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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * California moray
 * Article Evaluation
 * Although this article is well-written, there are various shortcomings regarding the information included in it. For example, there is adequate information about the California moray's feeding habits but little on details like its conservation status. Moreover, there are some issues regarding the article's structure and organizations. Details regarding the California moray's physiology are spread throughout the article when it could be consolidated under one section. Improvements like this would enhance the quality of the article.
 * Sources
 * Amber R. Diluzio, Vikram B. Baliga, Benjamin A. Higgins, Rita S. Mehta,Effects of prey characteristics on the feeding behaviors of an apex marine predator, the California moray (Gymnothorax mordax),Zoology,Volume 122,2017,Pages 80-89,ISSN 0944-2006, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2017.03.002.
 * Sources
 * Amber R. Diluzio, Vikram B. Baliga, Benjamin A. Higgins, Rita S. Mehta,Effects of prey characteristics on the feeding behaviors of an apex marine predator, the California moray (Gymnothorax mordax),Zoology,Volume 122,2017,Pages 80-89,ISSN 0944-2006, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2017.03.002.

Option 2

 * Crotalus ruber
 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a well-structured article. It provides great information on subjects like the snake's venom and geographic range. However, further writing that introduces the species in the lead section and on its typical behavior could enhance the article.
 * Sources
 * Iván Fernando Pozas-Ocampo, Alejandro Carbajal-Saucedo, Ana Bertha Gatica-Colima, Amaury Cordero-Tapia, Gustavo Arnaud-Franco, Toxicological comparison of Crotalus ruber lucasensis venom from different ecoregions of the Baja California Peninsula,Toxicon,Volume 187,2020,Pages 111-115,ISSN 0041-0101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.08.029
 * Sources
 * Iván Fernando Pozas-Ocampo, Alejandro Carbajal-Saucedo, Ana Bertha Gatica-Colima, Amaury Cordero-Tapia, Gustavo Arnaud-Franco, Toxicological comparison of Crotalus ruber lucasensis venom from different ecoregions of the Baja California Peninsula,Toxicon,Volume 187,2020,Pages 111-115,ISSN 0041-0101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.08.029

Option 3

 * California Myotis
 * Article Evaluation
 * This is another well-structured article that could use additional writing to bolster its quality. There are sections on relevant categories: physical description, activity, and reproduction. However, these are barebones sections, which could use more evidence. A section on its conservation status and interactions with humans could also be insightful.
 * Sources
 * Brigham, R. Mark, et al. “Roosting Behavior and Roost-Site Preferences of Forest-Dwelling California Bats (Myotis Californicus).” Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 78, no. 4, [American Society of Mammalogists, Oxford University Press], 1997, pp. 1231–39, https://doi.org/10.2307/1383066.
 * Sources
 * Brigham, R. Mark, et al. “Roosting Behavior and Roost-Site Preferences of Forest-Dwelling California Bats (Myotis Californicus).” Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 78, no. 4, [American Society of Mammalogists, Oxford University Press], 1997, pp. 1231–39, https://doi.org/10.2307/1383066.

Option 4

 * California slender salamander
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well-written and well-structured. However, there could be additional citations that support the article. All of the references are more than fifteen years old. This is surprising given the species's prominence in California. New information could have arisen in the past fifteen years that could shift the entire narrative of the article.
 * Sources
 * C.M. Sette, V.T. Vredenburg, A.G. Zink,Reconstructing historical and contemporary disease dynamics: A case study using the California slender salamander,Biological Conservation,Volume 192,2015,Pages 20-29,ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.039.
 * Sources
 * C.M. Sette, V.T. Vredenburg, A.G. Zink,Reconstructing historical and contemporary disease dynamics: A case study using the California slender salamander,Biological Conservation,Volume 192,2015,Pages 20-29,ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.039.

Option 5

 * Giant garter snake
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well-written and well-structured, and its information provides insight on a snake that is becoming increasingly rare in California. However, there are a number of shortcomings in the information provided and the evidence that supports it. For example, the article's section on conservation biology mentions efforts to save the snake, but there does not appear to be any mention of those efforts or a source that verifies this.
 * Sources
 * Paquin, M.M., Wylie, G.D. & Routman, E.J. Population Structure of the Giant Garter Snake, Thamnophis gigas. Conserv Genet 7, 25–36 (2006). https://doi-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/10.1007/s10592-005-7439-8
 * Sources
 * Paquin, M.M., Wylie, G.D. & Routman, E.J. Population Structure of the Giant Garter Snake, Thamnophis gigas. Conserv Genet 7, 25–36 (2006). https://doi-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/10.1007/s10592-005-7439-8