We developed a MySQL database with a secured online access using both login and password to manage photographs and sighting reports. In a first step, the images converted by visual imspection or “fingerprints” are entered into the database. They are represented by the 3-digit codes of all thescutes within each profile. This step takes about two within each profile, when done by trained personnel. Once the image is fingerprinted, an automated search routine compares the “new” individual to the records held in the database. The system allows rapid comparison using code recognition, by basically comparing the 3-digit cedes one by one, and