Here's the 2013 score card for those who want to keep track as people begin submitting records.
http://www.naherp.com/reports/national- ... 2013-01-01
As a reminder, here's a copy of the scoring format Chrish was kind enough to layout for us.
Three ways to win:
(a) Overall Points Winner (see scoring system below)
(b) Most Taxa (total species observed)
(c) Most Records (total records submitted to NAHERP)
Overall Points Scoring System:
(a) 10 points/taxon/county (species level)
(b) 1 point/vouchered record (limit 10/species/county)
Here's an example of how scoring will work (provided by chrish)
Good luck everyone and be safe out there.So if contestant A stays in their home county and enters 4 taxa:
25 Acris crepitans = 10 points + 10 (maxed out the number of points for Acris in one county)
5 Ambystoma texanum = 10 points + 5
20 Trachemys = 10 points + 10 (again maxed out)
5 Alligators = 10 points + 5
10 Incilius nebulifer = 10 points + 10
They get 40 points for the records (only the first 10 Acris and Trachemys count), 50 points for five taxa for a total of 90 points.
If contestant B enters 7 taxa from one one county:
2 Acris = 10 points + 2
3 Hyla versicolor = 10 points + 3
3 Incilius nebulifer = 10 points + 3
2 Lithobates clamitans = 10 points + 2
3 Eurycea quadrigittata = 10 points + 3
5 Pseudacris fouquettei = 10 points + 5
2 Nerodia fasciata = 10 points + 2
They get 20 points for the records but another 70 points for the for the 7 taxa for a total of 90 points.
Contestant C find four taxa in two counties and enters:
1 Hyla chrysoscelis (county 1) = 10 points + 1
2 Hyla chrysoscelis (county 2) = 10 points + 2
1 Acris crepitans (county 1) = 10 points + 1
1 Acris crepitans (county 2) = 10 points + 1
2 Alligator (county 1) = 10 points + 2
1 Alligator (county 2) = 10 points + 1
1 Incilius nebulifer (county 1) = 10 points + 1
1 Incilius nebulifer (county 2) = 10 points + 1
Person C gets 10 points for their records plus 80 points for having 8 different "county-taxa", so they end up with 90 points.
Chris