Talk:Common side-blotched lizard

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Physiology Suggestion
I felt that the section about “Physiology” was brief to an extent that it may not be deserving of having its own section. Compared to the other parts of this article, this section was far shorter, comprising only two sentences that did not provide that much useful information for readers. I suggested that this portion of the article should be worked on, which can be done by finding more information to add onto it. I believe that if this cannot be done, then it is probably appropriate to remove it entirely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minwoo.kwon (talk • contribs) 05:14, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Mating strategy
I have duplicated the very interesting mating stratefy from the rock-paper-scissors article. This was mentioned in the introduction but no more detail was given here, even though it relates more directly to the lizard than to the game itself. However, it may need tidying up. Salopian (talk) 10:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Photos
Photos of all 3 types might be interesting, if someone has them. 70.162.156.229 (talk) 13:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

http://www1.umn.edu/ships/evolutionofmorality/images/side-blotched-lizard-sinervo.jpg http://currents.ucsc.edu/05-06/art/lizardtrio.06-05-01.jpg orange, blue, yellow left to right.67.86.151.244 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:06, 27 March 2011 (UTC).

Adding to behavior and mating
As part of my university’s course on Behavioral Ecology, I’ve rewritten/expanded on the behavior and frequency-dependent selection part of this article. As part of that, I’ve cut out some things that I personally didn’t feel belonged in a Wiki article (specifically, the link to http://humon.deviantart.com/#/d4yajc7). I hate to do it, though, since someone clearly did the work for it, so if you think you can fit it in somewhere I have no objections. WolfyFTW (talk) 14:35, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Peer edit
I made some edits to make the sentences more comprehensible. Overall, you did a good job. I think a consideration you may want to take into account is that the "mating" section is quite long. It would be possible to split this up, and perhaps even change the section title to rock-paper-scissor mechanism and explain, then put another section about DNA determination. Katims90 (talk) 21:55, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Rob, I added a section on feeding behaviors. This includes a non-comprehensive diet and some theoretical observations on the feeding behavior according to the source. Overall, you're work is very detailed and I approve of what you have written here. Perhaps a more complete version of what I started would make this entry more complete. (Timothy Yung) TKYung (talk) 01:29, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Rob, I started working on linking notable concepts and terminology from your section to other Wikipedia articles (most notably for rock-paper-scissor mechanism, posthumous fertilization, shared paternity, and passivity). After Katims90 and TKYung's changes, the writing was very clear. There were a couple more grammatical corrections that I added in. I agree that breaking the mating section into smaller sections would be useful, and have started those headings for you though you may decide to split up the writing/paragraphs here differently. Nsavalia23 (talk) 02:43, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

I did a final review making some final grammar and wording changes. Each person's work has made the already well-written section read better, so I just added some final touches to make the section even more comprehensible and grammatically correct. WhitleyTucker (talk) 11:17, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

The "Etymology" section was very brief, so I combined it with "Systematics" in a new section, "Taxonomy and Etymology." For aesthetics, I moved the image under "Systematics" to the right so that the bulleted list was not interrupted. The headings for Ecology and behavior were formatted incorrectly. I corrected this. I liked the description of the rock paper scissors mechanism of mating and the separation of the physical properties of tails and tail loss and the behavioral effects of tail loss. I reorganized to create the section "Aggression" with subsections for courtship and aggression related to the genotypes responsible for the rock paper scissors mating mechanism. I moved this into Ecology and behavior, since Aggression is a subset of Behavior. I also moved Avoiding Predation into Ecology and behavior. Spirit LG 20 October 2021

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Class Edits
This lizard has a lot of unique information that is difficult to categorize in a general format, so great job addressing that with specific subheadings! I thought some of the paragraphs were a bit misplaced throughout the article (such as putting mating and reproduction under behavior instead of as independent headings so I rearranged the information a little bit. Other than that there wasn’t much to edit. Great job! Quill Quips — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.252.48.47 (talk) 00:40, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

On this page, I chiefly improved the organization of the entry. For example, I moved the sections titled “Speciation” and “Physiology” up to after the section titled “Mating” in order to keep the description and discussion of the polymorphism in throat colors near each other. This allows for enhanced understanding of characteristics of the common side-blotched lizard. Additionally, I changed “Etymology” and “Taxonomy” to be two separate headings rather than one combined heading. I did so because they are rather distinct topics, and I believe that this way makes more sense. Another thing I added to this entry was changing the heading that was originally titled “Description” to “Physical Description.” My reasoning for doing so was that the entire Wikipedia entry is a description of the common side-blotched lizard, and thus, I thought the entry would be benefitted if this heading were more specific as it only listed the physical characteristics of the lizard species. Ritu27 (talk) 23:17, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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