Common Dziop
“ On the deep ocean, without notice, the amphibian became a fighter to challenge without land. At midnight, because of it, the salamander came to fight at full moon. In the day only in deep ocean without sunlight, due to the smarter than salamanders? ”
– unknown author
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Salamandroidea
Family: Lophiotritonidae
Genius: Lophiotriton
Species: Lophiotriton thalassoferox
Descendant: Salamanders
Named by: ???
Year Published: ???
Size: 1.1 m long in length; 75 cm tall in weight; 40 kg in weight
Type:
Amphibians (Salamanders)
Fictional
Title: Angler Salamander
Pantheon:
Sawintiran/Avalonian
Time Period: Pliocene - Holocene
Alignment: Neutral
Threat Level: ★★★★★
Diet: Carnivorous 🥩🐟🦀🦠
Elements: Water, light
Inflicts: Bleeding, waterblight, stunned, blindness
Weaknesses: Fire, electric, leaf
Casualties: ???
Based On: fictional
Conservation Status: Not Evaluated
The Common Dziop (pronunciation: jop/dzi-yop; Lophiotriton thalassoferox) is a fictional species of salamander introduced in Weather Dragons series of Bagani: Island Hopping.
Etymology
coming soon
Physical Appearance
Common Dziop is a smooth and wetted brown-skinned deep sea salamander resembling anglerfish due to convergent evolution, just as the real anglerfish. Dziop have webbed, stubbed toes, a peach belly, translucent fins, and a bioluminescent esca fin. Common Dziop was smaller, like their relatives, than Firemander and Rudyosaj, a frilled shark-like salamander. Same size as milkfish.
Abilities
The dziop lure can violently emit blinding flashes of light from its head fin to disorient prey or enemies, making for an easy meal.
Ecology
Coming soon.
Behavior
Common Dziop was very aggressive towards all in this size range, from small to tiny, but it was passive towards all in large size, like humans. This animal spends most of its time lying under the sea bed or river bed, depending on the water formation, exposing only its esca to disguise itself as an underwater unlit light post, like a fishing rod.
Distribution and Habitat
Common Dziop was native to the deep ocean worldwide in Sawintir. It is very rare for the Earth to be found elsewhere in the Mariana Islands in Challenger's Trench.
Movement Pattern: Nomadic
Population Trend: stable
Population: ???
Locomotion: amphibious
Habitat: All
Earth: Guam
Sawintir: worldwide
Tamed
Common Dziopa were shot to make them unconscious, fed to them while they were unconscious, and then constantly overdosed on drugs. Because the survivor remains inside the 16 radii of a hatching egg, Common Dziopa are tamed as soon as they emerge from an egg. You can tame Common Dziop with a whip, worms, any meat, seaweed-wrapped rodent meat, or fish eggs if it hasn't already been tamed.
Lore
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Gallery
Trivia
Coming soon.