rrc=N&affl&cip&act&aff&pg=cat&ref=links_online_taxonomic&catstr=HOME:links

Discover Life Identification Guides
Many different guides that are useful to varying degrees.
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q

Sonoran Desert Naturalist
Wide range of flora and fauna
http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/index.html

Jim's Place
Lassen County in Northeastern California
Mountain Meadows Invertebrates
https://sites.google.com/a/calneva.org/jim-s-place/mmbinvertebrates






Publicado el martes, 25 de febrero de 2014 a las 08:56 PM por finatic finatic

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Thanks - have added many to my link lists.

Anotado por lynnwatson hace cerca de 10 años

I'll add more as I come across them. Feel free to share any you that you like too.

Anotado por finatic hace cerca de 10 años

You may find some in my links that are helpful.
http://natureshutterbug.com/wordpress/links-amphibians-and-reptiles/
The different subjects are in the dropdown menu.

Anotado por lynnwatson hace cerca de 10 años

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