Pgengi
Descended from R. cancovorem, R. terrestrecancer is now more terrestrial, waddling along on zone J’s rocky ground and dunking into the ocean to cool off in the heat, they will stay in the water more or less depending on the temperature, however they are not very great swimmers and so will not go very far out to sea. It still primarily feeds on muscals of the genus Terracrabbus.
Due to exposure to V.hemolaimus selection pressures favored those who were able to produce the correct antibodies. They also have a much thicker mucus lining in their throat making most of them highly resistant to severe cases.
It reproduces during the wet season and holds a large egg that is supplied with nutrients via blood vessels. They still exhibit the behavior of females carrying their offspring on their backs to protect them. Offspring are fed crushed terracrabs by the parent until they reach 17 weeks of age when they are mature They leave their parents backs by 8 weeks. They are 108 centimeters long at maturity, at birth they’re only a fourth of that size at 26 cm long.
Due to their front-heavy nature they will often walk in a quadrupedal position, walking on both their flippers and their legs. Using their legs to move and their flippers for support.
R. terrestrecancer has lost the countershading of its ancestor. The males have orange exposed skin while females have pale grey exposed skin.
