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Cryptodiles are a fairly primitive group of terrestrial tetragnathes found exclusively on the Northern continent. They belong to a larger group of tetragnathes that can be compared to Earth's lizards; animals with mostly generalistic traits, equal-looking front and middle legs and often elongate bodies. Cryptodiles themselves are fairly large, camouflaged forest-dwellers that feed on smaller animals of all kinds and softer plants. Slightly longer claws on the front legs are fairly common and used to dig out food or burrows. The one species living in open terrain will carry its front legs folded under its chest when running, a trait reminding of the extinct predatory species that used its front legs similar to a praying mantis. Modern cryptodiles fill a similar niche in the Northern continent like the Western continent's tuskhogs.

Description
Cryptodiles are a fairly primitive group of terrestrial tetragnathes found exclusively on the Northern continent. They belong to a larger group of tetragnathes that can be compared to Earth's lizards; animals with mostly generalistic traits, equal-looking front and middle legs and often elongate bodies. Cryptodiles themselves are fairly large, camouflaged forest-dwellers that feed on smaller animals of all kinds and softer plants. Slightly longer claws on the front legs are fairly common and used to dig out food or burrows. The one species living in open terrain will carry its front legs folded under its chest when running, a trait reminding of the extinct predatory species that used its front legs similar to a praying mantis. Modern cryptodiles fill a similar niche in the Northern continent like the Western continent's tuskhogs.