Template:Did you know nominations/Aipysurus fuscus

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:19, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Aipysurus fuscus[edit]

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... that the population of the endangered sea snake Aipysurus fuscus is thought to have declined at least 70% between 1998 and 2013? "Aipysurus fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN. 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

Reviewed: Nellie Griswold Francis

5x expanded by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:25, 21 April 2017 (UTC).

A nice little article. New enough, long enough, citation checks out, good hook. Two recommendations. First, "It is found in Australia, Indonesia and East Timor" seems a little optimistic. Second, perhaps you could use a common name in the hook? I suspect, for readers, "rare coral snake" is more exciting than "rare thingy that could be a mould for all I know". Josh Milburn (talk) 21:57, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

@J Milburn: Both good points. I've changed the lead to read "in the Timor Sea, between Australia...". It turns out this is not actually a coral snake; that bit of text was in the article before, and somehow I did not spot it and correct it. It's a sea snake, from Hydrophiinae, which I've added to the hook. Vanamonde (talk) 05:14, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Great stuff; good to go. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:10, 22 April 2017 (UTC)