Platyplat

Platyplat is a dual-type Ground/Water Pokémon.

It evolves into Platyplash starting at level 27.

Physiology
Platyplat is a small duck-billed platypus Pokémon. It has two black feet with three toes each, a black tail with a white stripe in the middle and a blue tip, two small brown arms without hands, a tiny blue spot on its belly, a brown head with a brown tuft on the top of its head, two white eyes with pinprick black pupils, blue around the upper part of its eyes, and blue in-between the eyes at the base of its flat black beak.

Gender Differences
None.

Special Abilities
Platyplat spend most of their time lazing around, whether on shore or in the rivers. They leisurely swish their tail to drift across bodies of water.

Behavior
Platyplat are very lazy and easy going Pokémon, and love to have fun, whether it be on the shore or in the rivers. They leisurely swish their tail to drift across bodies of water.

Habitat
Platyplat live in nests made by the sides of ponds and rivers. Wild Platyplat are found by Surfing in the Thundrome Pass, on the Cycling Path, in Goldune Cave, in Goldune City, in the Fallrock Valley and on Route 4; by Fishing with the Good Rod in Goldune City, in the Fallrock Valley, in the Wild Plains (Rikoto's Safari Zone) and on Route 4; and in the grass in the Thundrome Pass.

Shiny Coloration Differences
For Shiny Platyplat, the brown turns green, while the blue turns orange.

Trivia

 * Prior to 1.0.1, Platyplat uses Quagsire's cry.
 * Shiny Platyplat seems to be a reference to Perry the Platypus (aka. Agent P.) from Phineas and Ferb.

Origin
Platyplat is based on a duck-billed platypus.

Name Origin
Its name comes from the words Platypus, splash and pat.