Approval Checklist:Art:Art Present?: Yes
Art clear?: No
Gen number?: Yes
All limbs shown?: Yes
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Yes
Realistic additions?: Unsure
Name:Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Yes
Creator?: Yes
Ancestor:Listed?: Yes
What changes?:
- External?: Mouthpart adaptations, bulbous noses, lever-like back, armor grooves, digging claws, tough hide
- Internal?: Heart and back muscle adaptations
- Behavioral/Mental?: Probing burrows, females attracted to armor grooves and colorful tentacles, males wave their lower tentacles as a mating display, mating is done on land
Are Changes Realistic?: Unsure
New Genus Needed?: Yes, its lungs and face are evident enough of this.
Habitat:Type?: Tropical and Subtropical
Flavor?: Adults: Beach, Mixed, and Steppe, Juveniles: River and Watershed
Connected to Ancestor?: Yes
Contiguous?: Yes
Wildcard?: No
Size:Same as Ancestor?: No
Within range?: Yes
Exception?: Adults and Juveniles have separate ranges
Support:Same as Ancestor?: Assumed yes
Does it Fit Lifestyle?: Yes
Does It Fit Size?: Yes
Reasonable changes (if any)?: None
Other?:
Diet:Same as Ancestor?: No
Transition Rule?: Adults: Omnivore to Carnivore, Juveniles: now filter feed
Reasonable changes (if any)?: It lives in an area with lots of fauna, and its ancestor ate Wortopedes.
Respiration:Same as Ancestor?: Assumed yes
Does It Fit Habitat?: Yes
Does it Fit Size?: Yes
Reasonable changes (if any)?: None
Other?:
Thermoregulation:Same as Ancestor?: Assume yes
Does It Fit Habitat?: Yes
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:
Reproduction:Same as Ancestor?: Yes
Does It Fit Habitat?: Yes
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Adaptations allowing mating on land.
Other?:
Description:Length?: Good, though has some run-on sentences, and others that are confusing to read
Capitalized correctly?: Yes
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?:
Opinion: Pending The supplementary in the corner is confusing, and the armor grooves look like patterns. I'm also not sure if the suction and how their nostrils look are perfectly plausible due to their anatomy. I'm also not fully sure what everything on this template is for, so somebody else who knows more than me would be of help.