Sagan 4 Forum [Menu]

Steiner Squaph (Youyuqingwa shùqideyaobai)

Creator: Solpimr
Ancestor: Squaphaneer
Habitat: Sparks Tropical Beach, Steiner Tropical Beach Archipelago, Steiner Subtropical Beach Archipelago, Steiner Tropical Mangal, Steiner Subtropical Mangal, Steiner Tropical Rainforest, Steiner Tropical Rainforest Archipelago, Steiner Subtropical Rainforest Archipelago, Russ Tropical Coast, Sparks Tropical Coast
Size: 11 cm long
Diet: Adult; Nectivore (Lurtrees, Lurtress, Lurpincer, Sum-Humgrove), Frugivore (Qupe Tree, Fuzzweed), Herbivore (Redmosses, Orangemosses, Chainswarmers, Basilliphyta): Juvenile; Herbivore (Redmosses, Orangemosses, Chainswarmers, Basilliphyta, Globby Boneflora (young), Bonebuoy (young)), Nectivore (Sum-Humgrove)
Respiration: Juvenile, Active (Gills), passive (transcutaneous): Adult, Active (Lung), passive (transcutaneous)
Thermoregulation: Unknown
Support: Internal (cellulose and lignin rich pseudo-cartilage (limbs, trunks, and gills))
Reproduction: Sexual, Spawning, Two Genders

With the spread and diversification of the Lutrees came a new opportunity for the [[squaphaneer]]. The Steiner archipelagoes proved a bountiful environment with few predators, allowing for the squaphaneers to experiment with specializing into newer niches. The '''steiner squaphs''' has split from their ancestors, becoming fully adapted to arboreal life. They are no longer capable of leaping, instead they use their hind area to shimmy along the branches of the lurtrees. The pseudo-cartilage in their limbs has been refined to the point of providint structures for muscle attachment, allowing for greater muscular strength. Their trunks are also more capable or minute articulation than their ancestors, aiding in their movements and assisting in their feeding.

Their adaptations for arboreal life as adults has resulted in them being poorer swimmers than their ancestors, however their young are still quite capable. While they do compete with their ancestors somewhat, they have niche partitioned, with the squaphs typically staying in the higher canopy, while the squaphaneers still maintain an advantage on the more terrestrial adjacent sections of the flora.

Like their ancestor they are capable of delivering an electrical shock through the spikes on their backs, and have clusters of electrosensitive pits on either side of their head near the base of the trunk which let them detect when another squaph has discharged their electrical defense. This helps to give an early warning should a predator be nearby and out of sight.

What's the scientific name mean

That is some nice texturing. It's not often one sees the lovely MNDIJM texturing on fauna. It's also nice to see something eating boneflora: they have strangely few herbivores, last time I checked.

QUOTE (colddigger @ Apr 7 2023, 12:50 AM)

What's the scientific name mean

Mandarin for "Squidfrog arboreal-shuffler"

Done

So how exactly does this species feed on boneflora, as iirc boneflora have a hard shell.

the phrase providint structure is very... obscure.

copnsumption of exposed areas of the bone flora is a possibility.

Could you elaborate on parts consumed and means of obtaining for the more particular food sources?

Maybe elaborating a little on their life prior to adulthood?

This post has been edited by colddigger: May 29 2023, 10:53 PM