Horned Landlubber

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Horned Landlubber
(Turgibatrachus umbracornu)
Artwork of Horned Landlubber
Species is extant.
Creator Nergali Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Superclass
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Carpozoa
Spondylozoa
Anisoscelida
Saurochelones
Gyrinoi
Piratidae
Turgibatrachus
Turgibatrachus umbracornu
Week/Generation 26/160
Habitat Always Tropical River , Bardic Tropical River, BioCat Tropical River, Blood Tropical River, Gec Tropical River, Glicker Tropical River, Ichthy Tropical River, Jeluki Tropical River, Kenotai Tropical River, Pipcard Tropical River, Terra Tropical River, Wright Tropical River, Bone Temperate River, Huggs Temperate River, Irinya Temperate River, Always Tropical Riparian, Bardic Tropical Riparian, BioCat Tropical Riparian, Blood Tropical Riparian, Gec Tropical Riparian, Glicker Tropical Riparian, Ichthy Tropical Riparian, Jeluki Tropical Riparian, Kenotai Tropical Riparian, Pipcard Tropical Riparian, Terra Tropical Riparian, Wright Tropical Riparian, Bone Temperate Riparian, Huggs Temperate Riparian, Irinya Temperate Riparian, Always Salt Swamp, Bardic Salt Swamp, BioCat Salt Swamp, Blood Salt Swamp, Gec Salt Swamp, Glicker Salt Swamp, Ichthy Salt Swamp, Jeluki Salt Swamp, Kenotai Salt Swamp, Pipcard Salt Swamp, Terra Salt Swamp, Wright Salt Swamp, Bone Salt Marsh, Huggs Salt Marsh, Irinya Salt Marsh, Dixon-Darwin Boreal
Size 98.4 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet Herbivore (Sunstalks, Phoenix Grass, Ashkalatongrass)
Respiration Active (Nasal Gills)
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, Two Sexes, Frog-Like Eggs

A descendant of the red-eyed landlubber, the horned landlubber has taken to the waterways of the Dixon-Darwin supercontinent, thriving on the abundance of black flora that is to be found there. Now nocturnal by nature, becoming most active only around dusk and dawn. During the day, they instead rest within their burrows, forming slimy cocoons to help them retain their moisture and thus avoid drying out. These cocoons also serve to mask the scent of these landlubbers, and their sticky viscousness makes consuming one rather difficult for a potential predator to do.

The manipulatory tentacles of their ancestors have become stouter and stronger, allowing them to freely grip and move food into their mouths, which have also grown larger in order to take in larger leaves and such. Grinding molars, remnants of the days when their ancestral onamor kin would feed on hard-shelled prey, now aid them in breaking down whatever tough black flora they should choose to consume. Their tails have flattened somewhat, and are used when moving on land, giving them a flopping, almost bumbling motion as they walk. Other than this, they are relatively similar to their ancestors.