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The Neanean Dragon

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Happy Sketchmas and a merry new year everyone! Unfortunately I had no time this year for a seasons greetings special, I hope the alternative works too.

Because you guys produced so much cool stuff lately, and because today/tomorrow is a important holiday in many cultures I decided it is time to reveal one of the apex predators of Nea! 

Ascialophoraptor xenomorphus is a dragon species of astonishing beauty. The animals are elegant in flight and on the ground, has a dark, nearly black, back with white spots on the wings and a light gray to brown belly. The intense blue crest is a feature of adult males, females have a smaller, more grey crest but are otherwise identical in appearance and size. With 1,6 to  nearly 2 m in length we have here a smaller dragon species, but thanks to the effective zytotoxins it produces in it's venom glands it is able to kill prey which otherwise would never fear a predator of this size and statue. 
Young takins are for example on its menu card, but also all sorts of rodents, marsupials, colossal chameleons and smaller lizards, even it's relatives, the monitor lizards fear the black shadow of it's dark wings.

Most time of the day these animals lay in the shade of large rocks, preferably some meters above the ground so they can observe their environment and possible prey. During the evening and in the morning hours they become active and begin to search for prey and water. Like it's ancestors from Earth these animals can live without water for quite some time and the advanced ventilation of the draconian lungs made the change quite easy. 

The animals have very large territories but come every year together to breed. Here you see hoe they do it on Earth:
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P.s. don't forget the celebrate the Birthday of Isaac Newton tomorrow! 

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KyuremBlack646's avatar

So majestic. Do wonder who thought it was a good idea to bring venomous squamates to Nea. A squamatan Jurassic park?