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Using a library of 924 photos taken over a 9-month period we also evaluate the use of the pattern matching software Interactive Individual Identification System (I\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    S) to match photos of known specimens. Individuals were clearly recognized by their iris pattern with no misidentifications, and using I\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    S lead to a correct identification of 95% of the recaptures in a shorter time than the same process when conducted visually by an observer. The method\u2019s feasibility was improved by increasing the number of images of each animal in the library and hindered by photos that deviate from a horizontal angle.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1163\/15685381-00002918","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,7]],"date-time":"2014-02-07T13:43:53Z","timestamp":1391780633000},"page":"590-596","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Iris photo-identification: A new methodology for the individual recognition of Tarentola geckos"],"prefix":"10.1163","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Rocha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Centro de Biologia Ambiental, D.B.A., F.C.U.L., Bloco C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"2Metapopulation Research Group, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland"}]},{"given":"Tiago","family":"Carrilho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Centro de Biologia Ambiental, D.B.A., F.C.U.L., Bloco C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Rui","family":"Rebelo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Centro de Biologia Ambiental, D.B.A., F.C.U.L., Bloco C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"374","reference":[{"key":"bibr1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"21","DOI":"10.1163\/156853810790457849","article-title":"Capture-mark-recapture analysis reveals survival correlates in Salamandrina perspicillata(Savi, 1821)","volume":"31","author":"Angelini","year":"2010","journal-title":"Amphibia-Reptilia"},{"key":"bibr2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"449","DOI":"10.1163\/156853807781374719","article-title":"Advances in methodologies of sexing and marking less dimorphic gekkonid lizards: the study case of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica","volume":"28","author":"Atzori","year":"2007","journal-title":"Amphibia-Reptilia"},{"key":"bibr3","author":"Barbadillo","year":"1999"},{"key":"bibr4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0059424","article-title":"Computer-assisted photo identification outperforms visible implant elastomers in an endangered salamander, Eurycea tonkawae","volume":"8","author":"Bendik","year":"2013","journal-title":"PLOS ONE"},{"key":"bibr5","first-page":"293","article-title":"Toe-clipping dramatically reduces clinging performance in a pad-bearing lizard ( Anolis carolinensis)","volume":"37","author":"Bloch","year":"2004","journal-title":"J.\u00a0Herpetol."},{"key":"bibr6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"813","DOI":"10.1111\/j.2041-210X.2012.00212.x","article-title":"A computer-assisted system for photographic mark-recapture analysis","volume":"3","author":"Bolger","year":"2012","journal-title":"Meth. 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