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White-headed dwarf gecko

Original - White-headed dwarf gecko in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The tail has been lost due to a self-defense mechanism known as Autotomy

Reason: Good quality and EV. As I mentioned during the nomination of a similar lizard, losing the tails among members of this genus is quite common. Probably my last lizard nomination for now.
Articles in which this image appears: White-headed dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus, Reptile
Creator: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 12:09, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though I think it would be worth mentioning in the caption that the gecko has lost its tail. J Milburn (talk) 18:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - A tail is missing -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 01:35, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- As I mentioned, this is quite common. --Muhammad(talk) 04:19, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support because the tail is missing. Muhammad, you might want to add info about missing tail to the caption. Say something like the missing tails will grow back.

Poor baby lizard is to fail

because it lost a piece of tail?--Mbz1 (talk) 02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

LOL :) --Muhammad(talk) 04:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I think we've already covered the issue of whether flaws/imperfections are acceptable. If I recall correctly, we generally agreed that the specimen should be as pristine as possible, except where the flaws had EV. I think as long as the caption (in the article(s)) mentions that losing tails is common in geckos, the image doesn't lose EV. However, if it was a random genetic flaw, it wouldn't have much EV as it wouldn't describe the species accurately. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:55, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Having said that, and having thought about it a bit more, it does make sense to me that the EV of a missing tail would be higher in a 'higher order' article. IMO, there's not as much value to having a photo showing the missing tail in a species article because it implies that this species specifically exhibits tail-dropping, whereas the truth is that many different types of gecko do this. Whereas, if this image were to be used in the gecko article as an illustration of tail-dropping, it would have higher EV. Just my two cents. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I don't know about other geckos, but the Lygodactylus has a high number of tail-dropping. This image appears in the Lygodactylus article but that is more of a stub than an article so... Updated the captions in the articles. --Muhammad(talk) 11:22, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'm not an expert either, but it's definitely something that can be done by a wide variety of lizards as per this: "Geckos, skinks, legless lizards and some dragons have the ability to lose their tail quickly if it is grasped by a predator, then grow a new tail.". Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - I have written about reptilian defense mechanisms in the Reptile article and the image now illustrates the tail dropping there. --Muhammad(talk) 15:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support The background is somewhat psychedelic, but the colours seem okay, and the resolution on subject *just* meets the criteria. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- BTW, given that the section you created, at least in terms of images, is somewhat specific to lizards, I'd recommend sticking it in lizard. You already put another image in autotomy so we may be exhausting the EV in that category now. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- interesting subject, nice detail, good EV. The crop could be a bit tighter, and the composition could be improved at the same time, but I realise that this is simply a matter of preference. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 19:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support if the tail missing is biologically relevant as it seems to be I don't see how it detracts from the EV and it's otherwise a good shot of the gecko. Cat-five - talk 00:40, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:White-headed dwarf gecko.jpg —Maedin\^talk 22:41, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]