Talk:Quacking frog

Friedaloo addition

I redid the lead section as more information was recommended to be added. I added new information from other sources to the description. I added the etymology section; Population structure, speciation, and phylogeny section (and its subsections); taxonomy section; mating section(and its subsections); hibernation/fertilization/brood size/tadpole survival subsections; and human interaction section. I added information and references to etymology, phylogeny, call, male-male interaction, hibernation, brood size, fertilization, tadpole survival, and human interaction. I updated the references as well. I also added another image.

Friedaloo (talk) 23:55, 13 Oct 2022 (UTC)

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I have experienced the quacking frog in Maryland USA, along the C&O canal and the Potomac River, between the Great Falls and Swains locks. It was a foggy morning and I swore I heard a large flock of duck in the trees which made no sense. As I kept listening I sensed that it was coming from all levels of the forest between the canal and the river. The sound subsided after abour two hours as the fog lifted at noon. This occurred in April of 2011 and I am hoping to experience it again this year. Does anyone have any idea what this could be. Or how this frog has imported from Australia Gsemmes (talk) 13:39, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

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Wiki Education assignment: Behavioral Ecology 2022

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 August 2022 and 9 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Friedaloo (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Qinan123, Hoonji2022, Reni.Akande.

— Assignment last updated by CalJS (talk) 01:49, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

I made some minor grammatical changes throughout the article and I also readjusted the positions of the sections based on ease of reading. I also changed some language so that it would be less flowery and more succinct to match with wikipedia's expectations. Overall I think that the article is very well written with a lot of unbiased information but it just didn't have the correct use of language. I also added in some clarification to the section on human interaction since I believe that most people who read the article wouldn't know what the compounds are. Qinan123 (talk) 15:21, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review Comments

I made some grammatical changes throughout the article, and I deleted mulitple subsections and a section header that did not have any information on it. I also changed the order of some sections to better align with the suggested order by Wikipedia.

The introduction section for this article seems to be a bit too detailed compared to others that I have seen. I think a lot of the information mentioned can wait be introduced later on in the article.

I also feel that the “Human Interaction” section does not seem to include how the quaking frog interacts with humans, but more so how the hormone isolated from the skin has similar effects in pigeons. I feel that this would be better suited under the topic of Physiology and Glands and Toxins. Reni.Akande (talk) 21:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Formatting Edits

I revised the structure of the Wikipedia entry by combining both the “Distribution” and “Habitat” information into one section. Such a revision was meant to make the entry more concise. I believe that including information on the frog's predators would greatly benefit the entry since a discussion of the diet was introduced. Furthermore, I believe there could be a way to integrate the "Call" section within the "Mating" section as calls are vital to attracting females. ~~~~ Hoonji2022 (talk) 22:21, 18 October 2022 (UTC)