This will enable someone to return to the exact location and provide us with an error check for the specific coordinates recorded. Therefore easting and northing must be obtained from a topographic map. If you do not have access to topographic maps or are uncertain of how to determine an easting or northing please call or email. We can send you a photocopy of the topographic map for your area and you can simply mark the location on the photocopy and send it back to us. UTM Easting and Northing Detailed instructions for determining both numbers are given on the right margin of the topographic map sheet.
Year is the year of publication found to the left of the sheet number.
Visit Time Record the time of your sighting using a 24 hour clock. If there is any question of the identity of the species sighted please make copies available to the Herp Atlas. Also keep a special lookout for any signs of deformed, extra-limbed or unusually coloured herps. For instance, a water body can be within a bog, a woodland, a wet meadow, or a barren. If no term here seems to fit your case exactly, describe it in your own words.