Plateback Glowogg

The Plateback Glowogg split from its ancestor the Glowogg. it has moved downstream to Yokto Salt Marsh. Like its ancestor it feeds exclusively on flashkelps. They starts out as a frog-like egg in the water and then hatches into tiny tadpole-like creatures. There it feeds on small flashkelps until it matures into its adult form. In the adult form no longer have side marking but instead have enhanced their back shell into huge back plates. These are to help attract mates and are hollow and semi transparent. It stores some of the flashekelps it eats in there when trying attract a mate. This glowing eventually fades out as the flashkelps die. Once dead they are then digested as food. They are also nocturnal and have larger eyes not only to look out for predators but to find the "glow" of mates better. Males generally have larger shell plates. They are deaf so the eerie mating ritual is mostly silent with the occasional splashing. During the day they hide out in burrows they make on the river banks.