Nicole // Mexico // likes videogames, electronic music, animals and many other things // really into splatoon, osomatsu-san and detroit become human rn// splatoon and art blog: a-squidghost
Khaedes, the Emperor of Famine! or you can just call him Toothy. He doesn’t care, as long as you feed him, because he’s not structured very well for effective hunting. What looks like slippery flesh is basically a mass of thin scar tissue interrupting his scale patterns and making him a mess. He earned his name by basically eating his way across the commonwealth, starving settlements as he took their brahmin. + a bunch of arm concepts I had fun coming up with along the way, using suggestions from my patrons!
he… his name is Hyloscirtus hillisi! He’s from the Andes!
According to a study published in the journal ZooKeys, the amphibian has dark brown skin dotted with orange flecks and features a large and unusual claw-like structure protruding from the base of its thumb, known as a prepollex.
At present, it’s not clear what the purpose of this prepollex—which is essentially an undeveloped digit—could be. However, the team of researchers who discovered the frog—led by biologist Santiago Ron from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador—suggest it could be used to defend against predators, or wielded as a weapon to fight other individuals of the same species (for example, when males compete for mates).
