Plexgender

The Plexgender split from its ancestor the plehexapod. It now lives in the oases in Wallance Dunes. These act like islands cutting them off from the rest of the population. As a result they developed sexual trimorphism; it serves to let them have a higher, more genetically healthy population in the same amount of space. Males are smaller and brightly colored. They are crepuscular, only active at dawn and dusk. Males are still omnivore but mostly scavenge carrion. This takes them away from the the oases and thus spreading genetic diversity to the females who mostly stay at their home oasis. Males also will eat fruit when the season s right or even eggs when the opportunity presents itself.

Females on the other hand are now split into two types; nocturnal carnivores and diurnal herbivores.The night morphs have adopted large eyes to see in the dark and darker coloration to blend in with the darkness. Their beaks are more like an Earth bird of prey and can rip flesh easier. Their front claws are also sharper and body lighter and leaner. Their back legs are much stronger allowing them to sprint after prey. When they sleep they tend to be out in the open where they can photosynthesize.

The day morphs have a purple coloration to blend in with the purple flora. Their stomach has grown larger to help them digest flora better. Their beaks are stronger to chew the tough arid flora. Their front claw have grown bigger in order to help dig up roots. And its middle legs have spikes to fend off predators.

All sexes have improved spikes around their butt-nostrils, which keeps predators from suffocating them. They also have developed leaf-like earlobes to help funnel sound to their ears. Like their ancestor their skin is photosynthetic and they have a waxy coating on its skin helps reduce water loss as well as insulates it.

Both female's pouches are very stretchy, yet strong with elastic ribs Rather than building a nest for their young, the females simply do not give birth when they are fully developed. The female fills the organ that her young developed in with air so that they do not suffocate, she keeps her mouth open to let air flow in. Her young can poke their heads out of her mouth and beg for the food that her mate gives them, she will survive mainly on her fat during this time though her mate may feed her as well. Eventually she will force the offspring to leave, her jaw will often unhinge to make this difficult task a little easier. If she does not shove them out then they will grow too big for her and they will essentially explode out of her and kill her.

All juveniles are omnivorous and only narrow their diets when they reach adulthood. Juveniles that have left the pouch but haven't sexually matured tend to follow the more mobile males. Thus spreading them to different oases. Once grown the females will generally stay at whatever oasis they end up at. Depending upon the population at the oasis two morphs emit a pheromone suppressing the development into their morph to reduce competition and the stronger signal drowns out the weaker one. If they are not exposed to any pheromones they will default to herbivores.