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Tsutarja and its fellow Black and White starters were first revealed as silhouettes on the May 9, 2010 episode of Pokémon Sunday. They were later revealed in full in the June 2010 issue of CoroCoro.
Origin
Tsutarja may be based off a lizard or a snake. Its shared traits with both make it similar to skinks.
Name origin
Tsutarja's name is possibly derived from 蔦 tsuta, ivy, and 蛇 ja, snake.
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