With 2014 less than 2 weeks away, I thought it was time to announce the 2nd Annual New Year’s Day Herp Challenge. This year to garner a little more involvement and competition, I’ve spoken with incoming SE Chapter president, Josh Holbrook, about making this year’s contest a cross chapter endeavor. As with last year’s contest, we’ll be following the scoring format proposed by Chrish for 2013 (see below).
If you’re interested in taking part speak up below and be sure to post your results the evening of the 1st. Good luck everyone.
Chris
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Here's the 2014 scorecard for those who want to keep track as people begin submitting records:
SC Chapter
http://www.naherp.com/reports/national- ... 2014-01-01
SE Chapter
http://www.naherp.com/reports/national- ... 2014-01-01
And Chrish’s scoring format:
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)
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.