User:Elizabethmalley/Choose an Article

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

 * Houston Toad


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article only has characteristics, habitat and range, and conservation status. This article does not provide information on its endangered status, in detail, which should included in the article.
 * Sources
 * https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/animals/houston-toad/
 * https://www.fws.gov/species/houston-toad-bufo-houstonensis
 * https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anaxyrus_houstonensis/
 * https://www.fws.gov/species/houston-toad-bufo-houstonensis
 * https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anaxyrus_houstonensis/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Greater bamboo lemur
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is a level S. It only goes into detail about conservation status. There is only one picture and three paragraphs.
 * Sources
 * http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/greater-bamboo-lemur/
 * https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Prolemur_simus/
 * https://animalia.bio/greater-bamboo-lemur
 * http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/greater-bamboo-lemur/
 * https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Prolemur_simus/
 * https://animalia.bio/greater-bamboo-lemur

Option 3

 * Southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
 * Article Evaluation
 * There are many subjects such as habitat, diet and reproduction, but they are not developed. They are only one to two sentences and can be added too.
 * Sources
 * https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-New-Guinea-giant-softshell-turtle-Pelochelys-bibroni-for-sale-in-a-market-at_fig2_253930165
 * https://animalia.bio/new-guinea-giant-softshell-turtle
 * http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/yangtze-giant-softshell-turtle/
 * https://animalia.bio/new-guinea-giant-softshell-turtle
 * http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/yangtze-giant-softshell-turtle/

Option 4

 * Horned parakeet
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article should begin to go more in depth in the summary as well as include more historic background and behaviors as well as its role in the ecosystem.
 * Sources
 * https://ebird.org/species/horpar2
 * https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2020/06/the-horned-parakeet-looks-like-a-tiny-green-dragon/
 * https://birdscoo.com/care/parakeets/horned
 * https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2020/06/the-horned-parakeet-looks-like-a-tiny-green-dragon/
 * https://birdscoo.com/care/parakeets/horned

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Solenodon
 * Article Evaluation
 * The status of the Solenodon has little information written in the article. There was a lot of details on characteristics, however not much on behavior and conservation.
 * Sources
 * https://www.britannica.com/animal/solenodon-mammal-family
 * http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/cuban-solenodon/
 * https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/animals-of-cuba-solenodons
 * http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/cuban-solenodon/
 * https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/animals-of-cuba-solenodons