User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-3095304-20121226154153/@comment-4212769-20121227152231

^Easy answer:

It is very different from the normal Blangonga, isn't only a recoloration but has different design characteristics, too (bigger; different face), the color fits, it lives in another environment and it has another elements/ailments (instead of ice, K.O.).

You can say it is the forerunner of the 3rd gen subspecies.