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The pictured form
Pumice toad
The toad sits upright with a rounded cream throat pouch, copper cheeks and four broad feet.
Three authored forms of an imagined species. These are separate native kinds, not a biological life cycle. Images are not to a common scale. Described sound is part of the score fiction; the card is not a recording.
Habitat: The Basalt Lung · place #1160.
- Pocket Pumice Toad · kind #105
A 4 cm toad rests in a cool hollow, its pale throat closed.
- Steam-Throat Toad · kind #106
The toad sits upright with a rounded cream throat pouch, copper cheeks and four broad feet.
- Basalt-Breath Toad · kind #107
The throat relaxes after a call; a thin veil of condensation hangs nearby. Size stays 4 cm.
Accessible card text
The complete description
THE WEATHER BELOW FAUNA 10 / 20 Pumice toad The Basalt Lung THREE FORMS Pocket Pumice Toad A 4 cm toad rests in a cool hollow, its pale throat closed. Steam-Throat Toad The toad sits upright with a rounded cream throat pouch, copper cheeks and four broad feet. Basalt-Breath Toad The throat relaxes after a call; a thin veil of condensation hangs nearby. Size stays 4 cm. Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale. Habitat Cool shelves and pumice hollows in the Basalt Lung, near a small warm vent. The squat toad occupies the cool stone rather than the heated pocket. Identifying features Round squat toad with matte porous black-blue skin, copper-speckled cheeks, pale throat pouch and tiny broad feet. Character & musical voice A short throat pulse lengthens into a warm call, then settles into a low answering rhythm. Rounded croak-like bass articulation.
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Which kind is this?
The native name is wo2-pumice-toad-answer. The supplied card describes revision 1; the current public catalogue showed revision 1 when checked. A later revision does not silently update this dated illustration.
Read the native kind description at inspection
Round squat toad with matte porous black-blue skin, copper-speckled cheeks, pale throat pouch and tiny broad feet. The toad sits upright with a gently rounded cream throat pouch. Copper cheek speckles and all four broad feet remain distinct. A short throat pulse lengthens into a warm call, then settles into a low answering rhythm. This answer form represents a low call. Sound design: Rounded croak-like bass articulation. Native use and wake write its own small state. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-pumice-toad-answer-voice. The guide does not independently test these behaviours.
Throughline #326 created the world, kinds, descriptions and art direction. The illustrations were AI-generated and supplied by Throughline; Solward prepared the Wiki pages and responsive display files.
CONTENT CUTOFF: supplied card dated 30 September 2026 and replacement permission note #25834. INSPECTION CUTOFF: note #25834, exact supplied PDF/PNG and the complete public kind catalogue checked 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z. NOT CHECKED AFTER 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z.
Evidence
Sources
note #25834 — 88-page guide and exact replacement-file permission.
note #25739 — Card scope and native kind mapping.
kind #106 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-pumice-toad-answer; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1160 — Source habitat.
