Dunewyrm
“ A tiny dragon was discovered in the Sahara and Arabian deserts. Harmless with his harems like Islam, that's suspicious. ”
– Eostre
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Palaeodraconia
Family: Sabulodraconidae
Genius: Harenabitatio
Species: Harenabitatio arabica
Descendant: drakes
Named by: Jerome Milles
Year Published: 1987
Size: 78 cm in length; 35 cm tall in height; 50 kg in weight
Type:
Reptiles (Dragons)
Fictional
Title:
Dune Snake Drake
Pantheon:
Terran
Sawintiran
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Good
Threat Level: ★★
Diet: Carnivorous
Elements: Rock
Inflicts: Rockblight, paralysis
Weaknesses: Water, ice, metal, sound
Casualties: n/a
Based On:
Desertwyrms from Wyrmroost Mod in Minecraft
Conservation Status:
Earth & Sawintir: Near Threatened (NT) – IUCN Red List
Reinachos/Ityosel: Least Concern (LC) – IUCN Red List
Dunewyrm (Harenabitatio arabica) or Sandwyrm is the fictional species of dragon introduced in upcoming story of Weather Dragons.
Etymology
The combination is named for dune and wyrm, a kind of dragon.
Physical Appearance
Dunewyrm is a small and slender drake that resembles both sandfish and eel. Their skin color for Dunewyrm is above the peachiness and yellowish brown below. They have four small horns, twitched ears, small legs that are now flippers for swimming or digging the sand, a tailfin, and now a dorsal fin on the waist down. Dunewyrm has a third eyelid for covering while swimming.
Abilities
Dunewyrm uses this body as a mistake for the sand, much like an antlion. Dunewyrm uses their mouth with a worm-like tongue out of their bait to wait for the next prey. This fang was set to paralysis and immobilized the enemy with a single bite. This animal also spews sand and saliva.
The sand they consume is saved in a unique organ in their body that combines the sand with their mucus and uses it as a weapon to harm prey.
Ecology
Compared to the majority of other sand-dwelling animals, dunewyrms have a very distinctive appearance. They can swim in the sand like the Cephalos thanks to their long, thin fins, and they can also "crawl" on land like pinnipeds by utilizing their flippers. Dunewyrm's back limbs have fully deteriorated, but their front limbs have transformed into fins. They periodically have to jump out of the sand since they are unable to breathe in the sand.
Rodents, insects, lizards, small birds, theropods, and sick or weak animals are among the food sources for dunewyrm. Additionally, these animals are well-known scavengers who clean the surroundings of any dead animals. However, because they are lower on the food chain, larger creatures prey on them. Additionally, they eat Jhen and Dah'ren Mohrans' leftovers, like Delex.
Behavior
Until a threat provokes them, dunewyrms are usually quite peaceful. Dunewyrms will either run away or engage the threat when aroused. One Dunewyrm living alone or in a group is quite weak.
Distribution and Habitat
Dunewyrm was a very abundant and endangered species. This creature was divided into two subpopulations: the Western and Eastern subpopulations. The Western Dunewyrm was located in the Sonoran desert, and the Eastern Dunewyrm was located in the Arabian desert and the Sahara desert as well. Prior to Princess Anastasia's event, this animal was not endangered, and it was not evaluated as a species until the Russian revolution and Chameleos' eradication by Koshchei and Grigori Rasputin, when both were killed by Lord Shiva and Zorya, including Ded Moroz.
This animal in the Arabian desert was extinct from overhunting, while the African one was protected by Arabs to avoid the controversy.
Movement Pattern: Full Migrant
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Unspecific
Population: ???
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: Deserts and xeric shrublands; badlands; flooded grasslands and savannas
Earth:
Resident: Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Central African Republic; Chad; Djibouti; Egypt; Ethiopia; Iran; Kenya; Libya; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Saudi Arabia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; United States; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Extinct: Afghanistan; Burundi; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Malawi; Mauritania; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Pakistan; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Western Sahara
Tamed
Dunewyrms were tranquilized by bullets, made unconscious, fed while unconscious, and used narcotics to continuously overdose. Alternatively, survivors must steal Dunewyrm's egg in order to tame it. When these eggs hatch, the babies must be fed any type of milk, which can be gotten from a variety of sources.
Dunewyrms are immediately domesticated when they hatch from an egg because the survivor is always within 11 radii of the hatching egg. If Dunewyrm isn't already tamed, you can tame it with a whip, fish meat, any meat, seaweed-wrapped mice or meat, or fish eggs.
Lore
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Known Individuals
Flerida's 12 dunewyrms
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