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Wildlife Fact File: 075 Crystal Frog
Mar. 29th, 2024 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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( Wildlife Fact File: 075 Crystal Frog )
I had the idea of a saltwater amphibian, because that's not a thing that exists in the real world. Why not? Because they breathe through their skin so they need to have pure water. Means when you have frogs in your watercourse, it's really clean water. For a saltwater froggie, then, it's going to need to get the salt out, and so, crystal frog!
The crystal frog lives in the Shallows, cos this is a very unique environment and I need to populate it with creatures. When the tide goes out, it sweats the extremely salty water through its skin where the salt crystallises on its back and forms a protective shell. Then it can hunker down in the damp sand or a puddle until the tide comes back in.
I had the idea of a saltwater amphibian, because that's not a thing that exists in the real world. Why not? Because they breathe through their skin so they need to have pure water. Means when you have frogs in your watercourse, it's really clean water. For a saltwater froggie, then, it's going to need to get the salt out, and so, crystal frog!
The crystal frog lives in the Shallows, cos this is a very unique environment and I need to populate it with creatures. When the tide goes out, it sweats the extremely salty water through its skin where the salt crystallises on its back and forms a protective shell. Then it can hunker down in the damp sand or a puddle until the tide comes back in.
