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Balearic green toad

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Mar 2014 at 16:23:39 (UTC)

Original – The Balearic green toad is a toad found in mainland Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.

Reason: Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears: Balearic green toad, List of amphibians and reptiles of Sweden, Pseudepidalea
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator: Richard Bartz

Support as nominator --Nikhil (talk) 16:23, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice macro. There is a bit of chromatic aberration on the legs though, may be possible to remove easily enough. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:59, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. On the technical side it's a great shot, the chromatic aberration is very minor. Perhaps a bit of sharpening would do no harm, but I'm nitpicking here. On the EV side, however, there seem to be identification issues. This will be a featured picture allright, but of what? --Ebertakis (talk) 18:40, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- That's true, there does seem to be confusion over the identification. The caption calls it a European green toad (Bufo viridis), the title of the nomination calls it a Balearic green toad (Bufo balearicus), the filename calls it a Bufo viridis, the image description suggests it was originally identified as Bufo viridis and then corrected to Bufo balearicus by another Commons contributor. At the very least, this mess needs to be cleaned up so it looks consistent. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:52, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't have the software to correct the CAs in my PC. I'd be glad to support if any of you can correct those and put it up as an edit. Also, Google search for 'Balearic green toad' showed up the pics of identical species, but with a different scientific name. So, I changed the common name, but I am not sure about changing the scientific name in the Commons page :).Nikhil (talk) 01:55, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- See Bufotes balearicus (Boettger, 1880). "Removed from the synonymy of Bufotes viridis on the basis of molecular data, who noted this is a diploid species."
- Regarding CA, better asking original author per our previous ill experiences. :) Jee 02:56, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm not sure that it's such a big deal to remove CA from an image since it doesn't fundamentally alter the identification or accuracy of the subject. ;-) It's just removing a fringe from around the subject. But in this case, it's so minor that it's probably not worth the trouble. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:03, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - No problem; but he is a very talented author and unfortunately he din't edited since March 10. Waiting for his response here. :) J e e 16:27, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cool. ///EuroCarGT 02:52, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 17:04, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 23:08, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment File renamed with the permission of author. J e e 17:18, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support J e e 16:55, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bufotes balearicus female quadrat.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:23, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]