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WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles is a WikiProject that aims to expand and organise Wikipedia's collection of entries about amphibians and reptiles, both living and extinct.
Related WikiProjects
This WikiProject is an offshoot of WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Science
- WikiProject Biology
- WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Animals
- WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
- WikiProject Animals
- WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Biology
It is worth keeping an eye on several Wikiprojects that overlap with this one or that have made significant progress towards completion, including
Writing an article
At what level is it worth having a separate Wikipedia article for a particular amphibian or reptile? Any level you like! If we write individual articles for all the species, we will be at it for a long time! The simplest (and probably best) rule is to have no rule: if you have the time and energy to write up some particularly obscure subspecies that most people have never even heard of, go for it!
As a general guideline though, combine several species or subspecies into a single article when there isn't enough text to make more than short, unsatisfying stubs otherwise. If the article grows large enough to deserve splitting, that can always be done later.
Structure
This project follows guidelines discussed at WikiProject Tree of Life/article titles and Naming conventions (fauna).
Amphibian and reptile articles can be on any level that makes sense in context. Most will be about particular taxa. For example:
- Class: Amphibian, Reptile
- Order: Frog, Squamata, etc.
- Family: Ichthyophiidae, Chameleon, etc.
- Genus: Litoria, Geochelone, etc.
- Great barred frog, Nile crocodile, etc.
In many cases, it makes sense to combine several taxonomic levels in a single article. For example, the subfamily Rheobatrachinae contains only one genus, Rheobatrachus. All rheobatrachids are gastric-brooding frogs, so the one article covers both subfamily and genus levels.
Conversely, sometimes it is better to cover only a part of a taxon: Corroboree frog deals with two different (but related) species and ignores the other species in the genus Pseudophryne.
Some of the larger taxons, such as
It may be useful to start with a high-level article, such as a family article, and then split off genus and/or species articles as the material builds.
Create links to articles on the levels immediately higher and lower. An article on a family such as true toads should link back to frogs, and down to the genus articles.
Article contents
The following items are desirable for articles of all levels, although the detail will vary depending on several factors. These items do not need to be separated into distinct sections; text should flow in continuous prose so far as possible. The order this information is included is also relatively unimportant, although the order listed is generally preferred.
- Taxonomy (classification) - who discovered it? what's it related to? how does it fit into the tree of life? how many subspecies are there?
- Description (physical, behavioral characteristics) - what makes this (group of) critter(s) different from its close relatives?
- Distribution and habitat - where does it live? How broadly does it roam? Map images help.
- Cultural, religious, economic, etc. importance - what impact has it had on humans? Include use for experimental purposes that do not relate to other headings.
Taxonomy
Crested gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Diplodactylidae |
Genus: | Correlophus |
Species: | C. ciliatus
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Binomial name | |
Correlophus ciliatus Guichenot , 1866 | |
Approximate distribution of the crested gecko | |
Synonyms | |
Rhacodactylus ciliatus ( |
Certain choices have been made to follow specific
- Amphibia - The Amphibian Species of the World (AMNH database) together with Frost et al. (2006).
- Taxonomy in Wikipedia is in many places out of sync with the ASW one. List showing discrepancies is available here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles/Amphibian taxonomy (lasted updated 31 March 2014).
- Reptilia - ITIS, Reptilia(higher level classification)
- Crocodilia - (none)
- Rhynchocephalia - (none)
- Squamata - ITIS, Squamata (higher level classification)
- Amphisbaenia - (none)
- Autarchoglossa - (none)
- Gekkota- (none)
- Iguania- (none)
- Serpentes- (none)
- checklist.
In cases where a taxonomy has been selected, articles for newly described taxa that are not (yet) included in these taxonomies may still be added, but those articles describing the parent taxon should not be changed to suggest their inclusion. This rule does not apply if no taxonomy has been selected.
Cladograms can be requested for creation here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Cladogram requests.
In general, amphibian and reptile entries should have a taxobox, a feature we inherited from the
Assessment
Amphibian and reptile articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 39 | ||
FL | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
FM | 69 | 69 | |||||
GA | 1 | 22 | 24 | 47 | 94 | ||
B | 5 | 31 | 66 | 114 | 216 | ||
C | 8 | 40 | 159 | 766 | 973 | ||
Start | 1 | 43 | 382 | 4,521 | 4 | 4,951 | |
Stub | 2 | 198 | 16,820 | 4 | 17,024 | ||
List | 9 | 42 | 320 | 10 | 181 | 562 | |
Category | 3,335 | 3,335 | |||||
Disambig | 4 | 306 | 310 | ||||
File | 79 | 79 | |||||
Portal | 15 | 15 | |||||
Project | 24 | 24 | |||||
Redirect | 8 | 16 | 269 | 696 | 989 | ||
Template | 195 | 195 | |||||
Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
Assessed | 19 | 166 | 900 | 22,880 | 4,730 | 189 | 28,884 |
Total | 19 | 166 | 900 | 22,880 | 4,730 | 189 | 28,884 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 131,627 | Ω = 5.65 |
Task list and progress
As organized by WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, the current tasks are:
- Create article for each Order and Family
- Ensure all Family articles are taxonomically consistent
- Ensure all articles between Order and Family rank are taxonomically consistent
- Create article for each Genus
- Ensure all articles between Family and Genus rank are taxonomically consistent
- Create articles for all Species
- Create links for all species articles on appropriate articles
- Create lists of uncreated articles to add to category pages:
- List of amphibians
- List of reptiles
- Prehistoric amphibian
- Create articles for aspects of amphibian and reptile biology, such as snake scales and vocal sac.
- Copyedit current article text to coincide with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna) (e.g., convert "Coral Snake" to "coral snake").
- For articles with {{AARTalk}} templates, rank and assess articles that have not been given a rating or an importance rating (see Category:Unassessed_amphibian_and_reptile_articles).
- Find images for Category:Amphibian and reptile articles needing images
Photographs
Please help find images for Category:Amphibian and reptile articles needing images and also remove those from list that now have a picture.
Please use and help maintain collections of photographs and other images such as:
Note that Wikimedia Commons is the recommended repository for uploading images: ( Media related to Crocodilia at Wikimedia Commons)
Sample articles/lists
Some article under this WikiProject have been recognised for their excellence by the Wikipedia community as featured articles, and may serve as good models.
Recognized content
See full list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles/Recognized content
Featured articles
- Amphibian
- Australian green tree frog
- Bog turtle
- Black mamba
- Blue iguana
- Cane toad
- Common toad
- Crocodilia
- Cyclura nubila
- Eastern brown snake
- Eastern green mamba
- Frog
- Galapagos tortoise
- Green and golden bell frog
- Hawksbill sea turtle
- King brown snake
- Komodo dragon
- Loggerhead sea turtle
- Noronha skink
- Olm
- Painted turtle
- Red-bellied black snake
- Wells and Wellington affair
Featured lists
- List of amphibians of Michigan
- List of dinosaur genera
- List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
- List of Testudines families
- U.S. state reptiles
Former featured lists
Good articles
The following are classified as
- Archelon
- American alligator
- Banded bullfrog
- Beaded lizard
- Black-necked spitting cobra
- Ctenosaura bakeri
- Decline in amphibian populations
- Gaboon viper
- Gila monster
- Green iguana
- Many-banded krait
- New Guinea crocodile
- Nerodia clarkii
- Northern red-legged frog
- Oriental fire-bellied toad
- Poison dart frog
- Puff adder
- Russell's viper
- Salamander
- Sea snake
- Slender glass lizard
- Snake scales
- Solomon Islands skink
- Trachylepis tschudii
- Tuatara
- Wood turtle
- Varanus salvadorii
- Vipera berus
- Yellow-lipped sea krait
Some articles specially created under auspices of the WikiProject are:
Hot articles
34 edits | Arenaerpeton |
31 edits | Ichthyotitan |
27 edits | Vasuki indicus |
27 edits | 2024 in archosaur paleontology |
16 edits | Rodriguesophis iglesiasi |
16 edits | Tropidurus hygomi |
11 edits | Anolis ibanezi |
11 edits | Ctenosaura melanosterna |
11 edits | Tiger snake |
10 edits | Eastern diamondback rattlesnake |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 19 April 2024 by HotArticlesBot.
Popular pages
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles/Popular pages
Article alerts
Articles to be merged
- 11 Apr 2024 – Pleuroptyx (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Brachydectes by Trilletrollet (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – Molgophis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Brachydectes by Trilletrollet (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – Lysorophus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Brachydectes by Trilletrollet (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – Cocytinus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Brachydectes by Trilletrollet (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2024 – Ophidiomorpha (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mosasauria by Macrophyseter (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2024 – Pythonomorpha (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mosasauria by Macrophyseter (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Dec 2023 – Contectopalatus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Phalarodon by Slate Weasel (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Dec 2023 – Cryopterygius (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Undorosaurus by Slate Weasel (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Dec 2023 – Mikadocephalus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Besanosaurus by Slate Weasel (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Nov 2023 – Lizard (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Squamata by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 01 Apr 2024 – Mole salamander (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by TypistMonkey (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Nov 2020 – Corroboree frog (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Bobamnertiopsis (t · c); see discussion
New articles
This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-04-19 05:13 (UTC)
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Cleanup listing
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
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