User:Lhov14/Evaluate an Article

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Lepidophyma smithii

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
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I chose this article because I read the paper titled "Mixed-sex offspring produced via cryptic parthenogenesis in a lizard" by Kratochvíl et al., which explains the significance of this species of Lepidophyma in research of facultative parthenogenesis. This is the only known species in which the females undergo parthenogenesis simultaneously with sexual reproduction within the same clutch of offspring. The wikipedia article only includes information about where this genus is found.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

This article regarding Lepidophyma smithii only includes where this lizard is found and its phylogeny. This article is lacking any information regarding the species' reproduction, especially regarding facultative parthenogenesis. This article has no talk page engagement, but the two citations included work. There should be a section within this article that explains the reproductive style where is addressed in the Kratochvíl et al. paper. There are no included images of this species. The tone of this article is definitely neutral, but there is also only two sentences. This two sentences could be included in the lead section of this article. There is not an abundance of information on Lepidopyma smithii, but I think that this article should address the profound findings in their part in facultative parthenogenesis.