User:Brabblegreyhound03/Brown tree snake/Montgomeryr28 Peer Review

General info
Brabblegreyhound03
 * Whose work are you reviewing?


 * Link to draft you're reviewing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brabblegreyhound03/Brown_tree_snake
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_tree_snake#Venom

Evaluate the drafted changes
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I would switch these two sentences around: "Due to an accidental introduction after the events of World War II, this snake is now infamous for being an invasive species responsible for extirpating the majority of the native bird population in Guam.[1] It is also one of the very few colubrids found in Australia, where elapids are more common" so that the information about its range is altogether.

I would reword this sentence "The brown tree snake is a nocturnal, arboreal species that uses visual and chemical cues in hunting in the tropical rainforest canopy and/or on the ground" to something like "The brown tree snake is a nocturnal and arboreal species that uses both visual and chemical cues when hunting, either in the rainforest canopy or on the ground."

I would make your section Invasive Species two paragraphs, with the break before the sentence "Numerous sightings of this species have been reported . . ."

There is no citation after the quote in the following sentence. The results determined, "depressed body condition and elevated plasmacorticosteron levels in the free-living animals suggest that a lack of food resources was placing individuals under chronic stress, resulting in suppression of the reproductive system."

In the Venom section, the fact that the snake is nocturnal is irrelevant.

I think the way that you organized the article makes more sense than the original.