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Just as trivia: I made the sketch a long time ago, and believe I completed the art and half the description within the past year. I took so long to submit it that I forgot which ancestor and environment it was supposed to be in, realized the ancestor in its notes didn't quite fit, and just quietly adjusted it to be a Silkrugg rather than a regular Krugg species. I think I listed its ancestor originally as the Spiked Krugg, but the fewer abdominal segments made more sense for a Silkrugg. I consequently added Silkrugg-specific details.

That little blob on the upper-right, behind its second pair of legs, are its vestigial third legs.
With the Catch-Me Krugg, Tonsa Krugg, Swimming Krugg and Mottlekragg, I sure have a habit of giving Kruggs weird third-pair legs.

I imagine they have an exoskeleton made of chitin, much like other types of krugs and the lizardworms, though I’m not sure if they have an endoskeleton made of chitin as well(a feature possessed by the lizardworms)

Oh this is delightful, I love how there's so many little nuggets of information about it, it's the style of writing about a critter that I enjoy.

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: y
Art clear?: y
Gen number?: y
All limbs shown?: n
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: y
Realistic additions?: y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: y
Creator?: y

Ancestor:
Listed?: y
What changes?: vestigial pair of legs (delightful) as mating claspers, calcified body exoskeleton, aquatic (air breathing), reduced/compressed final 3 segments, face ridge,silk attach themselves to stream pebbles, hide under things, annual life cycle in certain regions
[*]External?: y
[*]Internal?: y
[*]Behavioral/Mental?: y
[/LIST]Are Changes Realistic?: y
New Genus Needed?: y, vestigial legs

Habitat:
Type?: 1
Flavor?: 2
Connected?: y
Wildcard?: n/a

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: n
Within range?: y
Exception?: n/a

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: n/a
Other?: support is specified in description, schould be added

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: n
Transition Rule?: y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: y

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Does It Fit Habitat?: n/a
Reasonable changes (if any)?: n/a
Other?: n/a

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: n
Does It Fit Habitat?: y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: y
Other?: n/a

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Does It Fit Habitat?: y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: n/a
Other?: n/a

Description:
Length?: good
Capitalized correctly?:y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: split
Other?: diet should be revisted, does it qualify as omnivore? despite not displaying all limbs I think it passes given the description.

Opinion: pending, revisit support and diet, otherwise meets approval

This post has been edited by colddigger: Sep 19 2022, 07:44 PM

Agreed. Approved

I specified the exoskeleton. I wasn't actually sure about that earlier, given some Kruggs don't specify exoskeletons, and as things with exoskeletons go, they can get very big on land.

It's an omnivore because it scavenges, and scavenges more often or reliably than, say, a cow or a deer would. I think I figured it would eat things like the gristly pieces in between the ribs of a roast chicken, if that helps. Otherwise, it can be listed as a detritivore, like a roly-poly (pill bug).

Omnivore should be fine