Suweon Tree Frog
Dryophytes suweonensis
Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids
Epic
While active with another amphibian in play, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with two others).
Dryophytes suweonensis
Photo: © Kim, Hyun-tae (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Dryophytes suweonensis, the Suweon treefrog or Suwon treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to the Korean Peninsula probably from the Imjin River to the Mangyeong River, south of Iksan. Its distribution and population have been assessed to be below 800 individuals and the status of the species has been updated as Endangered by the IUCN. The natural habitat of the species has been generally transformed into rice fields and it is threatened by habitat loss.
The population size of the species has very strongly declined in population size, similarly to the sister species Dryophytes immaculatus and Dryophytes flaviventris.
The Suweon tree frog and the Japanese tree frog, which is also found in the same region, are the only two hylid species found on the Korean Peninsula. Factors distinguishing them include the frequency of the call, calling behavior, webbing between the toes and the angle of the line between the eyes and nostrils. The type locality for the Suweon tree frog is a rice paddy near the Office of Rural Development in Suwon. It has a lifestyle similar to the Japanese tree frog, breeding in rice paddies. The species is not known to breed at any natural site, and microhabitat segregation differentiate them from the Japanese tree frog. The species is evolutionary significant due to its unusual ZW karyotype.
Abridged excerpt from the Wikipedia article Dryophytes suweonensis, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Epic.
Every Epic card has 145 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 60