Animal Category Challenge! Week 3: Amphibian/Reptiles

Amphibian/Reptiles (A ex: salamander, newt, toad, tree frog, poison dart frog, R ex: sea turtle, pond turtle, python, cobra, rattlesnake, monitor lizard, Iguana, alligator, crocodile)

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OK i promised to make one finished drawing until the end of week well I had some spare time so I did it earlier :)  This character was done in 6 - 7 hours,  over three days. Hope you will enjoy it as I did drawing it. Best regards and see you around.

Turtle Vs Tuatara

August: Reptiles, Week 2:Turtle Vs August: Reptiles, Week 3 : Tuatara
while dozing off this concept popped in to my head so I rushed and got it down best as I can remember. I want to really go in and make these characters a lot more appealing, fix the layout and perspective just make it more dynamic overall. I want do a nice photoshop illo, so this will be another future piece to work on.
did this with Pental brush pen copic marker and water colour

Story
As Tuatara strikes with all is might pulling his trump card, he has left himself wide open as Turtle gathers the energy from the universe and will deliver the end of this battle.

August: Reptiles, Week 5: Snake

August: Reptiles, Week 4: Lizard

August: Reptiles, Week 3: Tuatara

Even though these guys resemble lizards, they aren't. They are part of their own district lineage:Sphenodontia. The two species of tuatara are the only surviving members of its order, which flourished around 200 million years ago.

August: Reptiles, Week 2: Turtle

Did you know... The oldest known tortoise may have been a radiated tortoise from Madagascar (Astrochelys radiata), which died in 1965. She was at least 188 years old, having been given to the Tonga royal family, by Captain Cook in 1773 or 1777.

August: Reptiles, Week 1: Crocodile/Alligator

Crocodiles and Alligators.. very similar, but significantly different. Do you know what makes them different?

"The easiest way of telling apart crocodiles from alligators is to look at their noses. Alligators have a wide "U"-shaped, rounded snout (like a shovel), whereas crocodiles tend to have longer and more pointed "V"-shaped noses.

Also, in alligators, the upper jaw is wider than the lower jaw and completely overlaps it. Therefore, the teeth in the lower jaw are almost completely hidden when the mouth closes, fitting neatly into small depressions or sockets in the upper jaw. This is particularly apparent with the large fourth tooth in the lower jaw. In crocodiles, the upper jaw and lower jaw are approximately the same width, and so teeth in the lower jaw fit along the margin of the upper jaw when the mouth is closed."