Junctopinna fucopinna

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45 cm (head to tail)
Aerialslontus fucopinna had developed two primitive cartilaginous fingers on the joint of each of its wings, which allow the organism vastly improved movement and grip in and around the canopy of trees. They're more streamlined than their ancestor's foot pads. and don't impact flight much, if at all. Their tail fin has become larger for improved stabilization, and is even more colorful in males of the species.
During mating, it is the male's job to attract females through colorful display, and a new development. A. fucopinna has developed the ability to make a high-pitched trilling by exhaling air through their throat, making it vibrate. Females are physically able to make this sound as well, but don't, as it is the males job to attract females. Once a female is attracted, both individuals make their way into the treetops, the female lays the eggs, and the male externally fertilizes them. Females will lay somewhere between 8 - 12 eggs, only half of which will survive to adulthood.
A. fucopinna still feeds on the leaves of trees of the forest in which it lives, such as Megaplortatus sustensa, Megaplortatus firmumsus, and, Megaplortatus coilus, but will now also eat smaller moving organisms, such as Aerialslontus distringa, Aerialslontus odonta, as well as Subsukalensis purpla, if it can get the jump on it though. Its mouth, however, does not allow it to eat organisms much longer than 10 cm in length.

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