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Yuccagave has seeds, not fruits. Also, does the plexo actually eat the puffgrass or its seeds?

This post has been edited by TheBigDeepCheatsy: Apr 9 2021, 03:21 AM

I like the art, and its patterning. I recommend cleaning up the leftover lines and creases in the background in GIMP.

The rules say, "for the purpose of this game there shall be no non-aesthetic physical differences in sub-species. However, they may be described in terms of trends across their range (ie. being redder in the parts of its range that have redder soil, or having longer fur where it's colder). Individual subspecies may not be given specific restricted ranges."
The Golden Spinebutt Plexo having a specific restricted range for Darwin Chaparral may make it violate this rule. Admittedly, the rule has gotten murkier now that various species exist in different color morphs across the Dixon-Darwin-Vivus supercontinent. Until that rule is officially revised, I recommend working with the word "restricted" and saying the species tends towards more yellow coloration in certain broad geographic ranges, with the sample image being from the Darwin Chaparral population, which might be the yellowest of the yellow populations.

Chaparrals are very different from rainforests, which does raise an eyebrow, but it does fall within the "two types, three flavors" rule.

"gundis" Dundis, actually. "Gundis" is for Gamergate Gundis, and it only eats one organism with "gundi" in the name. It doesn't make sense to use "Gundis" because a more logical name for the descendants of the Yellowdundi would be "Dundi". It's premature to assume all Dundis are Gundis just because Gamergate Gundis are widespread.

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Apr 9 2021, 09:10 AM)

I like the art, and its patterning. I recommend cleaning up the leftover lines and creases in the background in GIMP. The rules say, "for the purpose of this game there shall be no non-aesthetic physical differences in sub-species. However, they may be described in terms of trends across their range (ie. being redder in the parts of its range that have redder soil, or having longer fur where it's colder). Individual subspecies may not be given specific restricted ranges." The Golden Spinebutt Plexo having a specific restricted range for Darwin Chaparral may make it violate this rule. Admittedly, the rule has gotten murkier now that various species exist in different color morphs across the Dixon-Darwin-Vivus supercontinent. Until that rule is officially revised, I recommend working with the word "restricted" and saying the species tends towards more yellow coloration in certain broad geographic ranges, with the sample image being from the Darwin Chaparral population, which might be the yellowest of the yellow populations. Chaparrals are very different from rainforests, which does raise an eyebrow, but it does fall within the "two types, three flavors" rule. "gundis" Dundis, actually. "Gundis" is for Gamergate Gundis, and it only eats one organism with "gundi" in the name. It doesn't make sense to use "Gundis" because a more logical name for the descendants of the Yellowdundi would be "Dundi". It's premature to assume all Dundis are Gundis just because Gamergate Gundis are widespread.

I still don’t use gimp on these.

Also that’s why the two subspecies exist, because of how the rainforests and chaparrals are distinct and as such they look slightly different to better inhabit each respective region.

I can fix the Dundi part

Given that the color difference is literally genetically a switch like how a lot of forest-dwelling leopards are melanistic, saying "more yellow" makes zero biological sense here.

QUOTE (TheBigDeepCheatsy @ Apr 9 2021, 06:21 AM)

Yuccagave has seeds, not fruits. Also, does the plexo actually eat the puffgrass or its seeds?

Fixed the seeds bit, also they eat the whole bit of puffgrass.

What was your point of contention? I meant "more yellow" as in those with greater yellow coloration relative to purple coloration, not a more intense shade of yellow. Pseudomelanism is between regular pigmentation and melanism.

The shadow spinebutt plexo subspecies says, "This is due to the subspecies having the majority of their populations being anthocyaninistic". This seems comparable to "black panther" (melanistic) populations of leopards. According to Wikipedia: "Melanistic leopards are common on Java, and are also reported from densely forested areas in southwestern China, Myanmar, Assam in India, and Nepal, from Travancore and some parts of southern India where they may be more numerous than spotted leopards. " Therefore, it seems fine.

However, the golden spinebutt plexo is found only in one habitat, with just one phenotype. Even the leopards of densely forested areas aren't exclusively melanistic. Are there any comparable real-life animals where those found in a specific habitat are exclusively melanistic?

This post has been edited by Coolsteph: Apr 9 2021, 09:55 AM

I’m guessing that the young are born either without spines or rounded nubs of said spines?

QUOTE (TheBigDeepCheatsy @ Apr 9 2021, 01:01 PM)

I’m guessing that the young are born either without spines or rounded nubs of said spines?

Probably the latter.

The coloring on this is excellent, it's just so vibrant and distinct.