Sunback Draco
While one branch of Dracilians left South Chamegia and became the Dracilians of Aliona, another group stayed in the region and became Pastiodraco herbivorus. For one reason or another, perhaps a temporary decline in their prey Drucerus palma or the disappearance of the brackish swamp to the north as it became a salt lake, P. herbivorus declined in numbers until they became nearly extinct. The species would recover overtime and give rise to a new species.
35 centimeters long
The Sunback Draco (Pastiodraco hadros) has grown greatly in terms of size compared to its ancestor, housing a larger gut to extract more nutrients from polyphs. The species has shorter, thicker tail and extra fat around their shoulders and the top of their neck. These are energy stores the Sunback Draco can rely upon these for when polyphs are scarce. The narrow-edged homodont teeth of the Sunback Draco help with feeding on polyphs, being well suited to rip off pieces of Druceraceans that are then swallowed whole. While these polyphs make up the bulk of their diet, Sunback Dracos will also consume Polygenasidans, but these are not a major portion of their diet.
The Sunback Draco uses local plorts or large boulders for shade to avoid the hottest parts of the day. The Sunback Draco travels in loosely associated groups as they all search for food and water, communicating using their brightly colored backs. Being more social increased the chances of the group detecting either food or water. Since there are no predators for them to worry about, the Sunback Draco was able to use their bright colors for communication and have extra cone cells in their retina to see a larger portion of the light spectrum. Individuals communicate with one another through various kinds of posturing, like crouching forward and displaying their golden backs in front of another individual or by bobbing their heads and showing of the various colorful patterns on the head, ranging from the reddish "eye mask" to the blue "eyebrows" above them. They have dark gray flanks and cheeks, a yellow throat, a whitish underbelly, and stripes of brown and white on the limbs.
Since the Sunback Draco walks upon coarse soil like sand and gravel, redeveloping claws proved useful as they resist wear and tear better than skin. These claws are also useful for digging for nest building. The Sunback Draco only digs out a shallow pit where it then lays its eggs. The Sunback Draco then kicks dirt over the eggs to bury them and then leaves the eggs to. Once the eggs hatch after a 2 month incubation period, they are able to fend for themselves immediately.