Crested King Limbless

The crested king limbless replaced its ancestor and shrank in size due to competion with its larger cousin, similarly to its cousin in Darwin. While females can grow to be nearly a meter, males grow to 75 centimeters. It has developed a powerful bite, capable of crippling a humpskimo instantly should it manage to get one in its jaws. They have become social, at least to a degree, with infants working together to hunt down uksors and helmethead uksips while adults will form lasting partnerships with their mates. Typically subterranean by nature, at night they may surface in order to take down a juicy humpskimo.

They have developed a partial shell similar to that of the armadillo of Earth. It is primarily used in mating as males tend to bite the females during the mating ritual. It also, along with the hardened crest, protects the vulnerable neck from being broken by predators. While fours of their eyes now face forward, the third pair now face backwards so as to prevent anything from sneaking up on them. They dig with the giant front tooth, widening the tunnels used by their prey and relatives. They have a thicker layer of a blubber-like material which keeps them warm while at the same times makes them look very pudgy when viewed from above.