User talk:Froggydarb

Have a croak

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[edit] More maps

Hi, if you have the information and get a chance, could you make distro maps for the salt and freshwater crocodiles please.--Peta 11:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amphibians of Australia

Thanks, it took a long time! There is still some work needed for it (especially to include the Hylids), but I am pretty happy with how far along it is. This article has great potential, I hope we can get it to FA and FL (I think we will need to split it). Good work with it so far. --liquidGhoul 10:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Nice talk page by the way. --liquidGhoul 10:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

How are the images now? --liquidGhoul 12:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Why are you removing the italics from all the genera names, they are supposed to have them (see WP:TOL). --liquidGhoul 06:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

The article is coming along nicely. I'd be good if some of the inline cites were to original paper sources - since the information provided by the IUCN etc. is usually just a summary of someone elses research. I can get pdfs of most recently published journal articles, so take a look at this list and let me know if there are any articles you'd like to have the full text for.--Peta 07:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] VandalProof

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[edit] Maps and frogs

Hi, the maps look great, thanks. About sources for the frog article - I think that is important where possible to cite original research - not an organisations interpretation of that research, it realtes to the idea of a reliable sources and I think it is important to give some acknowlegdement to the people who actaully did all the hard work, so if you change your mind about wanting to look at the original papers just leave me a message.--Peta 00:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:GGBF

Not their winter breeding habitat, just their winter retreat habitat. The paper is at the top of this list, but I can only get it by hard copy, so I can't send it to you. --liquidGhoul 03:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Use the abstract of that paper if you have to, it contains enough results for an encyclopaedia. I can't think of anything that is missing. It still needs a copyedit by someone better than me. Also, I think you should address Tnarg's concerns on the talk page. Thanks --liquidGhoul 04:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyedit

I did as requested; reordered sentences to improve flow in one section and left several inline comments on fragments where there were questions about word choice or, in one instance, a convoluted sentence whose meaning was not unambiguous. I'd rather you improved it than me guessing it wrong. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 21:28, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Opisthodon

He has written the source on many of the articles. Here, I am currently downloading it (>9mb). --liquidGhoul 06:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, I just saw that you saw the source. Good reading :). --liquidGhoul 06:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roy/HG

Froggy, (not sure if I'm doing this correctly, apologies if I am) but the changes I made to Roy and HG's origin commentary page were NOT nonsense-I've listened to every one for the last 5 years, I can assure you of that. The previous unsigned comment was written by 211.31.57.32

[edit] WIkipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

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[edit] Pelodrydinae

Don't fret. We won't take action on this part of the paper, it says itself that they weren't thorough enough on these frogs (only a few species were tested). Another paper is coming out soon, and it will deal with the Pelodryines. Always remember to sign your comments :) Thanks --liquidGhoul 11:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

Congrats on the Green and Golden Bell Frog FA. Now you have to put up with it being on the main page (you can practice with Cane Toad, it will be on in two days). Not a good experience, that one. --liquidGhoul 13:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cute frog!

[edit] WIkipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

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Good job on the userpage though. It's actually my favorite out of all the finalists (if you don't count me). :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:38, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Aus frog list

It seems that most of that info should be in the genera articles. I had assumed that was what was happening when I came across it a while ago. You should try and merge as much info from it as possible into the repective genus articles. --liquidGhoul 06:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

lol, rightio. I don't think it is a necessary article then. You can get all the links to Australian genera through Amphibians of Australia, and can see the info in those articles. --liquidGhoul 06:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured pic

Just making sure you knew your photo is on the main page. --liquidGhoul 07:58, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Find anything tadpoling? --liquidGhoul 09:02, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Cool, was that with FATS? --liquidGhoul 10:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] littlejohni tadpole

Don't you think the photo's a little dark? Do you have anything lighter? My photos came out quite a bit brighter.--Tnarg¹²³⁴⁵ 10:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		I award you with The Photographer's Barnstar, because of your extraordinary photographs in the field of nature. Keep up the good work! Captain ginyu 13:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

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[edit] frogs pictures - preditors

I know this isnt the preferred type of frog photographs but you may be able to use it in articles about preditors of frogs. commons:Egretta novaehollandiae --Gnangarra 06:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Coverage maps

Hi Froggydarb. I've noticed your excellent work on coverage maps, such as this example. At the Australian wine article, we're in need of something similar, though I'm not graphically minded in any way as much as I'd love to be. Are you able to help out when you've got some time? -- Longhair 02:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. There's coverage maps available here, under the Map of Australian Wine Zones link, which detail the wine regions of Australia. What we're aiming for I guess is a freely licenced coverage map of Australian wine regions usable for Wikipedia. I hope that explains our needs. If not, feel free to ask me to clear anything up you're unsure about. Thanks again. -- Longhair 03:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Regions aren't really necessary for now I think. Just a basic map detailing wine production coverage should be fine. -- Longhair 10:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

That looks fantastic and close to what we need. Are you able to add a simple legend off to one side to show why regions are marked as different colours and their respective names? -- Longhair 01:06, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Looking good. I'll let the others know at Talk:Australian wine to see what they think. Thanks for the speed in getting this done and your great efforts to date. -- Longhair 04:26, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

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[edit] Frog life cylce

I was wondering whether you had a better version of the life-cycle than is currently on the frog article. I would like one which has a really good tadpole photo, and every stage the same species (maybe Limnodynastes peronii would be easiest?). I really don't like the current one. The photos look depressing, and I doubt they are all the same species. Thanks. --liquidGhoul 02:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Finding the morph will prove to be the limiting factor. I am going swabbing tomorrow (L. aurea, but also any species possible), so will keep an eye out. However, it will be very hard to find metamorphs, I don't think I've ever seen one with a tail. The Mixophyes in Tyler's Natural History book is beautiful, and large, but most species are absolutely tiny. Might be an idea to go frogging when Mixophyes fasciolatus tadpoles are about to morph. --liquidGhoul 09:51, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Nope. I saw some very early stage tadpoles, but that was it. The GGBFs weren't out (little cold). A whole section was completely flooded from the recent rain though, so there was a huge floodplain, and the frogs were loving it. We went swabbing there. Also saw two rats. --liquidGhoul 22:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

We caught L. fallax, Lit. peronii, Lim peronii, Lit. tyleri and C. signifera. We also heard Lim. tasmaniensis and L' dentata. Nothing really special, but it is/was a highly disturbed site. --liquidGhoul 02:27, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extinct frogs

What's your source for the T. acutirostris specimen in 1996? --liquidGhoul 12:31, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Rightio, that's fine. My reference was also from JCU, so it's all good. --liquidGhoul 13:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crinia parinsignifera

With that recent edit to Crinia parinsignifera, are you just talking about with Crinia sloanei, or both species? --liquidGhoul 13:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

That sounds like both are distinguished by call alone. I am certain that it is only call for signifera but was unsure for sloanei. Also, I was only talking not distinguishing them based on physical appearance, but I can see how my wording was ambiguous. I was planning on mentioning the call in the ecology and behaviour section, but must have forgotten. Thanks. --liquidGhoul 00:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map

Hi, if you have time could you please make a numbat distrobution map, you can see one here. Thanks. --Peta 06:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mixophyes

It says in the abstract that the two new species were not suspected. So you may be thinking of something else. Either that, or they have taken a long time to write the paper. --liquidGhoul 05:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Froggydarb/ausfroglist

Do you mind if others can edit this list, so we have an idea of what is done, and what needs to be done further. Also, if we create an article, we can move it up the list, and if it is on everyone's watchlist, we can tell when a new article has been created. It would be good to have a link to it for the new Australian biota project. Also, I would like to bold those which have photographs. Thanks. --liquidGhoul 14:05, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

New to this, but passed your link somewhere an hour ago :P

I recently got some pictures you may like.

One here, [1]is a grainy zoom from these -

[2] and  [3]  you may be able to do better with your picture editing software.

They were taken in my suburban backyard near Kookaburra Park in Rocklea, Brisbane, QLD ( Large creek there but I can't find the name of it. Also turtles & ducks are regulars there)

Yes that is a home-brew keg he is sitting on :)

--Bentalphanerd 16:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POTY 2006

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[edit] Image:Bufoinvasion.gif

Hi,tanks for the awesome animation for the cane toad article. However, I would like to see it go up to 2005 if at all possible? [4] may help. Thanks — Jack · talk · 09:49, Wednesday, 28 March 2007