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Name: Shoreline Grozza (Herpetarachne litoris)
Ancestor: Grazing Gossalizard
Creator: HethrJarrod
Habitat: Soma Temperate Mangal, Soma Subpolar Mangal, Darkov Subpolar Mangal, Soma Archipelago Subpolar Beaches, Soma Subpolar Beach, Soma Archipelago Temperate Beaches, Soma Temperate Beach, Dingus Subpolar Beach, Darkov Subpolar Beach
Size: 1.2 meter long
Support: Exoskeleton (Chitin), Endoskeleton (Chitin)
Diet: Herbivore (Florisland, Globby Boneflora, Bonebuoy, Ouchiiro, Sum-Humgrove, Pioneer Raftballs, Colonial Bobiiro, Carnosprawl, Pelagic Puffgrass, Raft-building Cone Puffgrass, Beach Bean, Weeping Baseejie, Fuzzweed, Qupe Tree, Stoutplage, Polarblades, Larands), Scavenger
Respiration: Active (Spiracles)
Thermoregulation: Endotherm (Setae)
Reproduction: Sexual, Hermaphrodites (Eggs, Communal nesting)

The shoreline Grozza split from its ancestor, living on the beaches and coasts of Drake. It will graze for flora, and if threatened by a predator, will run into the water. It has a longer, sleeker body, and has extended it out into a flat chitinous tail. They are not as fast as dracolopes, nor as large as pasakerds. Their bones are denser, and their toes are splayed, allowing them to find footing in loose sand.

Shoreline Grozza do not have as many eggs, only one or two. However, they take care of their young. This helps to ensure the few young that they do have survive. The males no longer have the spinnerets to produce silk. The females continue to have them, and cover their nests in it to keep their eggs warm.

Supplemental Image:

Shoreline Grozza female, showing spinneret organs located on the cheeks. Males tend to favor larger spinnerets on females.

Shoreline grozza form familial groups called pods, grazing along the coastline. A pod normally consists of three generations. If the pod gets too large, a family group will split off and move to a different area. A whole pod will nest together, relying on the safety in numbers.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: May 3 2023, 09:45 AM

Made some changes to reproduction method, and body description.

I don't think the ancestor produced silk?

QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Apr 29 2023, 06:34 PM)

I don't think the ancestor produced silk?

They still had the silk glands in a few individuals within the population

QUOTE

As it no longer hunts, its warfarin-silk is useless. Consequently, silk glands are reduced or even absent in most individuals. Since their ancestor was a carnivore they still supplement their diets with meat from dead carcasses they find.

In Lizalopes and Pasakerds these were lost entirely, but under the right circumstances the silk glands could find more prominent usage, which seems to be what hethr is doing.

Then again the artwork here does not show any sign of the silk producing organs seen in gossalizards that have them, so I got no idea on what is going on.

QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Apr 29 2023, 07:09 PM)

QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Apr 29 2023, 06:34 PM) I don't think the ancestor produced silk? They still had the silk glands in a few individuals within the population QUOTE As it no longer hunts, its warfarin-silk is useless. Consequently, silk glands are reduced or even absent in most individuals. Since their ancestor was a carnivore they still supplement their diets with meat from dead carcasses they find. In Lizalopes and Pasakerds these were lost entirely, but under the right circumstances the silk glands could find more prominent usage, which seems to be what hethr is doing. Then again the artwork here does not show any sign of the silk producing organs seen in gossalizards that have them, so I got no idea on what is going on.

It's a male. Added supplemental image of female to show spinneret organs.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: Apr 29 2023, 04:20 PM

QUOTE (HethrJarrod @ Apr 29 2023, 08:13 PM)

QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Apr 29 2023, 07:09 PM) QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Apr 29 2023, 06:34 PM) I don't think the ancestor produced silk? They still had the silk glands in a few individuals within the population QUOTE As it no longer hunts, its warfarin-silk is useless. Consequently, silk glands are reduced or even absent in most individuals. Since their ancestor was a carnivore they still supplement their diets with meat from dead carcasses they find. In Lizalopes and Pasakerds these were lost entirely, but under the right circumstances the silk glands could find more prominent usage, which seems to be what hethr is doing. Then again the artwork here does not show any sign of the silk producing organs seen in gossalizards that have them, so I got no idea on what is going on. It's a male.

Then can you show off a female as well? The silk producing organs being prominent again is a very big change that should be shown.

QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Apr 29 2023, 07:18 PM)

QUOTE (HethrJarrod @ Apr 29 2023, 08:13 PM) QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Apr 29 2023, 07:09 PM) QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Apr 29 2023, 06:34 PM) I don't think the ancestor produced silk? They still had the silk glands in a few individuals within the population QUOTE As it no longer hunts, its warfarin-silk is useless. Consequently, silk glands are reduced or even absent in most individuals. Since their ancestor was a carnivore they still supplement their diets with meat from dead carcasses they find. In Lizalopes and Pasakerds these were lost entirely, but under the right circumstances the silk glands could find more prominent usage, which seems to be what hethr is doing. Then again the artwork here does not show any sign of the silk producing organs seen in gossalizards that have them, so I got no idea on what is going on. It's a male. Then can you show off a female as well? The silk producing organs being prominent again is a very big change that should be shown.

Is this better?