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Unnamed (ID: a7c8)

Male Sapphire Aceranguis
Creature Info
Owner: IronQueen
Species: Aceranguis
Sex: Male
Personality: Mischievous
Origin: Captive Bred (G2)
Born: January 2nd, 2022, 8:55 PM
Stage: Adult
Rarity: Common
Chroma: SapphireSapphire

Species Notes

Grouping: Reptilian, Arthropod

The Aceranguis is a rather common snake in Crop Circle Canyon, much to the detriment of unprepared exploration teams. It is highly venomous, delivering its poison via both its fangs and its scorpion-like tail stinger. In addition to injecting venom, it is able to spray it from its fangs several meters away with incredible precision, aiming for the eyes or visibly open wounds of its attacker. The venom is acidic and corrosive, appearing to do damage to envenomed tissue by directly melting it than relying on neurotoxic or haemotoxic properties. If left on otherwise healthy skin for more than about an hour, it can cause necrosis, but the real danger comes from its tendency to cause permanent damage to eyes and muscle tissue.

Aceranguis are primarily defensive in the face of a threatening predator or researcher, and prefer not to waste their venom. If cornered, however, they have been known to chase and actively pursue their attacker until it bites, stings, or loses its quarry. Their banded patterning serves both warning and camouflage purposes; in shaded sand and rock, the black striping can help it blend into outcroppings of rock and shrubs, while under direct light the bright contrast of its markings against black, as well as the glittering of its scales, can warn a curious predator of danger. Their scales are shiniest just after a shed, and females are typically more glossy than the males, being the ones to attract male snakes for courtship and breeding.

Artwork: Keileon


Ancestry

Unnamed
Female Gold Draumera
Wild Caught
Haughty
Female icon Gold Chroma
Unnamed
Female Gold Draumera
WC (Wild Caught)
Female icon
Gold Chroma
ID: u9zFfK
Haughty
Unnamed
Male Sapphire Aceranguis
Wild Caught
Curious
Male icon Sapphire Chroma
Unnamed
Male Sapphire Aceranguis
WC (Wild Caught)
Male icon
Sapphire Chroma
ID: Tl1U
Curious

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Offspring

This creature has no recorded offspring.

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