Good quality and EV. As I mentioned during the nomination of a
similar lizard, losing the tails among members of this genus is quite common. Probably my last lizard nomination for now.
Support, though I think it would be worth mentioning in the caption that the gecko has lost its tail.
J Milburn (
talk) 18:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Oppose - A tail is missing --
Alvesgaspar (
talk) 01:35, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
As I mentioned, this is quite common. --
Muhammad(talk) 04:19, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Support because the tail is missing. Muhammad, you might want to add info about missing tail to the caption. Say something like the missing tails will grow back.
Poor baby lizard is to fail
because it lost a piece of tail?--
Mbz1 (
talk) 02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Comment. I think we've already covered the issue of whether flaws/imperfections are acceptable. If I recall correctly, we generally agreed that the specimen should be as pristine as possible, except where the flaws had EV. I think as long as the caption (in the article(s)) mentions that losing tails is common in geckos, the image doesn't lose EV. However, if it was a random genetic flaw, it wouldn't have much EV as it wouldn't describe the species accurately.
Ðiliff«»(Talk) 10:55, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Having said that, and having thought about it a bit more, it does make sense to me that the EV of a missing tail would be higher in a 'higher order' article. IMO, there's not as much value to having a photo showing the missing tail in a species article because it implies that this species specifically exhibits tail-dropping, whereas the truth is that many different types of gecko do this. Whereas, if this image were to be used in the gecko article as an illustration of tail-dropping, it would have higher EV. Just my two cents.
Ðiliff«»(Talk) 11:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
I don't know about other geckos, but the
Lygodactylus has a high number of tail-dropping. This image appears in the
Lygodactylus article but that is more of a stub than an article so... Updated the captions in the articles. --
Muhammad(talk) 11:22, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
I'm not an expert either, but it's definitely something that can be done by a wide variety of lizards as per
this: "Geckos, skinks, legless lizards and some dragons have the ability to lose their tail quickly if it is grasped by a predator, then grow a new tail.".
Ðiliff«»(Talk) 11:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
I have written about reptilian defense mechanisms in the
Reptile article and the image now illustrates the tail dropping there. --
Muhammad(talk) 15:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Support The background is somewhat psychedelic, but the colours seem okay, and the resolution on subject *just* meets the criteria.
Papa Lima Whiskey (
talk) 17:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)reply
BTW, given that the section you created, at least in terms of images, is somewhat specific to lizards, I'd recommend sticking it in
lizard. You already put another image in
autotomy so we may be exhausting the EV in that category now.
Papa Lima Whiskey (
talk) 17:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Support -- interesting subject, nice detail, good EV. The crop could be a bit tighter, and the composition could be improved at the same time, but I realise that this is simply a matter of preference.
NotFromUtrecht (
talk) 19:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Support if the tail missing is biologically relevant as it seems to be I don't see how it detracts from the EV and it's otherwise a good shot of the gecko.
Cat-five -
talk 00:40, 13 March 2010 (UTC)reply