User:Joseph73780/Poisonous amphibian

Plan of Edits

- Lead Section -> Revision of the entire paragraph, remove information that isn't needed for the lead section. Remove the first sentence, since it does give a brief definition of the topic that will be discussed, but it should be apart of the lead section.

- Chart of information section -> I would like to keep this table within the article, but the paragraph prior to the chart is focused primarily on one species of amphibians which in the end could be apart of the table. If anything, information involving the affects of the toxins can be included in a separate column in the chart, but should, in itself should be apart of a separate article or its own paragraph. The column also contains one named scientific name, but also includes the common name. This should be changed to the genus name and a separate column should exist for the common name. Finally, toads and frogs should be separated to different tables since not all frogs are toads despite toads being under the umbrella of frogs.

- Recreational Ingestion of Toxins -> If this were to be kept in the text, the way the text is displayed needs revision to make it sound much more professional. There are some literature that discuss applications of these toxins, but revision of this title would need to change to something along the lines of "Applications of Toxins" and in a separate section, talk about the risk that are associated with human contact with the different types of toxins. If the toxins are going to be listed, they should also include different affects. In the end, it doesn't seem to be important to include recreational ingestion of toxins since it isn't relatively important when discussing the poisonous amphibians. I would opt to exclude this information if it is appropriate.

- Include a section talking about health risk or affects that occur when coming into contact with the different toxins produced by the different poisonous amphibians. This would be a good source of information since the active agent of each poisonous amphibian is listed. Providing knowledge of the possible harm associated with these toxins would be good public information to provide in the case that someone needs more information about each toxin.

- Another possible section that could be included would be diets of each different species. Some amphibians acquire their toxins from their diets. This is something that I will need to research more, but would provide more relevant information.

Original Lead Section

Poisonous amphibians are amphibians that produce toxins to defend themselves from predators.

Altered Lead Section

Poisonous amphibians are specialized amphibians that produce toxins through the development of specialized alveolar or tubular glands within their skins. Utilizing the production of these chemicals, these species are able to have protection from both predators and different pathogens through the secretion of various toxin compounds from their skin. Some poisonous amphibians are able to develop their toxins through a process known as sequestration which involves the consumption of specific plants that contain alkaloids.

Ask about the issue of a specific publication not containing enough citations, but has information that could be important to include.

Lead
Poisonous amphibians are specialized amphibians that produce toxins through the development of unique alveolar or tubular glands within their skins. These species are able to have protection from both predators and different pathogens through the secretion of different toxin compounds from their skin. Some poisonous amphibians are able to develop their toxins through a process known as sequestration which involves the consumption of specific plants that contain alkaloids.

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Poisonous Frogs

Poisonous Toads

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Poisonous Salamanders

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