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Things you may not know about the Basarios Subspecies(Source is same as above)

Firstly, its a new species of wyvern recently found only in Barubare's Region so far.

Its ecology and apperance is very similar to the normal Basarios and was cerified as a subspecies by the Guild.

It gets its title from the pink crystals on its back.

The crystals on its back are similar to the ones found in the Unknown Sea of Trees.

Its camouflage is alot more advanced than the normal Basarios' camouflage.

The crystals on its back have been found to be used as extra defense and as an extra projectile defense.

The crystals are very hard and much harder than the normal Basarios' rocky ore defense but it crumbles easily when enough force is used when thrown off, most of the time.

Lastly, the most interesting thing about this thing. Its unknown what the Basarios Subspecies is. It could possibly be the growth form of Basarios before it turns into Gravios, a normal Basarios that has been eating alot of those crystals and those crystals have started forming on its body, or a completely different species that is similar to Basarios and Gravios(I'm calling the second one though a Crystal Gravios is possible since some of the Unknown Sea of Trees is unexplored and,since the Unknown Sea of Trees is in between the Underground Volcano/Caves and the Primeval Forest). Its still unclear whether its normal/natural for the Basarios in Barubare's Region or not and, if the Basarios Subspecies' apperance changes when its fully grown or not, so yeah.