Let's play: Design a mini-pack for a country

DarthQuell

DarthQuell
yoav_r said:
I think 2 packs per user would be ideal, considering the general activity on the forums. With the second one being harder,

A second one for you:

São Tomé and Príncipe​

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So, this area doesn't have many mammals besides bats and a shrew. Keeping it realistic with how PZ is, the whole pack is mostly exhibits. There are 7 amphibians endemic to the area (6 frogs 1 caecillian):
  1. Helmeted guineafowl - a land bird with a striking blue color on its head
  2. Ptychadena newtoni - a small frog endemic to the islands. I like the pattern, the green stripe going down its back
    Ptychadena_mascareniensis.jpg
  3. Palm forest tree frog - look at these colors. Wow. They really pop
    frog3.jpeg
  4. Schistometopum thomense - a caecillian. It reminds me of the artificial bait you buy at the store for fishing:
    Schistometopum_thomense_96192876.jpg
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
darthquell said:
So, this area doesn't have many mammals besides bats and a shrew. Keeping it realistic with how PZ is, the whole pack is mostly exhibits. There are 7 amphibians endemic to the area (6 frogs 1 caecillian):
  1. Helmeted guineafowl - a land bird with a striking blue color on its head
  2. Ptychadena newtoni - a small frog endemic to the islands. I like the pattern, the green stripe going down its backView attachment 248816
  3. Palm forest tree frog - look at these colors. Wow. They really popView attachment 248817
  4. Schistometopum thomense - a caecillian. It reminds me of the artificial bait you buy at the store for fishing:View attachment 248814
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Amazing job! This is precusely what I hopes would happen when I gave this country. There are beautiful countries out there and I'd like people to see them.
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
darthquell said:
  1. Striped hyena - an omnivorous animal, with a beautiful coat. An nice alternative to the cackling spotted (laughing) hyenaView attachment 248822
  2. Mediterranean monk seal - an endangered seal, cute, another alternative to the already awesome gray sealView attachment 248823
  3. Barbary ape (macaque) - our arid dwelling primate, and a nice animal to featureView attachment 248826
  4. Sandfish - a strange lizard that "swims" in the sand (I suspect that Star Wars' krayt dragon was based off of thisView attachment 248824


Could we get a 2nd, 3rd, 4th list if we want, or just a 1 time thing?
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Awesome pictures!
 

Cocolori

Cocolori
Ok given the sheer amount of iconic large fauna in SA I think it has to be a habitat animal pack. But I'm not very interested in realisim so I'm gonna ignore whether any of these are commonly found in Zoos! In no particular order:

1. Kudu - tall elegant antelope with iconic horns and a majestic air about them. Pretty iconic to the savanna environment.
KuduKrüger.jpg

2. Guinea Fowl - we need more birds and they don't really get more iconic than these handsome little guys. I saw so many of them while I was over there. I went for the helmeted as the most iconic. Plus we need more birds!

220px-Numida_meleagris_-Kruger_National_Park,_South_Africa-8a.jpg

3. Caracal - I nearly went for a baboon species as I saw so many over there but I have really fond memories of the caracals and they would be a pretty unique addition to the roster with their size and pouncing behaviour.
220px-Caracal_caracal_-Toronto_Zoo,_Ontario,_Canada-8b.jpg

4. habitat species I'm going for the Cape Rain Frog because frankly I think we need to represent the unique ecology of the cape region and we also need more ugly animals on the roster. Could also have a unique exhibit environment with animations of them emerging from their burrows and 'blowing itself up' to twice the size when alarmed.
220px-Breviceps_gibbosus_Cape_Rain_Froga_-_Cape_Town_2.JPG
 

Bearcat9948

Bearcat9948
I decided to highlight the wetlands and rainforests of this African company in........The Ghana Pack

  1. Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus (aka Ursine colobus): Africa is lacking in monkeys with there being a grand total of 1 in the game. Apparently this endangered monkey is considered sacred by native tribes in parts of it's range
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  2. Diana monkey: Another highly endangered monkey from Ghana, this would be included for the same reasons as the above animal.
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  3. Red river hog: A pretty iconic and highly requested zoo animal
    1. 330px-Pinselohrschwein_Potamochoerus_porcus_Tierpark_Hellabrunn-5.jpg
  4. Marabou stork: Another bird for PZ!
    1. 330px-Marabou_stork_%28Leptoptilos_crumenifer%29.jpg
 
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