Talk:Master Ceadeus 27 Rathian and Rathalos Subs Theory/@comment-4212769-20140626100123/@comment-4212769-20140702125809

And yet still your argument is invalid as Azure Rathalos lives in the Volcano whose areas have a bit to no water. And normal Rathian lives in the Misty Peaks. There are two areas in the Misty Peaks that have water in it that you can step upon so no real room for it.

Now let me ask you a question... if it was a color change due to location why didn't Rathalos turn to have a green body coloration which is a lot more useful on the forests and meadows that are also in the Deserted Island.

And yet such a change would still be a mutation anyway, there's nothing that can actively "switch on" a hormone to change its coloration. It would be a mutation that causes it to get this color change. And even if it is a subspecies, a subspecies occurs through a chain of mutations that makes it different from another subspecies.

So however you look at it, it's a mutation in any way possible.