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... Alternately titled 'the Altamaran gila-cockroach-toad-thing'.

I am legitimately regretting not giving these six limbs... But then again if Earth reptiles can have four, two, or no legs there's probably no reason these critters can't come in a six-legged variety.

That aside, these animals mainly fill the niche of reptiles on Earth, although there's some crossover with amphibians, and in larger specimens perhaps pigs. These guys are the sort of thing you'd find scuttling about under fallen leaves on the forest floor, or lurking dangerously in the mud in swamplands.

Biologically, although they look like reptiles as we'd understand them, their bodies are partially exoskeletal and composed of bony plates. Underneath the plates is flesh and bone, but they are otherwise completely devoid of skin.

In the side view you can see the spiracle breathing holes through which the animal respires. This along with the lower jaw being made of two fused mandibles is a common anatomical trait of Altamaran life.

... I find the grubs of these things the most exciting. Some of the larger, more self-sufficient sorts could act like huge ant-lion traps, or writhe about in swarms just under the surface of soft ground like piranha... Ready to strip the flesh off any unwary traveler.

these currently unnamed guys © me.

Description
... Alternately titled 'the Altamaran gila-cockroach-toad-thing'.

I am legitimately regretting not giving these six limbs... But then again if Earth reptiles can have four, two, or no legs there's probably no reason these critters can't come in a six-legged variety.

That aside, these animals mainly fill the niche of reptiles on Earth, although there's some crossover with amphibians, and in larger specimens perhaps pigs. These guys are the sort of thing you'd find scuttling about under fallen leaves on the forest floor, or lurking dangerously in the mud in swamplands.

Biologically, although they look like reptiles as we'd understand them, their bodies are partially exoskeletal and composed of bony plates. Underneath the plates is flesh and bone, but they are otherwise completely devoid of skin.

In the side view you can see the spiracle breathing holes through which the animal respires. This along with the lower jaw being made of two fused mandibles is a common anatomical trait of Altamaran life.

... I find the grubs of these things the most exciting. Some of the larger, more self-sufficient sorts could act like huge ant-lion traps, or writhe about in swarms just under the surface of soft ground like piranha... Ready to strip the flesh off any unwary traveler.

these currently unnamed guys © me.