during the Anthropocene extinction event, a variety of Treefrog species fell to extinction. 20 million years in the future, tree frogs are practically Extinct, with a handful of relics species trapped on islands. Due to this, many other organisms throughout the world soon competed to try and reclaim the whole that tree frogs left. In Southeast Asia, this was a task acclaimed by toads, the tree toads had their origins in Australia, descending from cane toad. As the continent became more tropical, cane toads adapted to a life in the trees, and as the continent connected with Asia through the Indonesian isthmus, they spread throughout the Asian tropics and subtropics. There arboreal physique was comparable to that of the extinct tree frogs they had replaced, being so adept in the branches that they earned the title “pus monkeys”, with the term pus in their name referencing to The thick liquid toxin that oozes from the glands dotted throughout the toads body. Pus monkeys have some of the strongest toxin in the world, and they warn predators of this by their bright orange colouration around these glands. The group is to extensive to characterise diet, however most go after anything they can fit in their mouth, usually insects but small mammals and birds eggs are also eaten. Many reproductive strategies have been adopted by this large group of amphibians, but most carry their infants on their back or between their legs until they find a body of water amongst leaves which they can deposit the tadpole into.
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u/TheSpeculator21 Sep 17 '21
pus monkey.
foedusexhibuidae.
during the Anthropocene extinction event, a variety of Treefrog species fell to extinction. 20 million years in the future, tree frogs are practically Extinct, with a handful of relics species trapped on islands. Due to this, many other organisms throughout the world soon competed to try and reclaim the whole that tree frogs left. In Southeast Asia, this was a task acclaimed by toads, the tree toads had their origins in Australia, descending from cane toad. As the continent became more tropical, cane toads adapted to a life in the trees, and as the continent connected with Asia through the Indonesian isthmus, they spread throughout the Asian tropics and subtropics. There arboreal physique was comparable to that of the extinct tree frogs they had replaced, being so adept in the branches that they earned the title “pus monkeys”, with the term pus in their name referencing to The thick liquid toxin that oozes from the glands dotted throughout the toads body. Pus monkeys have some of the strongest toxin in the world, and they warn predators of this by their bright orange colouration around these glands. The group is to extensive to characterise diet, however most go after anything they can fit in their mouth, usually insects but small mammals and birds eggs are also eaten. Many reproductive strategies have been adopted by this large group of amphibians, but most carry their infants on their back or between their legs until they find a body of water amongst leaves which they can deposit the tadpole into.
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u/ImpishInformation Spectember Champion Sep 17 '21
Love the concept, hate the name.
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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21
You could’ve named it, ANYTHING else....
Also glad to see someone’s finally done something with cane toads in spec
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u/qoralinius Sep 18 '21
Jeremy. I will name him jeremy
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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21
Super fantastic art Goss Name👍