Talk:Green and Golden Bell Frog

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[edit] Population sizes

I removed a sentence about the large populations in Sydney area. If we want this type of info to be non-trivial, it would be best to list all the large populations in Australia. I remember reading a list like this (I think it was less than ten sites), so the info is out there. --liquidGhoul 07:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Yep I'll have a look. -- Froggydarb croak 08:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and try to be non-specific. We don't want people disturbing them unneccesarily. The brick pit is fine (as it is well known), but otherwise just state the town/suburb. --liquidGhoul 08:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Yep, would of done that any way :) -- Froggydarb croak 08:11, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Is that alright? -- Froggydarb croak 08:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rana-GGBF comparison

It'd be good if the two pics that I put in the table could be combined into one JPG so that they can share a normal thumbsized image with a good caption describing the similarites. The GGBF photo should probably be rotated so that they are in identical positions.--Peta 06:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll give it a go. -- Froggydarb croak 07:08, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
They can't be rotated to be in identical postions though. -- Froggydarb croak 10:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
90 degress counter clockwise and they'd be pretty close.--Peta 11:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Theres one that isn't rotated; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Litoria_aurea_Rana_comparison.jpg should it be vertical or horizontal?
If you rotate the ground slants. -- Froggydarb croak 11:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
It would be better horizontal. Also, to link to images, just put a colon (:) in front of the Image part. E.g. Image:Litoria aurea Rana comparison.jpg. --liquidGhoul 11:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Ok, still learning, lol. -- Froggydarb croak 11:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
There we go. -- Froggydarb croak 11:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] taxonomy

I think that this section is coming along well, however one key point needs to be made clear. Why didn't the species remain in Rana? If there are many similarites, with this species and the Rana genus why was it moved to Litoria. I think that should be made clear in the taxonomy paragraph.--Tnarg12345 06:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Population loss vs. population decline

  • Population loss: can be interpreted as loss of a population
  • Population decline: decline in numbers of a population; this could be the total population.

The second term is more general. Make sure that when you say "population loss", you do mean only complete extinction of individual local populations. Cheers. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 10:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Second largest frog

This species isn't second largest australian frog. The Giant Barred Frog is considered the second largest, and some consider it the largest. -- Froggydarb croak

I had another go at it, now that the situation is clear. You may also find reading WP:MOSNUM interesting, if you haven't done so already. For instance, I would encourage consistent use of "centimetres" vs. "cm" throughout the article. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 13:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History Merge

Could an admin please delete the Green and Golden Bell Frog article and move this article back to its original title. Gdo01 02:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I have moved this page back from Green and Golden Bell Frog (animal) already, is that what you mean? A history merge was not necessary, because no real edits took place while the page was moved, so I simply deleted the talk page edits and vandalism that did. Let me know if you have any questions. Prodego talk 02:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm just used to the term being known as a history merge. Didn't know what else to call it. Gdo01 02:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
A history merge would be were two (or more) page's edit histories have to be combined. They are a bit more difficult to do properly. This was just a simple page move. Prodego talk 02:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the merges. I was initially confused by the "hi i moved the page" message left by that user... Sidar 05:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] chytrid fungus

Altered references to B. dendrobatidis. Previously the descriptor read "the chytrid fungus" which I guess is like saying "the frog amphibian" urgh! MidgleyDJ 07:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

It is just the common name among frog people. When you say "Chytrid" to lay-people, they won't understand what you are talking about. When you give them the binomial, it is even worse. Fungus obviously helps to clarify. I can understand the frustration though, common names can be very nonsensical. I like the change. Thanks. :) --liquidGhoul 08:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyediting

I am finished copyediting the article, I think. I love these frogs! I have adopted this article. Brainmuncher 04:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Nope. I changed a few things later (under a different name). RedRabbit 18:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)