Talk:Rhacophorus kio

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Wiki Education assignment: Behavioral Ecology 2022
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Did you know nomination
You can find a video in this paper. You can find it in the supporting information section. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2116342119#supplementary-materials Qazwsx1515 (talk) 21:05, 29 November 2022 (UTC)


 * @Qazwsx1515 So sorry for being late. That is good, and working. Ruwaym (talk) 20:26, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Recommendations for "Description" section
The tadpole section can be placed under a different section such as "Development" to help keep the "Description" section more concise and focused on the adult frog. The description of the color of the frog can benefit from some clarification. It is stated that the dorsal side of the frog is "grass green" and marked with "white spots". Is the dorsal side also marked with "yellow spots"? The phrase "its sides are a dark brown color" can also be specified by describing what "sides" are dark brown. Froggo1324 (talk) 03:44, 18 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree, I will clarify the description better Qazwsx1515 (talk) 19:40, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I elaborated a bit on the section of Caiusa infestation. I couldn't find any direct statements in source 9 that infer that the leafy structures of frog nests are responsible for the protection of eggs from danger. Froggo1324 (talk) 23:36, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review
Citations needed for information in the Lead section.

I moved the last sentence of the Lead so that it is right after the sentence about the two black-webbed treefrog species (it didn’t really make sense at the end of the paragraph).

I’ve edited a few clunky sentences to shorten them and make them clearer.

Under the “Differences between Rhacophorus kio and R. reinwardtii” section, it’s written that “the breeding populations of R. kio are relatively small.” Relative to what? R. reinwardtii? Or to other frog species in general? I would specify.

Under Habitat, “R. kio have been observed at a height of 57 m in Southwest China.” Is this referring to height in the canopy? The next sentence talks about canopy height. I would specify “R. kio have been observed up to 57 m high in the forest canopy in southwest China” since the sentence prior is about elevation from sea level, whereas here I think it’s just talking about height in the canopy.

The same beginning sentence is used for both the Habitat and Distribution sections. I would rephrase the one for distribution since that it more about distribution geographically, not what kinds of forests they prefer.

I would maybe figure out someway to reword the distribution section since it gets pretty repetitive (although I’m not sure how a list of provinces could even be reworded to not be repetitive).

They can glide? That’s so cool! Put that in the Lead!!! Can R. reinwardtii also glide?

Overall, this article is really interesting, and I’m super impressed with the amount of information considering how difficult finding sources must have been since R. reinwardtii has the same common name and the species were only separated in 2006.

There isn’t a whole lot of emphasis on the behavior of the species which I think would benefit the article. Is there competition between males with how they call? What is the calling behavior of males? Is there more information on the gliding ability? Is this a recent adaptation, or shared between multiple similar species?

Article could also use some more photos if possible. Especially would benefit from one of the frog gliding if you can find one. Lvanzen3 (talk) 00:20, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review Comments
First of all, good job! Your post is super interesting, and I really enjoyed reading about your frog. I liked how there is a separate sub-section for “Differences between Rhacophorus kio and R. reinwardtii” that explains their differences. One suggestion is maybe you could add one or two pictures that show their morphological differences, maybe their difference in webbing. I think the Habitat section needs a revision. I had a hard time understanding the context of the sentence “R. kio have been observed at a height of 57m in southwest China” because it doesn’t seem to flow/match well with the previous sentences and the following sentences. In the previous sentences, it is mentioned that R. kio are found between elevations of 200m and 1800m, and “a height of 57m” is not within in the range. The following sentences mention the cover of the canopy and the top of the canopy, but whether “a height of 57m” refers to the top of the canopy, the cover of the canopy, or possibly neither of them, is uncertain based on how the Habitat section is currently written. It would be great if this confusion can be clarified through revision. Also, maybe you could elaborate on the specific species of insects and the examples of food sources found at the top of the canopy for additional details. For the Arboreal Locomotion section, I think the content is very interesting, and it would be great if you could elaborate more in this section. One suggestion is to add a picture of the frog’s hands or toe pads. Another suggestion is to expand on how their gliding works with more details. Turturenhydra (talk) 11:27, 20 October 2022 (UTC)