Talk:Nyctibatrachus radcliffei

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jens Lallensack (talk · contribs) 11:45, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

• Nice frog, comments below:

• also known as Radcliffe's night frog or the Thiashola wrinkled frog – not sure if the "the" belongs there?
  • The "the" is correct, it's only omitted for names that start with possessives like "Radcliffe's".

• based on an adult male specimen – does this mean that this specimen is the holotype, or that it is the only specimen the description was based on? Could be clearer.
  • Reworded.

• Are female specimens known? I am wondering because the description seems to be about males only.
  • Nope, the only specimens are 5 adult males.

• Within the genus, it is sister (most closely related) to a clade – You present this as fact, but isn't this just a hypothesis of a particular paper that is not "final"? If so, then we need author attribution to make this clear, I think.
  • Done.

• large webbing on the feet – "extensive" instead of "large"?
  • I was trying to avoid copying wholesale from the paper, but it's CC-BY anyway, so screw it, changed to extensive.

• a prominent Y-shaped ridge from the upper lip to the nostrils – I would love to understand this but I can't see it on the picture? Can you elaborate on this feature so that it becomes clear where to look for it?
  • The pictures are pretty low quality, so I doubt if you'll be able to see it.

• dorso-terminal groove – rephrase for the general reader? Should it be "groove on the upper side of the tip of the fourth digit" or similar?
  • Glossed.

• and the foot and lower leg being shorter than the thigh – Both combined are shorter than the thigh? Or either of them?
  • Clarified.

• I am wondering if it would be better to reproduce the figure of the paper as a whole, instead of cropping out the lateral, ventral, and dorsal views. I think the details of the toe tips (e.g., terminal grooves) and feet (e.g., extensive webbing) would be helpful to understand the text. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 11:45, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Okay, done, although the image displays at a rather small size. AryKun (talk) 12:03, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

    Looks good, thanks. Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:52, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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