#fish scale gecko

[a-random-goblin]

EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS IT'S A LITTLE FRIEND

[magp1e-starl1ght]

OH HERE COMES A FISH SCALED GECKO

Full of crickets n bugs

o no he’s scared

I KNOW HES GONNA DO ANOTHER

STRIP TEASE

[chaobunnyarts]

February 2025's Tiny Reptile and Mini Amphibian pin designs: Fish-Scale Gecko and Quacking Frog 🦎 🐸

These designs are available as pins and stickers on my Patreon until the end of day today and will ship in February!

[artsyaxolotl]

Meet November's Pal of the Month... the Fish-Scaled Gecko!

Fish-scale geckos are small, plump reptiles with the largest scales of any known gecko! These scales are boney deposits known as osteoderms, similar armor to that of crocodilian skin.

But their most stunning trick comes in their escape. Unlike other lizards that shed their tails when caught by predators, the fish-scale gecko simply sheds its scales, leaving behind a pink, vulnerable skin! This adaptation has proved challenging for researchers, who struggle to capture specimens without losing a few layers of scales. No worries! Once lost, these scales will regrow within a few weeks!

The conservation status of fish-scale geckos is unknown, but considered to be of low concern. Any species can be impacted by environmental changes and habitat loss so it is important to continue monitoring their populations.

Members of the Ko-fi Club will get a 3in sticker and a collectible trading card!

[quarterlifekitty]

In honor of Lunar New Year, I decided to get freaky!

Please enjoy this celebration of the each animal zodiac with some Hybrid!AU scenarios. Lots of size kink, breeding kink, feral behavior, and more. I'm really on my nerd shit here. Really playing with my dolls rn. This is so utterly distant from the source material it's unreal. You've been warned. [part 1 of 2]

Barn Cat!Nikto x Rat!Reader

Nikto is a dutiful, prideful creature. A stray who domesticated himself to a farm, hunting their vermin in exchange for a place to call his own when he pleased. He’s caught a thousand little krysy like you, but you give him pause when he bears down on you. Something about the quiver to your tail, the nervous clench of your legs… It’s not how rats ought to act when under the paw of a cat. He’s inclined to keep you– curious about what else fear might make you do.

Chianina!Ghost x Vechur!Reader

You’re in adjacent pens, having travelled a long way– you’re show animals, the most exemplary in your breed. True to form, he’s gigantic and has a brilliant white coloring to his fur, and you’re, well… little. Constantly crowded around for onlookers to take pictures, the ox beside you flaring his nostrils when he sees you being overwhelmed and anxious, stamping to scare off the spectators. You’re almost infuriatingly diminutive to him. He doesn’t know how it’s possible, and if the abundance of ribbons on your gate is anything to go by– you’ll probably be paired up to somehow make an even smaller little calf. Maybe he’ll just have to take some steps to make sure he can see it for himself.

Flemish Giant!König x Netherlands Dwarf!Reader

You’re unceremoniously pushed onto the back lawn of the house. Your owner and his are good friends– and have recently become obsessed with the idea of having little baby bunnies to cuddle. Boy meets girl– can I make it any more obvious? You can, because they neglect to take into account your difference in breed. You’re terrified when you encounter him, and he doesn’t help matters when he catches you by the ankle as you try to dive under the porch to hide. But he doesn’t do anything bad when he’s caught you. Just holds you a little too tight, nuzzling, like you’re little more than a toy to him. Unfortunately for you, your owners consider it a successful playdate, keen to set more up regularly until the right season rolls around.

Tiger!Horangi x Housecat!Reader

You live on a plantation bordering forest, climbing in and out of the window by your favorite basking spot to explore. Being raised among humans, your survival instincts are a bit dull– you can’t tell that you’re being watched by a tiger. He’s never seen a little creature like you. You’re like him, but small. But you still very much smell like a female, so he’s more than content to stalk after you. He doesn’t really understand why your back bristles up when he roars. He’s used to females growling and swiping at him when they’re not interested, but you run off back to your window, shaking as you watch him from the walls of your little palace. He’ll try again tomorrow.

Dragon!Price x Fish Scale Gecko!Reader

There aren’t many dragons left in the world. Price, for one, hasn’t seen another since he was very young. He hasn’t seen much of anything in the past hundred years or so– hasn’t come down from on high. No reason to. The forest begins to return to the mountainside– having been leveled by his flame decades ago. With the trees come more creatures, including you. Scales and tail not unlike a dragon– though your size and tree-dwelling habits are decidedly un-dragonlike. With his mating season on the horizon, beggars can’t be choosers, but when he tries to grab you by the tail, he’s left holding a fistful of scales. It gets his blood running hot– he’s forgotten what a thrill it is to hunt. He might just be in love.

Reticulated Python Naga!Nikolai x Brahminy Blind Snake Naga!Reader

You have no idea as to the extent of Nikolai’s tail, as you can’t see it. All you know are the shadows he makes against the sunlight. You know that he eats strange things, things that don’t sound like eggs or larvae (what he’s eating are your predators, hoping to take advantage of a tiny, blind, defenseless thing out in the open). When he ponders about how he’s going to stretch you to fit his cock, to take his eggs– you can’t even begin to imagine what he’s talking about. Your mother made all of her eggs on her own, and so did your sisters– what does he need you for?

[omg-i-love-men]

Pjo hcs of animal/monster/other features of demigods/champions

Children of Zeus/Jupiter

Since Zeus' sacred animal is an eagle, his kids have eagle and bull like features. They have eagle wings thay grow out of their backs with time, feathers on the sides of their arms and shoulders, their arms are clawed. Bull horns grow out of their heads with age.

Jupiter's kids have more bull features, they have the horns, a tail and a much tougher skin than a regular demigods. They still have eagle festures, but its contained to the arm feathers and claws.

Greek kids have a taste for fish but roman ones preffer more grassy foods.

Both have slitted pupils that go sideways like a bull's

Champions of Hera/Juno

Both greek and roman share the same features. Peacock feathers grow from the sides of their face and if they have any other feathers then some of them will turn to peacock ones.

Children of Poseidon/Neptune

Bioilluminecent eyes. They have sharp claws and slightly webbed fingers that become fully webbed when in water. All of their teeth are sharp and instead lose them every few years, they just always grow back, similar to sharks.

They have gills on the sides of their ribs along a stripe like pattern of tiger sharks. They have scales on their arms, legs, hips and shoulders.

Rarely but sometimes they have bull horns, similar to children of Zeus/Jupiter

They look some of the least human out of all demigods, their father is the father of monsters.

Children of Demeter/Ceres

Their mother's sacred animal is a serpent, due to which their arms are full of scales that go up to their shoulders, their legs and sides of their faces. Their pupils are slit and so are their tongues.

They can lose their fingers and toes, they grow back like a gecko's tail.

Dove wings grow from their backs, feathers grow from behind their ears too. Their hands like a lot of others are clawed. Their leg structure is somewhat abnormal and share a similarity to that of the bird.

Children of Ares/Mars

Children of Ares have dog claws on their hands and padded feet. Teeth that are very similar to k-9 ones. Instead of regular ears theirs are dog ears. They have dog tails that match a breed with the most similar personality, aswell as if the dog breed has sports or specific patters they have vitiligo or birthmarks to resemble them, their haie also matches the type and color of the breed (irish water spaniel and curly black/dark brown hair). Volture feathers on their necks, shoulders and backs.

Children of Mars have the wolf version of all the Greeks' dog features but they also tend to do a howl like sound at times. Red woodpecker feathers are very often in their hair. They have feathers on their shoulders and small part of their upper backs.

Greeks have a more balanced amount of dog and bird (even if it shows more through behavior) but Romans have more wolf than bird in them (both appearance and behavior wise)

Children of Athena

Most of their features come from owls (ofc). A less noticable one is if the child is more nocturnal their pupils are often larger, and if more of a day person their eyes have a slight yellow/orange hue that is barely noticable.

They have feathers growing on their cheeks and behind ears, sides of their forearms and calves. There are ofcourse their owl wings that grow as they do, feathers spreadjng over a larger part of their back.

They have bird like clawed fingers.

Due to their mother sometimes having a serpent/snake as a sacred animal, some of them have fangs with venom.

Children of apollo

Deer antlers of gold.

Crow wings and feathers in a similar fashion to other bird based features of other demigods but there are no wings on their backs. Instead they have smaller wings on their heads, a bit above and behind their ears. All of their feathers look dipped in gold. Golden and black claws

Forked tongues and venomous fangs, but the venom can both harm and heal people it just matters on the demigod and what they choose to do.

Similar to children of Mars, they have wolf teeth

They glow slightly

Hunters of Artemis/Diana

Upon becoming hunters they grow deer antlers akin to those of children of Apollo but in silver.

Whatever other features they have (feathers, claws etc) will become slightly silver dipped. They will have an ethereal silver glow that becomes brighter the more of the moon is seen

Their teeth become sharper and gain a slight venom.

Bear like feet and clawed hands.

Children of Hephestus/Vulcan

Inspired from: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55677727/chapters/142479487

Instead of being made out of clay they are part mechanisms (mechs reference), and often get parts replaced when they dont work well enough. Some may have a bronze finger or four, perhaps a part of skin they patched over with metal to survive.

They have donkey ears and tail that matches their hair color.

They all have red or yellow eyes, like those of a crane. They also often have red streaks in their hair, surrounding their face.

Theyre all so fine

Children of Aphrodite/Venus

This is something that doesnt jump out easily. They look uncanny in a way. Not badly ofcourse, they are children of the goddess of beauty. They just look too sculpted, too symetrical, too perfect, to be a normal human. They also have impossibly smooth skin, like a dolphins.

Children of Aphrodite have dove wings on their temples and feathers around their ears and necks.

Venus' kids on the other hand have goose wings om their temples and habe its feathers around their ears and necks.

Children of Hermes/Mercury

They ofcourse have hawk wings on their ankles (forever cursed to wear low rise shoes) and some feathers on their calves. They have clawed like nails and fanged teeth.

Children of Hermes have ram/sheep horns that grow out of their hair, they also have pupils that are slited sideways like a ram's. They chew on anything close when bored (dont leave your things around theyre not gonna steal it, theyre eating it)

Children of Mercury on the other hand have multicolored hair like a rooster's, with feathers sometimes there aswell. They can also scream like one.

Children of Dionysus/Bacchus

The greek and roman kids share most of their atributes. They have leopard ears and tails, aswell as claws and quite sharp teeth. They can sometimes be venomous but its rare.

Dionysus' kids have bull horns that stick out of their hair.

Bht Bacchus' kids have serpent scales on their arms, necks, shoulders, hips, ribs and thighs.

This is not the end, ill be editing it whenever i have the time and ideas to do so

I will bs doing fanon cabins too hopefully

[meowuff]

Let's do a proper introduction!

��� Udon ☽

Leaf tailed Gecko Yokai

Assassin with passion ~

I already info dumped a lot about him in my last post so could be that some of the info is gonna be repeated.

Lots of words below!

Let’s start from the very beginning.

It is not 100% clear where exactly Udon came from but somehow, they ended up at the ceiling of an old traditional assassin company in the hidden city. They haven’t been bigger than a common chicken egg, barely a week old, and had just been crawling around with no real goal in mind. As chance would have it, his tiny baby gecko feet lost their hold above the company’s headmaster, who had been eating his dinner in peace, and landed in his bowl of soup and udon noodles.

Quite confused by the sudden child in his food, the headmaster fished them out of it and, shortly after, decided to keep them as his new apprentice. Finding new members for an assassin business was harder than it used to be, so he welcomed the chance for a “blank slate” to be formed into a perfect replacement to take over his business one day.

Udon was a pretty easy child to raise. Surely, their habit of climbing up the walls or hiding at weird notches had been quite stressful and annoying in the beginning, but they were a quick learner and knew in just a few months how to behave like a good child in the presence of other people and to obey when being told to. They still enjoyed scaling the walls and ceilings, but it only needed a single word to get them down again.

As soon as they were able to stand safely on their legs, the headmaster let them be trained in the various methods of martial arts and archery. With only 3 years old, they witnessed someone being killed for the first time. One year later and they did the act of killing themself.

They enjoyed the praise they got for doing a good job, so they set it as their goal to become the best assassin of the company as quickly as possible. Most of their time was focused to perfect their skills, being most comfortable with the bow and arrow, but also putting a lot of focus to master the close combat with a knife.

With 6 years old, their telekinesis like mystic abilities awakened. A lot of training was poured to get them to control these powers to perfection in the shortest time possible, which they didn’t mind due to the fact how well it harmonized with his archery. Two years later they had a hit rate of 99%. Around that time, they started to accompany some of their supervisors on their missions, to get used to the job of an assassin and learn things first hand.

Through an accident, where another member of the company accidentally drunk out of Udons cup, they found out that their saliva is venomous. Luckily, small dosages, are not lethal but rather paralyzing. They never truly figured out how much would be needed to kill someone, but they started to lace their arrows with it, to keep their victims from getting up and running away after being shot.

Over the years they started to develop a very strong sense for when they need to be serious and when it’s okay to cut loose. For other people it could come over as two completely different people. If not being on a job, Udon enjoys chatting and talking a lot, even being up for some shenanigans. But if they are hired to eliminate or retrieve a target, there is nothing that could distract them from that. All their time and focus will be directed at their job and fulfilling it to the clients liking.

The payment for their work doesn’t even reach Udon, but instead lands in the headmasters’ hands, due to him being the closest to their guardian there is. But they are not interested in the money anyway but more in the approval and praise of their superiors, so they don’t really mind it.

At just 17 years of age, they are already one of the most outstanding assassins to have been seen in years and they hold that title with a lot of pride.

Apart from training or working, they don´t have any specific hobbies to enjoy, other than watching the people of the streets from high up, being plastered to house walls, or following with big amazement the fights in the battle nexus, often playing with the idea to maybe join one day but knowing better than to actually consider it. They have been at the upside world a few times, following a target trying to hide among the humans together with one of their teachers, but they weren’t a big fan of all the noise and blinking lights of New York.

Even if everyone in the company calls them by he/him pronounce, they never particularly felt quite male nor female. Gender never played a role to them or their performance as assassin so they decided for themself to let everyone choose how they would see them without being bothered by it.

First Background info rant with lots of additional doodles~

[konoharfts]

Ö a tag? For me? 👉😊 why, thank you! @kindatiredtho

Last song: “Flight of the Crows” by Jhariah (from the Ghost Fire AU playlist hehehe)

Last book: Itachi’s Story: Midnight written by Takashi Yano (got the light novels for Christmas this year YIPPEE!)

Last movie: “The Shawshank Redemption”

Last TV show: Community

Last thing I googled: AO3 (I accidentally deleted my tabs T^T)

Favourite colour: sage green and periwinkle purple! I also fw teal :)

Sweet/savoury/spicy: out of all of these I guess savoury, but my true love is sour 😌

Relationship status: single and a co-parent to far too many fur and scale babies <3

Looking forward to: finally getting a new projector so me and my brother can continue with our Naruto re-watch! And also making more art hehehe <3

Current obsession: Naruto fandom in general and more specifically the Cowboy AU and Ghost Fire AU!!

Tagging: hmmmmm let’s see… (I hope y’all haven’t already been tagged lol) (also, no pressure if you don’t wanna~) @greencherryart21 @alternitavely @haleingstorm @baileythebean @bucket-hat-benjamin

10 people i’d like to get to know better

thanks for the tag @acian0 🌻🤗

last song: Starvation by Aurora

last book: i've become a fanfiction addict, so i hardly ever read anything that doesn't give me instant joy. But I'm currently trying to read Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada

last movie: Arrietty by studio Ghibli

last tv show: Shrinking Season 2

last thing i googled: Sōji Shimada's name for this post xD but before that it was just the address of a new bakery in town 😋

favourite colour: yellow 💛💛💛

sweet/savoury/spicy: today was my "sweets are allowed" day, so, SWEET!

relationship status: single

looking forward to: obito-week, kakaobivalentine, and kkobweek 2025 🥳💛 + springtime, planned and improvised trips 😊

current obsession: Obito and Kakashi ❤️‍🔥

tagging 💌 @back-to-rose @ichaichahatake @hairybeardtongue @waruemi @kawkawsrii @spacealligator @protectbatson

[lizardywizard]

Long story short, but my friend is gonna be sick for a while and can't care for their pet leopard gecko and betta fish anymore. I am not surprised lol but I do wanna find homes for these babies and they've asked me to take care of it. Do you have any suggestions on places I could post pictures to find someone who can adopt them? They would come with the tanks and lights and all that jazz. I thought of you right away because of your own scale kids haha

Oof, sorry, only just saw this... mobile tumblr doesn't like telling us when we have messages :/

Honestly I would suggest Reddit? I know it doesn't sound like the obvious option, but it's the place you'll find a bunch of people collected who are knowledgeable and passionate about any given animal. /r/leopardgeckos and /r/bettafish might be helpful - I don't use them personally, but /r/beardeddragons is a solid community that sees some rehoming posts, and these ones look good too. They could probably also direct you to more local resources for your area.

Only problem with Reddit is that to post on a lot of subs you need to meet a karma requirement, which means having already had an account for a certain amount of time. Neither of those subs seem to have a karma minimum, though, so you should be good.

[ezlo-x]

It’s been ages since I haven’t done this but lately I’ve been thinking abt gorons again yippie wahoo!!! 💥💥💥💥 I got some world build to share not only abt the gorons but for the rito and zora for my au! :] wish I could draw it but for now it is in written form

I wanna talk abt variants! Let’s start w the Gorons

Gorons have three types of “scale” variants the croco-goro, gecko-goro, and the sala-goro

Croco-goro have

Spiky scales; back shell looks heavy armored

Horns are typically longer

Tails are long could be excellent use for swimming

Daruk, Tarú, and Yunobo are croco-goros

Gecko-goro

Lot more rounder scales; back shell is more smoother but still armored

Tail is shorter and pudgier

Horns are smaller than a croco-goro’s

Their in-betweens of fingers and toes have webbing

Sala-goro

Very smooth/to no scales; back shell is very soft and is not armored aside from the spinal scales

Tail is long but is flat

Horns are small nubs

Some areas of their skin can be wrinkly

Now to the Zora :] Zoras have four categories Mammalian, Apex, Tropical, and Mantas

Mammalians are Zoras whose aspects follow similarly to a sea animal like a whale, dolphins, or orca

Apex are Zoras whose aspects are close to an apex fish predator like sharks, barracuda, salmon, or piranha

Tropical are Zoras whose aspects are close to a tropical fish

Mantas seems pretty self explanatory it Zoras that have manta traits

Finally the Rito 💥💥💥

Separating in three categories Tabantha, Hebra, and Faron

Tabantha Rito

There the Falcon and Owl rito in this region

Owl rito are less common than the Falcon rito

Hebra Rito

Hebra rito are Eagle rito

Their aspects look very similar to a Kargaroc (WW) and a Helmaroc

They are the tallest group of Rito

Faron Rito

The Parrot and Seagull rito

Feathers are either monochromatic or full with color (forgor the word for it </3)

Feet are webbed

[pkmnherpetology]

are there any groups of reptile/specific species you personally would really like to see show up in a future game? personally speaking, the one that first comes to mind is sandfish skinks, because I think recent games showed that they could do some really fun stuff vis a vis: reflecting their irl movements

[oh, yes, i've got quite a list. i'm sure i'm missing some, because i really do love a great many species and i cannot list them all off the top of my head, but here's the ones i've written down and a few new additions i just came up with:

-the side-blotched lizard (common, i think? i've had a migraine today, forgive me if this is the wrong species). their fascinating rock-paper-scissors mating strategy opens up a possibility for a pokémon species with three morphs for males and two for females (there is overlap between the morphs, i think females are orange and yellow). please, if you look up anything on this list, let it be these. i am so fascinated by this mating strategy. it would make a great fire-water-grass trio.

-the fish-scale gecko. this gecko genus has the hilarious and slightly disturbing defense mechanism of just…getting naked when it’s upset. it drops its scales and turns into what looks like a raw piece of chicken. a signature ability for this pokémon could be one that causes it to change forms when hit by a physical attack in battle. apparently, they get naked very readily, which is kinda funny to me.

-blunthead tree snakes. reason:

-horned lizards. reason:

fuck you i cast eyeball blood.

-bush vipers (genus atheris). look, they’re just really fucking pretty and pokémon doesn’t have enough snakes and i really like these ones so please put them in the game. look them up, but be wary of photoshopped images. for some reason people really like to alter their colors online, which i don't understand because they're beautiful as is.

-moloch. it just looks cool and i like it.

-a proper whiptail lizard or mourning gecko pokémon. like salazzle, but instead of being a weird femdom mind-control fetish pokémon it’s a normal all-female lizard pokémon species.

-basilisk lizard. come on, don’t tell me you’ve never thought the water-walking lizard wouldn’t make a cool water type. inteleon doesn’t count because he sucks and also i think is mostly based on a veiled chameleon. which are a right pain to work with, by the way. they're very fragile and the one at my previous job irl was rather ill-tempered, he didn't trust any of us younger workers, so my boss did most of his care. he was like, "we're never getting another chameleon, this guy's exhausting."

-komodo dragon. out of all the monitor lizards, this is the most impressive to me. their venom, enormous stature, and cute paws have me enraptured, and i think they could make for a good poison-fighting or poison-dark type pokémon.

-snake-necked turtles. reason:

-boomslangs. one of very few rear-fanged snakes with potent enough venom to kill a human, a juvenile boomslang is responsible for one of my favorite pieces of herpetological history: the death of karl p. schmidt. schmidt was a renowned herpetologist who was sent the live juvenile for identification, i think it was. because boomslang venom wasn't as widely known in the west as it is now, and due to the fact that it was a juvenile (some stories also say that his mistake was due to it being a rear-fanged snake, which are almost all harmless), schmidt did not believe that the snake posed a threat. it bit him, and he recorded his symptoms over the next day before he collapsed and died. allegedly, he also refused treatment for his symptoms because it would interfere with his recordings, but i haven't found a source for this. i have, however, read his notes. they are very matter of fact and awfully calm considering they're all basically like "i pissed blood!" rip karl p. schmidt, you died a fucking insane death.

-bitis genus snakes. they're all so beautiful!

-hognose snakes (genus heterodon, to be clear). these cute, sassy snakes are very clear about their boundaries and are best known for their extremely dramatic fake death display (which btw you should never trigger on purpose) and their cute, upturned noses, but did you know they're also slightly venomous? hognoses are another rear-fanged colubrid, though their venom is so mild its existence was debated for a long time. my boss once allowed one to envenomate him after a mistaken feeding bite just to see what would happen (the answer is not much, even after being envenomated five times all that happened was his finger swelled up and was kind of numb). he did note the similarities between himself and schmidt afterwards. the eastern hognose's venom was apparently once thought to be a result of their diet of toxic toads, which they consume in a rather gruesome manner i won't relate here.

-bighead turtles. reason:

-softshell turtles. they're kind of douchebags, especially the spiny softshell, but i really like them!

-titanoboa. fossil pokémon idea. come on.

thank you for giving me the chance to share this list. i hope you all enjoy these animals.]

[snackssaviour]

are you still handing out fun reptile facts? I’d love to hear more from you!!

I recently learned about a fish scales gecko! They’re called that because they have scales like fish scales, and whenever a predator grabs the gecko, it can detach its scales so it can escape!

((also can you guys send me a bunch of asks. i really need to get my mind off of. obvious things.))

[chaobunnyarts]

February's Tiny Reptile and Mini Amphibian designs: Fish-Scale Gecko and Quacking Frog! 🐸 🦆

These are available through my Patreon as pins and stickers during before January 31st at 11:59 PM Pacific Time and will ship in February!

[machinafulmen]

Trick or treat :3c

YOU GOT: A HANDFUL OF FISH SCALE GECKOS :D HAPPY HALLOWEEN

[herpsandbirds]

Fish-scaled Gecko (Geckolepis megalepis), family Gekkonidae, northern Madagascar

photograph by Arthur Anker

[tabswrites]

Happy WBW!!

Can I hear about some of the magical critters in Silver Sentinels? [grabby hands] flora and fauna are my favorite parts of worldbuilding Are any of them domesticated as companions or working animals? (And, of course, do you have a favorite?)

*cracks knuckles* Did you want an info dump? You’re getting an info dump.

YAY someone finally asked me about the critters!!! I only have descriptions of them right now, I’m currently trying to find an artist so I can commission some artwork.

These creatures will serve as spiritual guides and mentors for the main characters. I won’t reveal a whole lot because spoilers, but there are lots of cool flora and fauna coming soon!!!!

The Divine Forest (placeholder name blah) is home to many mysterious beings, but there are 5 that will be somewhat relevant to the plot. I left some clues in the character intros I posted a bit ago 😈 I have some ideas for their names but for now they’ll just be referred to in simple terms until I decide.

1. Cat/reptile hybrid

From a distance, it looks like a normal hairless cat. Upon closer examination you will notice instead of skin it is covered in soft scales that change color at random (sometimes it has to do with mood, sometimes it just wants to be blue). Instead of paws it has feet like a gecko (reference pics below) with grapple-like claws and sticky toe pads to allow to climb. Its ears and tail are still cat-like. The eyes I’ve imagined to be like a leopard gecko (reference pic below as well) Basically I just love my geckos and my cats and wanted to make them part of my story? This one has to be my favorite.

2. Sparkly Spirit Bear

One of my first ideas for this story came from reading folklore surrounding spirit bears in British Columbia, because they’re my favorite bear and I find them super interesting. I wanted to be very careful to avoid including any of that lore in my writing because I believe Native American folklore should stay within its own culture, so I created my own bear and my own lore. She will still be cream-colored and resemble spirit bears in every way, but will be covered in amethyst and quartz kind of like a turtle shell. Her fur will also sparkle because she only eats fruits and fish from the Divine Forest (I’ll have a whole post about flora soon, I promise!) Ref pic of a spirit bear below!

3. Hummingbird/beetle hybrid

Looks exactly like a hummingbird, but instead of feathers it has a metallic blue and green exoskeleton and insect-like wings. (This one is a lot easier to picture in my head than it is to describe.) I specifically pictured the Dogbane Leaf Beetle as reference:

4. Shadow Owl

Inspired by a barn owl, this creature is black as night with iridescent feathers and can morph into shadow at will. As a being that is without a purely physical form, it can only communicate through thoughts.

5. Bat/squirrel hybrid shapeshifter

Its main form is a cute little squirrel with the wings and ears of a bat and the ability to echolocate, but as a shapeshifting creature it takes many forms. (This idea came mostly from trying to find an animal that I find adorable to torture Oliver with later.)