'Amphiterra' Explained | Speculative Biology
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Imagine a planet controlled by frogs. What kinds of species might evolve? This is a breakdown of Roxy Valdez’s incredible speculative biology project ‘Amphiterra.’
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Hypothetical question for you: what if frogs ruled the Earth? Not just terms in terms of numbers… but in terms of their position in the ecosystem.
Amphiterra is a speculative biology project by the talented artist and writer Roxy Valdez, which imagines the incredible and surreal forms frogs might achieve if given the perfect environment to evolve. While the world of Amphiterra often looks like an alien planet, the artist imagines it’s actually an alternate timeline of Earth, where subtly different climatic conditions led to early amphibians outcompeting the first dinosaurs and protomammals.
What creatures will develop and thrive in this drastically different history? Let’s leap back 252 million years, and begin our tour through the timeline of Amphiterra...
0:00 ‘Amphiterra’ Explained
1:05 Dawn of the Frogs
2:03 Early Diversification
4:01 Bullpronk
4:39 Suckerlump
5:24 Frondel
6:17 Tree Frixel
7:07 Gliding Allo
8:08 Inhabited Lorge
9:06 Foaming Squander
9:53 Steppe Fraggon
10:30 Freeple
11:27 Splendid Fragon
12:00 Catastrophic Fragon
12:44 Arctic Fragon
13:22 Eon Toad
14:14 Foaming Trogglefolk
15:08 Outro
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First, there was a World ruled by Birds and now, a World ruled by Frogs? What's next? Cats? Snakes? Elephants? The possibilities are truly *endless* in Speculative Evolution.
Elephants would be very interesting!
I want elephants, squids and rats
@@darkkothor Squids would be awesome!
earth ruled by micro-organisms
Snakes would be cool.
Eon toad is not actually too unique in freezing its body to hybernate. There are some species of frogs that can and often do just that.
Might be a bit farfetched but that may have been the inspiration
@@snupblupkins8493 truly a very farfetched assumption (sarcasm)
@@snupblupkins8493 How is it farfetched if that actually happens lmao
Do I need to add a little (SARCASM) indicator on my comment? Kids these days have no reading compression I swear
@@Manie230 kiddo my comment was also sarcasm but i guess you didn't understand because i didn't say (SARCASM) like an idiot
An animal evolving a foam-like cover instead of fur is such an interesting and original concept, goddamn. Now imagine if those foam glands slowly made the foam more firm. Over millions of years, the glands adapt. Eventually the foam glands evolve into something similar to hair follicles that produce very soft bulbs of keratin.
We now have frog sheep made of cloud bubbles. This sounds like such an adorable fairy tale but also oddly possible in real life
Bubble frog sheep wool foam
Sounds like a great mattress fluff
I mean, it seems plausible the foam could develop into a semi-permanent structure. Sort of like organic expanding foam.
''adorable''
Why are you people ALWAYS like this? whats with this obsession with making everything cute and gay?
It could evolve from them eating calcium in a similar way to ungulates today, creating a semi-permanent structure exactly like hair, hardening in a way similar to expanding fire-stop construction foam.
It isn't. They would die every time it was knocked off. Which would be VERY easy to do.
I really like the freeple design. I’m definitely basing a spore creature on that
If you ever do, please tag or link me, I'm adding a fanart section to the site!
I’m sorry. But I laughed every time you said “greater moist boy.” Every time.
This was another great speculative world! And I liked that it was an alternate history of our own planet. The last few videos have taken us to some truly insane alien worlds, which I have LOVED, but it always feels nice to come back home and speculate about our own pale blue dot, and all the ways it could have turned out differently. I love your channel so much.
It's by far the most powerful creature in this video
*greater moisty boi*
He is great
He is moist
And of course
He is a *boi*
@@thegamingpuppet8381 *he is the greatest moisty boi*
Amphiterra was originally going to be called Moistworld but my thesis advisors talked me out of it
I must say that something like this is beyond my own imagination ❤
I feel sorry for you... seriously. The author did put very little effort into this. Absolutely no mention of the tadpoles!
You do realise how long it takes to draw stuff like that, even digitally that still takes hours. I’d like to see you try “Gsh”, maybe put some effort into your UA-cam name.
@@gshaindrich you have put so many hate comments on these videos, is that all you do with your time
@@gshaindrich also you say there’s no mention of tadpoles, what’s this 4:27
@@gshaindrich Hi, I'm the creator of Amphiterra. I'd like to say I put a lot of effort into this, but I do agree that the lack of tadpoles is an issue. I actually did have some thoughts of them - point is, I had to make all of Amphiterra in about a year. I haven't had the time since to continue it, but if I do, I really value your feedback! 🐸
Literally Amphibia. I adore these alternative biology worlds
If Amphibia was already creative with it's world, imagine if it had a pinch of this
Imagine how fascinating will be.
i had the incredible luck of being roxy's classmate in university, and coworker through some crazy jobs :) she is one of the best artists i have ever met, and a truly top notch person and friend
It sure is.
This was absolutely ribbiting. The last entry was the most interesting, considering they had grooming and the ability to make unique looks from said grooming. Kind of gross, since that's basically a coat of frog boogers, but it's still very unique.
Damn you i couldnt stop smilling when i read “ribbiting”
Is it really any grosser than hair?
Thank you for the kind words! I love the Trogglefolk too - not just because they're easier to draw.
Coat of frog boogers 😂🤢😂
ship the splendid and catasrophic fraggon
i love how this video summonsed half of the Amphibia fandom
We love frogs
Biologically accurate Amphibia
Yes
Yis
Yes
I was not prepared for "greater moistboi"
greater moistboi
People rarely are, and that's by design
What about a world ruled by mammals? It’s kind of out there I know but I think it would be cool
Holy shit, you might be onto something....
idk, seems kinda unrealistic :/
@@dextra9753 yeah a world ruled by mammals would be totally different then our life’s you know
idk man
mammals are kinda stupid
99% chance they just end up blowing up the world
I don't know dude, is that possible? ;\
I was so excited when I first found this youtube channel because I literally never found a channel that liked speculative biology and the same genres of horror like I do. Instantly one of my favorite channels ever. (it's also the first time I found a community for those kinds of things and I never knew so many other people liked it)
Now I find myself
In the wild unknown
With the frogs and toads
And I'm far from home
But there's so much here to discover
One leap after another
Hop into the adventure
Gotta ribbit, ribbit
Jump on in it
Welcome to Amphibia
Life don't get much crazier
When you're a normal girl
Living in another world
What you gonna do?
You gotta ribbit, ribbit
Jump on in it
Welcome to Amphibia
Life don't get much crazier
So ribbit, ribbit live it in
Amphibia
The speculative world ruled by decapods such as crabs, lobsters, hermit crabs and shrimp seems interesting considering how diverse they are
Wouldn't it be the same as a world ruled by insects?
Crabs are definitely cooler
Not much would happen. Crabs are the peak of evolution
I'm an aspiring game designer and artist, and I am obsessed with paleo-entomology, and I'm gonna be doing a speculative biology project called Cancer 14; the World of Crabs
reject to humanity,, evolve to crab
Cool :D Are you planning on publishing your work somewhere?
Holy shit it exists
Maybe swap the name :)
Unless whoosh
@@detroitbecomesurvivaltrain7813 I think its because cancer is the crab constellation
Live action Amphibia lookin fire 🔥
Live adaption when!?!?!?
It's coming today
14:44 that little dude with the horns right there thats me
A serina with frogs, now that's what I've been looking for
Ikr
Serina was more diverse. This speculation world looks too boring with the same body plan.
You could almost say speculative evolution and projects like this are alternate realities of our own world.
“what if chordates never evolved like we did on earth “ basically
There's always a reason why something evolved the way it did, plus life's mere existence on Earth could be viewed as an accident or chance event, or as many scientists might say, "a cosmic rarity."
@@sivanlevi3867 or orgainc matter could have possibly be an abandoned creation from cosmic entities like that's just another scenario that matches with the others
@@mnrvaprjct true
Quite possible, strange but possible
Would be cool to see crossover fan art of this and Amphibia. : )
yes!!!
I’m on it, I’m an artist and I love Amphibia.
This could possibly be prehistoric amphibia
I absolutely love all of the archives you've done, but this one will forever hold a special place in my heart. This planet makes me so irrationally happy.
Hmm, interesting! It does make me wonder though, since these early frogs outcompeted the Synapsids and Archosaurs (thereby stopping the rise of Mammals, Birds, and Crocodilians-- all of which are major predators towards the frogs of our timeline), surely there'd still be some reptiles still present in Amphiterra? Squamates (Lizards and Snakes) could easily inhabit the dryer reaches of Amphiterra, serving as both prey and predators to the also present (arguably more Toads than) Frogs?
Not to mention, Frogs aren't the only amphibians out there that would likely thrive in this alternate world; Salamanders, Newts, and Caecilians could also have some place (The Caecilians in particular could serve as a niche-replacement for our Real World snakes!)
I think this project is mostly just for fun, not that serious, but those are some interesting ideas!
this project isnt even close to spec lol, theres very little biology and its mostly designs for the sake of designs
canonically, there are mammals, but they're nearly extinct by the present.
Roxy wants to update the site one day, and giant ocean salamanders are part of the plan!
@@alexx.476 Yep, that's true!! I'm hoping to feature some of them soon on my Patreon, and hopefully release to the public later.
Toads are frogs
"Moist Boi"? "Frogette"? I swear, if the pinnacle of evolution of this world is called the "Pepe" I'm out.
I'm going to be honest with you.
I'm simply not very good at naming things.
@@roxyvaldez4190 Ignore these creatures. "Greater Moist Boi" is best of all possible names.
You must be boring as fuck at parties. I'm not even going with the sarcastic "you must be fun" line, I'm just gonna be blunt.
You must be boring as fuck at parties. I'm not even going with the sarcastic "you must be fun" line, I'm just gonna be blunt.
Amphibia
I love the Trogglefolk. Adorable little yeti frogs!!!
In other words...an adult version of "Amphibia".
Yes, and thankfully, no random children 👍
It would be really interesting interesting to see a world dominated by ants next. What if we terraformed a planet Epic of Serina style, but instead of dropping off birds on it we put Argentine or Leafcutter ants?
@Mullerornis Throughout most of Serina’s history, they’ve always been running the show in the background, from swarming and devouring all in their path, or maintaining the plants and trees that other animals eat or rest on.
He doesn't know...
(*increasingly loud clicking noises in the background*)
I’d like to see one about different farm animals. I imagine a super advanced future human civilization builds this planet filled with cows chickens, sheep and other animals. Most likely for the purpose of mass-producing meat, wool and eggs. But the humans lose control of this farm planet, and the animals are left to their own devices.
The sea shoggoth has entered the chat.
Has there ever been any speculative evolution of the octopus? I would very much like to see that! Since there have already been xenobiologists who have described the rise of octopus since they have massive amounts of neurons (e.g. throughout the animal, including each leg, which has the ability to feel, taste and smell) it is known that they have a great degree of intelligence from using that different type of "brain." They already have their own video channels such as 'Octolab' etc, but I remember someone showing drawings of octos swinging through trees.
I'd dearly love to see these creatures advance thru the eons!
The Future Is Wild dipped into cephalopod intelligence in its final episode if you’re interested
@@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy thanks, actually, I have seen that. I think that's where I saw the jungle scene with the octos before, though I can't be sure.
Regardless, it was years ago and I was hoping for a new treatment to the old concept.
This is late, but "Children of Ruin" by Adrian Tchaikovsky is exactly this concept. It heavily dives into the language and logistics behind an Octopod society. It's one of my favorite books and I highly recommend it
It's called Splatoon
@@ylvavarynkottir2265 thank you! That's exactly what I needed to hear!
The closest we'll ever get to real life Amphibia
I love series like this! I think it should be "if frogs" took over, not "amphibians", unless they're going to add newts, salamanders, cecaelia, etc. I was hoping for some other types of amphibian-based life!
I wanted to add the Urodelan lineage originally, but it was cut for time. Hopefully in the future!!
@@BigHugeFroghello Roxy Valdez from Amphiterra.
@@shgds Hi there!
One thing about the inhabitated lodge: given its a desert animal (I think) it would make more sense if its tadpoles inhabit its back. A protected reservoir seems tl be good for tadpoles in a water poor enviroment.
And given how beecomb frogs already carry their eggs/tadpoles in Chambers of there belly, this would feel like a nice nod to this real animal.
In addition this could be a way to get "mammalian" or "placentalian" amphibians of sorts, if it would continue to evolve along this line
You nailed it actually! I have working doc about their reproduction and you've predicted it perfectly.
@@roxyvaldez4190 ah very awesome :D. Would be cool to see the eventual results.
@@roxyvaldez4190 hi
@@roxyvaldez4190 holy shit it's the frog person
We already know of what would happen if amphibians were the dominant species... Amphibia. XD
Welcome to Amphibia
TBF given the kaiju sized predatory fauna, the titular amphibian domination is rather tenuous.
@@miquelescribanoivars5049 I think there is more oxygen on amphibia than earth so mammals and insects were able to grow extremely large
It's good to see that cartoon being mentioned and the incursean from ben 10 are also welcomed too
Funny enough, I read the title as "Amphibia Explained" at first!
This is just realistic amphibia
Just want I was thinking!
@@Blue_Fire-Chibi Same
Psychologist: the realistic Hop Pop can't hurt you ins't real
The realistic Hop Pop 10:44
I know a lot of Amphibia fans will mention Amphibia, but this novel technically came first, so I guess you could say that Amphiterra is Amphibia 0.5.
This could technically work as a prequel for Amphibia as well.
Is anyone gonna talk about how he said, “Leap back.” At 0:57! I was hopping someone else noticed that.
Can you imagine a speculative evolution based on different animals like cows?
Although rather docile and herbivorous, evolution would eventually lead to speciation and we would eventually have a whole food chain, including predators.
Imagine carnivorous cows.
Cows elephant deer and other herbivores can eat meat too
cows are opportunistic omnivores. they don’t eat animals only because they’re fat and slow
have you been around normal cows 😳 there is no difference
What about snakes , they can fly ,swim and crawl in real life , what they could do if have chance? they could evolve legs?
Minotaurs: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
I love this amphibia prequell
I LOVE THIS, I LOVE THE NAMES, I LOVE THE WHOLE IDEA OF IT, THIS IS AMAZING
Thank you!!
New season of Amphibia is looking great!
I love speculative biology, but this project has one problem as I see it. The idea is presented that these amphibians wouldn't transition to forms of exothermic metabolism. We have evidence that both crocodilians and dinosaurs could change from warm-blooded to cold-blooded and back again. Birds, being warm-blooded reptiles, show the transition from ectothermic to exothermic lifestyles. Why wouldn't amphibians do the same over the eons in one shape or another?
This Spec World has more holes in it than a hairnet but I think it's fantastic!
With Spec Worlds there is a balance of trying to keep the characteristics of the progenitor species into the resultant lifeforms.
So sometimes logic has to be bypassed for creativity. For example the foamy frog boys is amusingly good but to get that species from Earth's timeline takes a lot of evolutionary manipulation and a chunk of artistic licence.
Logically, as soon as an endothermic species evolves, the potential for it to become dominant increases after sudden major environmental change.
Archosaurs after the Permian event, Mammals and birds after K-T event.
So while it's pretty unlikely that frog world would exist ( maybe on a planet with no chance of asteroid impact, powerful geomagnetic field, uniform crust with no weak spots for cataclysmic volcanism) , it's fun to see froggo world speculation 🤠
(BTW , ectotherms and exotherms are the same unless I'm missing something in your comment. Endotherms are "warm blooded" 😉
@@graphite2786 i couldn't agree more! Hopefully one day I can go back patch some of it. I consider the current state of the project 1.0, and want to make 2.0 some day.
@@roxyvaldez4190 well i love it, a great use of imagination and creativity. Your illustrations are beautiful.
Keeping it on Earth does limit your scope though, froggos will be competing with lots of other organisms that may out evolve them ( arthropods for example)
Maybe for planet frog2 , some sort of Panspermia scenario? A delivery of frozen frog spawn goes awry and lands on a forgotten half terraformed planet that humans abandoned because of the humidity ( or something). Froggonauts take over and Planet Croak is born!
It’s surprising that you didn’t appear to have any of the amphibians stay in larval form and “become fish”.
@@____________838 Maybe because in this timeline the branching incident wouldn't have affected the majority of existing marine life at that time, so all those niches would have already been filled.
Imagine Amphibia but it is set in this world
Imagine this is what prehistoric amphibia possibly looked like
Ty for the patreon link. Not every creator would credit to that extent and it’s appreciated
5:55: "shockingly digests most of their brains upon reaching adulthood." Would explain a lot about our current timeline. . . (also, great video)
They all pepe
pepe
ship the splendid and catasrophic fraggon
Awesome video! I didn't even know this project existed, but I can't wait to see more of it!
Thanks!
@@CuriousArchive greater moist boy supremacy
@@chadgorosaurus4898 yes.
I love the way the froggos are displayed. Alone in their environment or displayed in a portrait of sorts as the splendid fragon near the end. Might use this for my project later, a lot less anatomically correct stuff there lol
*Amphibia theme starts playing.
Since you covered a world of Birds and a world of Frogs, do you thin you could cover a world of Hamsters?
it's called Hamster's Paradise, by Tribbetherium. it's a project directly inspired by Serina, but with Hamsters as the seed organism evolving on a planet with two suns
In the world of Hamster's Paradise, there's always a choir echoing in the atmosphere
Been spending most our lives
@@rajavlitraliving in a hamster's paradise 🎶
Amphibia S3 took a radical turn apparently
Season 4 of Amphibia looks lit
They made Amphibia
This is one of the greatest spec evolution projects I've ever seen, solely because I love frogs so much 🐸
I was just watching videos on the early amphibians, this came out at a perfect time.
Once I get started watching your videos I just cant stop!!! Such amazing work💕 and great work to roxy as well for this ingenious world!
I really hope they continue this project. I want to see so many more creatures come from this
I am continuing it! I'll be featuring more Amphiterra material on my Patreon, leading to a public Season 2 release
@@BigHugeFrog awesome :)
Speculative science is just scientist going nut's on their inteligence and imagination, love it.
I love all of these vids, but the art in this was was LOVELY. The idea is fun and interesting, the art is gorgeous, and our tour guide is informative and engaging - what more could I ask for?
That's really nice of you to say, thank you!
@@roxyvaldez4190is the story a alone project or a group project
I need a serious speculative biology book on the world of slugterra, that would go so crazy
Amphibia, but it's not quite.
what about a world ruled by spiders? it would be cool to see the many shapes and forms they take to adapt such a world where they're the dominate animal group
Sir, absolutely not
Read "Children of Time" for spider planet
No fuck no stop STOPPPPP
😱
I hope that world gets wiped out by an asteroid
I think one beautiful thing of speculative evolution is that, if you put effort and imagination, anything is possible, any species can be material for something interesting
The foaming squander is my favorite ❄
I absolutely love the names of these creatures. This is awesome.
There were several things that were not taken into account when evolving over time. They stuck way too closely to frog morphology and tried to hammer-fit it into each of the niches. Amphibians have varied morphology now that were advantageous for land dwelling amphibians but were not mentioned. Amphibians that become completely terrestrial without need for water as part of their life cycle no longer meet the definition of "amphibian". Every evolved amphibian retained frog eyes and body structure. Evolution is also influenced by things never mentioned as well. Predator prey relationships drive evolution. Fast running prey animals and predictors are an example. Size also dictates evolution due to environmental factors. Amphibians respiratory system is a limiting factor as many don't have lungs and breathe by uptake of oxygen through the skin or primitive lungs. This limits size. The larger the animal the more oxygen is needed. That's why lungs evolved. This would also change mouth and nose shape.
Technically there are species of toads that live almost entirely without a pool of water, except for in their tadpole forms, which the video mentioned they still have. So as long as they have an aquatic tadpole state, they’re amphibious. You made a lot of true points, but nature’s ability to branch out is almost entirely limitless.
Cool man, so then wheres your video of frog world? Nothing? Then shhh.
@@coffeeconfirmed3609 You aren't an intelligent specimen, are you?
I love these what if speculative documentaries! I love the ideas of what if some animals were the dominant species. Friggin love the Moist Bois and the Freeple.
My favorite idea is a cephalopod world. In the game Splatoon, the lore is people died to a massive war and sea life took hold. It's kinda hinted their evolution was rapid due to either radiation, science gone wrong, or the lack of mammalian predators. So I wonder what a squid or octo world would be like. Would both evolve simultaneously like the Inklings and Octolings did? Would civilization rise again? I dunno, I wonder what a realistic Splatoon world would be where sealife, specifically invertebrates, evolved.
Cool! One of the things that annoys me a little is that when people make octopus people/animals, they often forget that the mass of flesh that is their body is their abdomen. So I would like to see someone using this logic
We are already living in a cephalopod dominated world. They're just letting everything else exist because it amuses them.
Whoa they made Amphibia into a real thing
give this man a bigger budget!!! we need an hour long documentary like this in hour lives
On one hand I'm sad the Freeple are gone. But the Trogglefolk sure are cute.
I really hope this gets a part 2
Just watched this video now and am loving it
I had an intense emotional reaction to each and everyone of these frogs
This is just serina with frogs AND I LOVE IT!
This is my favorite channel on youtube.
The combination of soothing narration along with immersive visuals and overarching story narrative really takes these videos to another level.
Thank you sir.
That Inhabited Lorge is giving me some Princess Mononoke Demon Boar vibes.
And omg I love the names!
Interesting, though I'd certainly like to know how she solved the problem of amphibian reproduction in her book. In our world, the amphibious ancestors of reptiles evolved the *Amniote Egg,* allowing for them to roam far from bodies of water previously necessary for reproduction. The *Amniote Egg* further led to the evolution of the dinosaurs, birds, & (eventually) the *Placental Mammals* - so it's a pretty significant deal.
That said, looking in the fossil record, there were some truly remarkable relatives of modern *Amphibians* filling an astonishing variety of ecological niches. One major branch of their evolutionary tree was the *Temnospondyls,* including:
~ The tiny, forest dwelling & sail-backed *Platyhystrix* (which may have used it's sail to warm itself from the sun),
~ The huge (6-8 meter long) pseudo-crocodilian *Prionosuchus* (having long narrow skulls & conical teeth, that were perfectly adapted for piscivoration - much like modern *Gharials),*
~ The terrifyingly massive (3 meters long, weighing 500kg), wide-mouthed (needle teeth even across the palates of their mouths) salamander-like *Koolasuchus* (which may have hibernated in burrows during the long *post-Gonwana Australian* winters) & even
~ The bizarrely boomerang-skulled ambush predator *Diplocaulus* (which perhaps had both external gills & a hunting strategy similar to the modern *Wobbegong* shark).
Real *Life* can be just as weird, just as amazing, as any *Speculative Biology Project!*
They've created a scientifically accurate Amphibia
*yessir another amazing speculative biology video by one of my favourite UA-camrs*
Finally, a calmer, cuter more tame version of All Tomorrows that the kids will love.
3:46 he was showing how frogs will grow wheels if left to evolve. Other ones have wheels on their tail and get around by doing wheelies.
Another CA speculative biology video, this has made my Friday! Work will now be bare able for the next 15mins
I love all the different spec evo projects you find! Such amazing variety with all of these creatures, you do a great job getting these ideas to a wider audience. Love it when you cover creatures from media like Star Wars and Dune too
*Greater Moist Boy* is the hero we need, but not the hero we deserve. I got a good chuckle out of that. Great video!
very cool. Props to Roxy Valdez
Thank you! I'm honored to have been featured.
Thank you for bringing light to some of these interesting projects that I didn't know about, amazing video yet again!
This channel is a hidden gem !
Oh! I think I saw this project in the MFA area of my school several years ago! Neat to find a graduate out in the "wild"
THIS IS AWESOME DUDE LOVE IT!
Basically, welcome to Amphibia
That got me curious what would a planet ruled by only invertebrates look like? For example imagine if the events that ended the rain of giant arthropods in the past never happened. We could have stuff like giant aquatic sentapeads or huge weevils and other beetle species grazing on vegetation. And dragon flies and wasps evolving to be the equivalent of birds of prey in our timeline.
Omg I highly recommend you check out Children of Time. It’s a sci-fi book where one of the concepts is if a species of spiders developed human-like intelligence and a civilization.
@@jonathanschaffer2594 ooooh I’m gonna look into this 😁
Cool...
Awesome. Speculate more frogs and Water Apes also very cool.
I love frogs and spec Evo so this was a must watch
I love alternate timeline imaginings, it's so cool to see such creative ideas from what that kind of world would look like
No other amphibians? I think we have more salamander-like fossils then frog fossils.
So? The creator clearly wants to focus on frogs.
I had to cut the amount of species I wanted to feature by about half for time. Unfortunately the salamanders got the axe... For now!!
This is sooo so so wonderful!!! i really adored the Trogglefolk! customizable foam.... lovely!!
yeah isn't it great :o)
@@anglure3617 omg hiii! you have spotted me in the wild
So much fun to learn about frogworld
Awesome! Your videos are always very interesting!
There's an unfinished Worldbuilding project I made a while back, it's similar to Serina, but instead of canaries, it's inhabited by Naked molerats, with corvids being introduced years later.
Do the mole Rats stay blind?
where tho
would love to check it out
@@quempire2656 one group of them stays blind, but most regain their sight.
@@theblorg2637 I never posted them, unfortunately. But I might revisit it someday.
@@GhazMazMSM it would be pretty cool to consider. I hope you do revisit it!
The snow frogs with different hairstyles are fun as heck
Although I like the concept. They basically turned amphibians into mammal like creatures.
Many of the features that were mentioned here would be impossible for an organism classified as "amphibian".