Talk:Ignis/@comment-71.184.143.100-20150220013659/@comment-25035274-20150220212335

Subspecies has nothing to do with power level. The Medusa, Apophis, Shirohebi, and Echida are all arguably more powerful than their parent species, the Lamia. Yet they are all subspecies.

Salamander became a subspecies of Lizardman not because they are traditionally linked in any way(Lizardmen are a product of RPGs rather than mythology, after all), but rather because they're both women who are created by mashing a human woman up with a lizard. In other words, the relation is purely based on appearance. Also the fact that mythologically speaking, a salamander is a fire-breathing lizard that isn't large and skerry enough to count as a dragon.

EDIT: As a note, if you're here looking for 100% mythological accuracy, you're gonna be feelin' pretty bum-hurt before long. While all of the Mamono are based on mythology and/or fantasy lit/RPGs, they are not word-for-word ports. Look at most of the Egypt-themed Mamono, for instance.