"it's cousin" should be "its cousin". "incapable photosynthesis" should be "incapable of photosynthesis". "trees to feed on it" should be "tries to feed on it".
" cold environemnts," should be "cold environments".
This and its relatives are a unique approach to Christmas-related flora. I like the scope of the picture.

I like its color change, alien look and texture. "Hopefully" should be "with hope" or, better yet, "potentially". It makes for a unique niche as a nurse plant.

"In order to survive there, they underwent drastic changes that helped mitigate water loss. The first of which is the reduction in the number of leaves they produce." The second sentence looks like a run-on sentence. If the second sentence was merged with the first with a comma, and changed to "the first of which being", it would be grammatically correct.

"coniflor- especially" You meant to use a dash, not a hyphen, or perhaps a comma. If you go with a dash, you should add a dash after "branches" in that sentence.

You began two sentences in the last paragraph with "however" one after each other, which looks awkward.

It's interesting to see it develop fragrant resin or sap, like its relatives. I like the artwork and its unique look. The supplementary range picture is helpful, too, although the fact its range is uninterrupted across Blood River suggests it can live in the river itself.

A belated update on the Russ1 lead: the person I guessed was Russ1 was not actually Russ1. Reverse-image search of Russ1's art might help find Russ1, if Russ1 posted the art anywhere else.

Should this be updated? I'm certain there have been cases in the Islanders challenge, and likely others.

"Its 4 legs have 2 hoofed toes while its tail-leg has 3 hooffed toes"
Doesn't it make more sense to write it as "four", "two", and "three"? There's also a typo in "hoofed".
What do the males do before the eggs have hatched? Their role is only mentioned after the eggs have hatched.

I agree that "deep, bleating calls" doesn't really make sense, unless it has special vocal adaptations, like certain toads. You could say its voice is surprisingly deep for its size, though.

" crash down" "Crashing down" is grammatically correct.

"This back foot helps them leap away from predators. While the other legs help in its quick bounding." These should be merged with a comma. "However very few reach breeding age." This needs a comma after "however".

There are some typos: "it's ancestor" should be "its ancestor". There's a spacing error after "camouflage". Is its diet sorted in order of preference? If so, it's odd Tepoflora, Tepostone, and Tepoguin don't have close rankings.

I just realized the Tepostone's description says it replaces its ancestor, but Tepoguins are still listed as alive. What should be done? Only local replacement in Vivus Tundra?
Fun fact: Pokemon 162 is Furret, a mammal-like Pokémon.

Should original organisms' descriptions be modified when future organisms interact with them? I (e.g., putting a note the Scarlet Phylers eat sugar-water from Baseejies on the Scarlet Phyler's page; making notes of constricted ranges of diseases after most of their hosts die off) It might help avoid problems later.

It makes sense to revise the rule itself before this organism is approved, so it is not in violation.

Assuming Nectarworms urinate, them spraying salty urine as a defense mechanism seems perfectly plausible. Still, acid and bases combining when bitten also makes sense; I think there's at least one insect that does that. I think I may have read about such an insect in the book Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-legged Creatures.

The scientific name should be immediately after the common name, and the reproductive methods should be capitalized. I don't think you need to add pollination by xenobees in the template. The sentence that starts with, "The way the sweetstalk attracts xenobees" is a breathless run-on sentence, so you should split it up with commas or periods.

I had assumed all plents regurgitated solid waste, a la owl pellets, and sweated out liquid waste. A lack of dedicated taxonomy pages on the Alpha timeline (beyond cladograms) makes it unclear whether certain physiological details change from distant ancestors or relatives. (e.g., in plent reproduction)

Can the Maneiac Water Table organisms be de-approved out of the compendium and then re-approved back in the correct order? Is it possible to re-write some of the organism's descriptions so they aren't dependent on unreleased organisms?

Does the diet transition rule need to be adapted to take into account precise chemical similarities between lineages, and therefore ease of transitioning between them?

"seemingly vulnerability" Do you mean "seemingly vulnerable status" or "apparent vulnerability"?

I believe I had mentioned that on the Baseejie because, as fruit-eaters with parrot-like beaks, they would logically like sweet things and have the ability to crack open crystal hulls to get them, even if they couldn't digest crystals themselves. Baseejie's "nectar" is basically sugar water, so there would be no reason Scarlet Phylers couldn't drink that. I suppose if the Baseejie descendants' fruits were abnormally digestible, or the Courier Phyler didn't even eat the crystal parts, it would be fine. (And people do tomatoes even though they can't digest apple seeds, and pine nuts even though they can't digest pine cones, and pandas...are remarkably inefficient.)

If the Courier Phyler had something in common with its ancestor's diet (Fuzzweed berries may be the easiest) this should be acceptable.

That looks better now.

Really? I thought that lower flap was one of its forelimbs. Shading might help clarify its anatomy.

Kopout and Solpimr do have similar styles, come to think of it. I'm not surprised Vivus got professional, given how beautiful Vivus's artwork is.
On DeviantArt, I sent Ittiz a link to Sagan 4 a few months ago. Ittiz seemed interested.

Oh, I like this. It's kind of like a flounder. I wonder if it tastes good.
"Sharps bobs" should be "sharp bobs".
"Foul smelling" would be easier to parse as "foul-smelling", though it is still correct.
"Genetic payloads" sounds like an awfully casual or military-like phrasing; "gametes" would make more tonal sense.
"as they do so, they do so while ever" That loop doesn't sound right. Did you mean to replace that with "they are ever wary of Scylarians"?

Yes, rule clarifications and biome overhauls for Alpha would make sense.

This one breaks the habitat rule:
"--Types--

You can choose any combination of 2 except Polar/Tropical or Mountain/Marine."
Specifically, it lives in Temperate, Tropical, and Mountain (in the form of Maineiac Volcanic) biomes. There isn't a wildcard rule on Alpha yet, so this isn't possible. Removing it from Maneiac Volcanic is the easiest fix.

These are probably going to have a big ecological influence. Generation 162 will probably be the "Generation of the Seashrog", in an event as important as the Great American Interchange.

This one breaks a rule:
"Sub-Species Rule

For the purpose of this game there shall be no physical differences in sub-species. If you want a species to look diffrent [sic] in a specific biome then they must replace or split off and become a separate species specified for that environment. Note that this rule dos not effect sexual dimorphism, life cycle metamorphosis or any other physical change that can happen to a species."

Theoretically, if it had mild color-changing abilities, and it just so happened to camouflage itself better in different environments, this would not break the rule.

The words in the template (the part at the top) should be capitalized. It is preferred that you do not space out the top template. (See Hydromancerx's submission above for a good example on how to format a good submission.)
There's a lot of white space to the right in the image, which should be trimmed out.

I am not sure whether island gigantism should apply to Barlowe. Certainly, it is a small island now, but it didn't suddenly (geologically speaking) arise from the ocean. It was formerly a large continent, but most of it is now submerged. It may be comparable to Zealandia, the largely-submerged continent that only has New Caledonia and New Zealand as above-water parts.

It is thought island gigantism occurs from a lack of competition for particular niches, and there are already fairly large flora: the Obsidian Shrub: (50 cm tall), the Rainforest Carnofern: (60 cm tall), the Barnline (1 m wide, estimated height: 50 cm tall) and Obsidibarrage. (6 m tall; necessarily passes through 1.5 m and similar ranges while growing). Doesn't it make more sense that the Obsidian Shrub should get three times bigger, or the Obsidibarrage would shrink, then a Sunstalk should get 10 times bigger when there would be competition for that size range? (see the smaller flora of the island)

The first two sentences are breathless. You should add commas, and split it up into more sentences. I would recommend adding a little more detail, although similarly minimal descriptions do have precedent in the Alpha timeline. (e.g., the Crowned Kingrush)

I was simply wondering whether they would have the necessary anatomy, as a species, to produce the appropriate soothing noises for each herd fauna. Do they have mockingbird-like levels of vocal versatility, and simply choose one "path" depending on their pack? Do the packs exist as "xata", "plent", and other sub-species that don't externally differ except for calling behaviors and slight tweaks to vocal tract anatomy?

" Once sexually mature they will mate and even form their own herd" This should have a comma: the sentence, as a whole, is breathless.
" predators,thus" This has a spacing error.
You also forgot to fix that really morbid likening of death to sleep. I really don't want to encounter such an unnerving, saddening turn of phrase in a context that doesn't warrant it.

HYDROMANCERX!
You've been gone for quite some time. It's nice to see you again.


"It has developed a unique lifestyle. It will guard various herbivores." Those sentences should be merged.
"it's own" should be "its own".
"made" should be "mate".
"the larges" do you mean the adults?
"Their stomach can process various types of bloods. though some hosts are easier to feed upon than others." The period needs to be a comma, and "their stomach" should be "their stomachs".
"Males are typically larger than females and are usually more aggressive towards any predators.Thus creating large booming calls to scare them off. Or high pitched shrieks to hurt the ears of attackers." Those sentences should be merged.
"Thus their deaths are usually painless and appear as though the hosts just fell asleep and never woke up." The last part of that sentence is needlessly disturbing; saying the saliva not only numbs them but makes them fall asleep or became relaxed, like a tranquilizer, is less morbid.
"on a grassland biome." (in a grassland biome)

Does it make sense for it to be able to effectively herd so many unrelated species of herbivores? What if their soothing noises are very different? Herding either xatas or plents specifically would be broad enough to work, and they would plausibly have similar soothing sounds.