Goldhead Bronisław
Thalassiosthalassas epipediceratos
Ancestor: Thalassiosthalassas paratiritis
Zone: 22 and C
Size: 9-15 cm (length)
Reproduction: Sexual with external fertilization, eggs are laid in the muddy bottom of zone 22 after fertilization. Males no longer intimidate each other, as females choose the males with bigger and shinier horns instead of the strongest ones. When mating season arrives, males form lines next to the coast of zone 22 of 6 to 20 individuals exposing their head scales to the sun to make them shine. The reason of this is that bigger horns mean greter health, because when the health of the male is low, horns develop less due to them being more possible to suffer infections. When a female chooses a male, she approaches the male and the two individuals nuzzle each other, mating once they reach a good place to lay the eggs. They'll turn to guard the nest, to be there when the babys hatch. Once the eggs hatch, the pair will turn to guard the offspring while the other goes to search food. Once the babys are big enought to care for themselves the pair will separate.
Food/Sustenance: Seeds and polyphs like Taxonomum florus, Taxonomum longiceedus and Taxonomum bonsanicus.
Thalassiosthalassas epipediceratos, descendant of T. paratiritis, lives in zone 22 but also spends a lot of time in zone C. The nubs that were situated on the start of the tail of T. paratiritis have elongated and started to develop fingers which can only be seen in the skeleton, due to them being practically unnoticeable cause of the skin covering them, they are spread out, giving the end of the nub more surface area for displacing mud for the nests. Their new amphibious lifestyle has caused them to occasionally compete for T. florus with it’s relative, Terroslontus spraticanus. However that competition isn’t hard to deal for Thalassiosthalassas epipediceratos because of the big size difference between the two. They have developed scales on their back and laterals, more similar to those of fish than reptilian scales, that help defending from attacks of Draco major and occasional J. tingualus. The scales on their head are more hard, but not as hard as those of organisms like D. major. Their horns are actually pointy scales used for display instead of real horns. These scales above the eye became more pointy to prevent predators to attack the eyes, which are more vulnerable They have developed teeth, 200 to be exact, which they use to help triturate pholyps, but are also an effective and painful defense against attackers, wich after being bites usually end up with a semicircular line of dots as a scar.