Scalegret
55-63 cm in length, 20-24 cm tall at the hip, ~30 cm tail length. This increase in size allows it to wade into deeper waters, cover larger territories, avoid the competition of shallower areas, and take larger prey.
Male Scalegrets (Amfivioslontus robustoperna) will gather on the shores and shallow areas of Manalacus, rattle their scales, and use their head scales to reflect light. Females will choose the fittest males. Males will sometimes store food in their throat pouches to offer females, increasing their chances. Scalegrets mate for life.
Nests are made along the coast and the young are cared for by the parents, since the small hatchlings are vulnerable to predation from A. avianbeakus and would also have trouble finding food. The nests are a clutch of mucus covered eggs laid under 5 cm of mud.
Polyphs are consumed occasionally while foraging for muscals. L. planocorpus is eaten less often than other aquatic muscals is due to its camouflage. Terrestrial muscals are caught opportunistically, since they a larger food source. Small prey is swallowed whole while the larger terrestrial prey is awkwardly stripped of meat. When taking down terrestrial prey the preferred method involves dragging them into the water using their jaws then exhausting and maiming the prey by biting and scratching them. Individuals may collaborate when hunting larger organisms, the hunt isn’t a planned out and synchronized assault, but rather an unorganized effort that will benefit both individuals.
The Scalegret has an elongated snout that is better at catching prey and it possesses a gular pouch to carry prey to its young or store it for later. The strong back limbs can sustain the Scalegret’s weight without the aid of the front limbs. This facultative bipedalism is used mostly in the water when fishing, as raising the front limbs from the water means the Scalegret doesn't disturb the water closer to its head. The hindlegs can also be used to pounce on prey. In order to stabilize the organism on its two legs, a longer, heavier tail has evolved to counterbalance along with webbed feet for stability while traversing through mud. The legs are also in a semi erect posture for bearing the entire body's weight.
Finally, due to a lack of predators in adulthood, the Scalegret has evolved a bolder coloration. It also presents heavy countershading, with a light underbelly so avoid detection from aquatic prey.
Scalegrets are not especially territorial, however they prefer to keep their distance, especially when fishing. If a Scalegret get within 4 meters of another Scalegret that isn’t its mate, they will do an intimidation display consisting of rattling scales and growling. Confrontation almost never ends in physical aggression.
