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Why are common names not a good reference to a species?

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It  is because a frog could be mistaken for a toad unless you are talking about both and/or have enough information to tell the other person what it is in a better light.
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They're not a good reference because they can be in different languages and vary in usage (location, culture, species color, ..)
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