How to get in contact with or become curator. (to add a species that isn't present on inat)

[dan686]

I’m just wondering how I would go about adding a species? is this even possible or do I need to find someone who wouldn’t mind doing it for me? (Im wondering because I’m trying to add a id for Broad-cheeked gecko Mokopirirakau “Okarito” however the species isn’t on inat).

help/answers would be greatly appriciated

[marina_gorbunova]

You need to add a flag to the parent taxon if external search doesn’t find the taxon.

[someplant]

It looks like this species hasn’t been formally described yet if I’m correct (going based on this link). I believe iNaturalist doesn’t handle names like these.

[thomaseverest]

Not formally in the taxonomy, but they can be indicated with observation fields.

[dan686]

thanks for your suggestions!

[pisum]

(if you want to become a curator, see: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/curator+guide#becoming)

[brian_d]

Before creating curation requests to add species you can also try entering the full genus and species name in the obs. ID box and clicking “search external name databases” to see if it finds a match and can add it that way.