Add observation - Automatically tagged my observations with incorrect names based on photo filenames

It looks like the filename parser is matching against all taxon names. Anil’s Bush Frog has a deprecated name “Nov”, so the filename parser is probably guessing based on the month abbreviation. Next month it might decide everything is a Decapod, unless it only accepts exact matches.

Other three-letter month abbreviations which may cause trouble in the future:

  • Mar - the Zazaki word for snake
  • May - several things, including a genus
  • Jun - the Tseltal word for Ficus insipida

Edit: see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/extract-species-name-from-photo-filename-upon-upload/6510/14
Exact matches on scientific name only. So only “Nov” and “May” are going to cause misidentifications.

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