Is Venasuar a frog?

Despite its English name and resemblance to the extinct Pareiasaur, its design was confirmed by Ken Sugimori to be based on a frog. Venusaur was originally named "Fushigibana" in Japanese, which is a combination of the words fushigi and hana, which mean mystery and flower, respectively.
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Is Venusaur a frog Pokémon?

Get a look at those gams. After 22 years, many Pokémon fans are shocked to find out that one of the original Pokémon moves like a frog with its very shapely legs.
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Is Bulbasaur a frog?

Bulbasaur and its evolutions are partially based on arboreal (tree-living) frogs belonging to Hylidae (tree frogs) and Dendrobatidae (poison dart frogs). This wouldn't be the last time that a Grass starter was based on an arboreal herptile.
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Is Venusaur a frog or a toad?

Pokemon Let's Go Confirms Venusaur is a Toad, and I'm Ashamed I Didn't Notice Sooner. Cartoon animal zoology is a field full of lies and heartbreak.
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Is Venusaur a reptile?

Venusaur is a squat, quadrupedal amphibian Pokémon with bumpy, blue-green skin.
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What frog is Venusaur based on?

Despite its English name and resemblance to the extinct Pareiasaur, its design was confirmed by Ken Sugimori to be based on a frog. Venusaur was originally named "Fushigibana" in Japanese, which is a combination of the words fushigi and hana, which mean mystery and flower, respectively.
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What kind of lizard is Bulbasaur?

Bulbasaurus (meaning "bulbous reptile") is an extinct genus of dicynodont that is known from the Lopingian epoch of the Late Permian period of what is now South Africa, containing the type and only species B. phylloxyron.
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Is Squirtle a turtle?

Squirtle, known as the Tiny Turtle Pokémon, are turtle Pokémon with large eyes and chubby cheeks, capable of moving either on two feet or on all fours. Their skin is a light blue, and they possess a long, curled tail.
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Is Charmander a reptile?

Charmander is a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon with a primarily orange body and blue eyes.
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Is Bulbasaur a frog Reddit?

Bulbasaur is a frog, Scorbunny is a rabbit, I can seem them just hanging out seeing who can jump higher. : r/pokemon.
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Is Charmander a frog?

Charmander, as its name suggests, owes much of its origin to the salamander. However, it does not share many traits with the real salamanders you can find in the local forests and vernal pools.
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What animal is chikorita?

Chikorita is a small dinosaur-like Pokémon, particularly resembling a Sauropoda.
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Does Ash's Bulbasaur evolve?

This Pokémon has not evolved. Ash's Bulbasaur (Japanese: サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane) was the third Pokémon that Ash caught in the Kanto region, and his fourth overall. It was also the first of the original starter Pokémon that Ash acquired.
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What is the Blue frog Pokémon?

Froakie is a quadrupedal, frog-like Pokémon. It has light-blue skin, white hands, and a dark blue stripe from the center of its oval head to its nose. It has three fingers and two toes on its hands and feet.
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What animal is Charizard?

Physical information. Whereas its pre-evolutions Charmander and Charmeleon are ground-bound lizard like creatures, Charizard's design is inspired by dragons, more specifically European dragons.
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What animal is Charmander?

Charmander are small, bipedal lizard-like Pokémon native to Kanto.
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Is Cubone a Charmander?

“[Cubone] is a Charmander. So what happens is at birth, Charmander usually hatches out of the egg, and the Charizard lights its tail on fire,” they explained. In the clip, Frags then reveals how the Fire-type and Ground-type were supposedly related.
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What animal is snorlax?

Snorlax is inspired by veteran Pokémon game designer Kōji Nishino. Snorlax is a noseless ursid-like Pokémon that has a cream-colored face, hands and feet, while the rest of its body is teal in color. Its head is also large, and it has two small canine teeth visibly protruding from its lower jaw.
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What kind of animal is Pikachu?

Pikachu had long felt like a distant relative to those two, but, during an interview, game designer Atsuko Nishida, who worked on the original Pokemon Gameboy games, noted that the iconic character isn't based on a mouse at all. Pikachu is a squirrel.
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Is Squirtle half squirrel?

Its Japanese name (Zenigame) has nothing to do with squirrels. The tail isn't a squirrel tail, it's part of a reference to the Minogame, a turtle said to live for 10,000 years that has a tail made of seaweed (this is more obvious with Wartortle's tail).
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What animal is Blastoise based on?

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Some players may wonder exactly what Blastoise is supposed to resemble and the main two inspirations were turtles and tanks. It's evident that these are the main two things that the Water-Type is based off just by looking at the creature.
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What animal is charmeleon based on?

chameleon, (family Chamaeleonidae), any of a group of primarily arboreal (tree-dwelling) Old World lizards best known for their ability to change body colour.
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What is on Bulbasaurs back?

On Bulbasaur's back is a green plant bulb, which is grown from a seed planted there at birth.
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How are Bulbasaur born?

A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. The plant sprouts and grows with this Pokémon. For some time after its birth, it grows by gaining nourishment from the seed on its back. For some time after its birth, it grows by gaining nourishment from the seed on its back.
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