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What Pokemon do you think would be in an Australian region Pokedex?
the great barrier reefs out there, maybe a regional corsola or another regional evo? i think clamperl, gorebyss, and huntail would fit right in, qwilfish, too. i can see luvdiscs, alomomolas, mantykes/mantines, clobbopus/grapplocts, clauncher/clawitzer, relicanths, skrelp/dragalge, dhelmise, and bruxishes being out there also. maybe invasive alolan muk/grimers by way of ocean currents? binacles stuck on boats in harbors and marinas; wattrels+kilowattrels, wingulls+pelippers, cramorants perched on docks and buoys waiting to harass unsuspecting tourists; pyukumukus, pincurchins, krabbys, and sandygasts on the beaches.
regional variants of any of those would be cool as well or you could pull a sinnoh and depending on if theyre from a certain coastline theyre a different coloration? like warm northern waters vs cold southern waters?
maybe a regional of ekans/arbok thats a sea snake? or a poison-type octillery regional inspired by the blue-ringed octopus? maybe an orthworm regional based on the gigantic earthworms there? it might also be worth your time to look into the history and culture of the Aboriginal people! their dot paintings make me think of a regional smeargle ^_^
a quokka-mon could be your region mammal, like rattata or zigzagoon, and i think a funnel web or trapdoor spider mon would be cool! or something based on the bulldog ant, i love its weird shaped mandibles (plus theres only one other ant-mon, durant, maybe heatmor can have a regional in the form of an echidna?) theres also the goliath stickbug, one based on that would be neat bc we dont have any stickbug-based mons yet! maybe even different forms for different types of trees? lastly, not to reference finding nemo on an australia thread, but maybe a clownfish-mon and anemone-mon that work together like tatsugiri+dondozo?