/r/species
Devoted to the crowdsourced identification of unidentified species of any specimen including fungi, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
Because it bit you and you might die.
Because you're at the top of the food chain.
Because evolution itself is evolving.
Because not knowing is ignominious.
Because it's what's for dinner.
Devoted to the crowdsourced identification of unidentified species of any specimen including fungi, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
You post it, and we'll try to identify it.
The goal is to label the specimen in each post with the common name(s), species name, and possibly add links to sources of information that can back up that claim.
Submit a photo or photos of the organism in question and the community will try its best to figure out the specimen's phylogeny classification.
Successful IDs necessitate decent information regarding the specimen. Any relevant info regarding the specimen from multiple photographs (different angles, proximity, et cetera), sighting details, and other circumstantial information is encouraged.
At the very least, make the best attempt to give a location and or time of year and or time of day for the submission. If the photo(s) in question are blurry or less than stellar, please provide a few decent visual details in the description.
Hopefully, everyone in the community can chime in and a consensus can be reached.
Upvote constructive responses - ones that you feel are correct IDs or ones that contribute to identifying the post, especially comments that include links or reasons that can help people evaluate them or learn how to identify similar species. If you feel a comment is less accurate or mistaken, don't downvote - comment!
Please provide a dissenting opinion if you disagree with an ID, or add a comment with your opinion on the validity of an ID you agree with. In addition, try to source your IDs and any other background information regarding such identifications, the accuracy, and your confidence levels if applicable.
Also, please adhere to the reddiquette rules and guidelines.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Classes: Reptilia/Amphibia
Class: Aves
Class: Mammalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Class: Insecta
Phylum: Annelida
Kingdom: Plantae
Kingdom: Fungi
Fossils
Microscopic (Kingdom: Chromista, Protozoa, Bacteria)
General
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The yellow and orange colonies interest me I have reason to suspect the orange colony is e-coli because we found some gram negative bacillus and I've been told the yellow one may be staphylococcus but it looks different from other colonies found on the internet
I woke up in middle and found this, i have never seen such type of thing, almost like im burned with a hot screw driver, even slight liquid comming out.
Its brung 20% more then a red ant bite.
I recently seen some videos ,is it some sort of bug inside and moving inside skin type thing,in very worried guyz pls help
Additional info: i love in india, non tropical area, have been moving home stuff for renovation today but was all fine when i went sleep.
found on the coast of a caribbean island after a storm
I found it in my VRBO in the woods in New Hampshire. Google lens says one thing (I won’t say it here, I don’t want to influence your thoughts). I am asking for another opinion because I’m not convinced google lens is correct.
Whatever this is keeps singing in my mother's yard, but flying away before she can get a good look at it. Does anyone recognize it's song or whatever?
Found this on my window and captured it. Does someone know what type of fly it is? It's way skinnier and longer than regular flies but it has similar eyes.
Found him in a shipping container that came overseas from china to the uk. Does anyone know what it is?
Sorry I didn't take any more pics if it to help
Hi all, I just started my first year MS program. Without being too specific, my project is to identify/describe a new dinosaur skull and place it on the cladeogram. Usually in paleo (as other fields) this is done by comparing the specimen to a character list and denoting a feature as absent/present.
My issue is that I’m relatively behind on the statistic/coding/phylogenetic analysis part. I took only one intro stats class in undergraduate a couple years ago in which we used R, but have had no experience using these skills for actual research. Eventually it’ll be something I’ll have to have someone teach me the software specifics for, but in the mean time, could anyone recommend videos I could watch to help me “catch up”? I’ve been trying to google around but videos seem to be either too specific/complicated (making cladeograms via specific programs) or too general (reading a phylogenetic tree).
Overall, I’m just hoping for some recommendations of videos or even creators to give overviews of common stats tests or phylogenetic methods (PCA, character matrices, etc.) that are beginner friendly.
Thanks in advance!
Saw this little crab on YouTube, but can't figure out what species she is. The video was filmed in Romblon, Philippines in July.
The video title is "Adorable chubby hairy crab in Romblon" by kay blue. In case anyone's interested. (And 'cause I can't seem to be able to link it here)