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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 17:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

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Boophis entingae

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Boophis entigae
Boophis entigae
  • ... that despite looking like the other frogs in its genus, Boophis entingae (pictured) differs significantly when genetics are involved? Source: "It is assigned to the B. goudoti. group because of features such as brownish dorsal ground color, non-transparent ventral skin, presence of white tubercles under the cloacal opening, and other features." ([1])
    • ALT1:... that the frog Boophis entingae (pictured) is named after the zoologist Hildegard Enting for her help with field work, logistics, and preparation of specimens? Source: " The name "entingae" is named after Hildegard Enting" ([2])
    • ALT2:... that despite looking like the other frogs in its genus, Boophis entingae (pictured) differs strongly in its advertisement call?Source: "Boophis entingae sp. nov. is a species of the Boophis goudoti group occurring in northern Madagascar, similar to and sympatric with B. brachychir, but with a strongly different advertisement call" ([3])
  • Reviewed: Elsinore (video game)
  • Comment: I don't really know a better way to put the first hook. I want to rearrange the words to make it seem more interesting, but I can't come up with a good way to do that.

Created by Starsandwhales (talk). Self-nominated at 17:37, 9 March 2021 (UTC).

  • Long enough, new enough, passed Earwig's. But I have a few concerns. The first is that a lot of your paragraphs lack inline citations, which makes it hard to know what they're sourced to. You should really have at least one source per paragraph, and no text after the final source in a paragraph. The second issue is the first hook. While I don't have access to your source, I'm hesitant to call these differences "genetics". But I think the abstract has a great alt: Boophis entingae sp. nov. is a species of the Boophis goudoti group occurring in northern Madagascar, similar to and sympatric with B. brachychir, but with a strongly different advertisement call. Not only is the call likely to be biologically significant (as a potential means of reproductive isolation between sympatric species), it also fits the hook in a more precise way than "genetics". Guettarda (talk) 00:07, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
  • How does alt 2 look? I only have one source because it seems every resource online is based on this one paper. starsandwhales (talk) 15:15, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
  • @Starsandwhales: Alt2 looks good, but could you state that explicitly in the article? Right now I don't think the article says that it differs from other species that way? Guettarda (talk) 16:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Starsandwhales Can you add a citation for the last four sentences in the first paragraph of the section Behavior? SL93 (talk) 23:50, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Thanks. SL93 (talk) 01:28, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Starsandwhales, would you be okay with a tweak of your hook to read "... that despite looking like the other frogs in its genus, Boophis entingae (pictured) has a very different call?" I'm not sure that the term "advertisement call" is going to be clear to most readers without some context – which we don't have room for in a hook. MeegsC (talk) 07:34, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
meegsC Yeah I'm cool with that. starsandwhales (talk) 17:25, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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