>>44416703I'm well aware of the tadpole with the swirly intestines but there's other frog species like the glass frog where even adults have translucent bellies with visible organs(just not that specific pattern). It's just a minor divergence between the pokemon version and real life that works fine for what it is. Ekans goes from rattlesnake to cobra. Rafflesias have no leaves yet Oddish exists.
>>44416725I wonder if it was a mistake(or localization error) and they meant for it to be Poliwhirl since both the english and jap names of both pokemon are very similar. As it is the trainer would have to be retarded to think a pokemon that already evolved twice would ever evolve again.
In its beta design, Poliwrath is even wearing a crown, frogs in fiction are often depicted wearing crowns(possibly due to the association with the frog turning into a prince story?), including in japanese culture(see Wart from the Mario series for another example)
