Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Alpine newt/archive1

TFA blurb review
Congratulations, and please check back at the end of June for the blurbs. - Dank (push to talk) 12:18, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

The alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a species of newt native to continental Europe and introduced to Great Britain and New Zealand. Adults measure 7-12 cm and are usually dark grey to blue on the back and sides, with an orange belly and throat. The alpine newt occurs at high altitude as well as in the forested lowlands, and migrates to water for breeding. Males are conspicuously coloured during breeding season, and court females with a ritualised display. The aquatic larvae grow up to 5 cm in around three months, and most metamorphose into terrestrial juvenile efts, which mature into adults at around three years. Larvae and adults feed mainly on diverse invertebrates and themselves fall prey to dragonfly larvae, large beetles, fish, snakes, birds or mammals. Although still relatively common, alpine newt populations are decreasing. The main threats are habitat destruction, pollution and the introduction of fish such as trout into breeding sites.

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 19:06, 18 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this! Minor suggestions:
 * link introduced species
 * remove sentence "Males are more conspicuously coloured"; instead add ", conspicuously coloured during breeding season," before "court females with a ritualised display"
 * replace "Most" with "The" before "aquatic larvae"
 * All done.
 * after phrase "... at around three years", add short sentence "Paedomorphic, larva-like adults are sometimes found."
 * Not done; we don't have room for it. Added "most" before "metamorphose", which automatically implies that some don't metamorphose.
 * Tylototriton (talk) 16:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments, that helps. - Dank (push to talk) 16:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC)