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|diet=Omnivore ([[Marbleflora]], [[Snotflora]], [[Chainswarmers]], [[Pioneeroots]]) Scavenger
|thermoregulation=Ectotherm
|respiration = Active (Microlungs)
|reproduction=Sexual (Male and Female, Snail-Like Eggs)
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|genus=Sericumpes
|species=corpusplana
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Unlike its ancestor, it is aquatic, and can hold its breath for about 32 minutes. Agate Kruggs spend much of their time at the edges of rocky streams, hidden amid or under pebbles, purple flora, and occasionally scraps of bark or other plant matter. Its flattened, small, sturdy body is well-suited to hiding under heavy pebbles or bark pieces in purpleflora-dominated streams. Its last three body segments are highly compressed. Agate Kruggs have a blotchy, painting-like pattern of purple bands and light-purple blotches. A ridge lies in the middle of its face, culminating in a slight beaky overhang over its mouth. Like its ancestor, its jaws fit closely together.
It is well-camouflaged to hide among swathes of freshwater [[
Agate Kruggs live at remarkably high latitudes for a small ectotherm. The adults cannot survive the harsh winters of the higher limits of their ranges, but eggs typically survive, hidden in the soil and under scraps of bark and floral matter. Its third pair of legs is small and not used for walking. Instead, they are used as mating claspers. During the breeding season, silk glands in the hind legs secrete a spongy silk that connects two Agate Kruggs together, allowing them to complete mating, even when the water runs fast.
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Most of Agate Kruggs' diet consists of soft organic matter, and it avoids high-cellulose material or large, tough bones. It is nonetheless equipped to scrape away at gristle, small or weak bones, and exoskeletons, and in fact is so fond of small bones and exoskeletons that placing a small bone or exoskeleton underneath a cluster of pebbles and coming back five hours later and lifting the pebbles almost always yields at least five Agate Kruggs. Small bones and exoskeletons fairly reliably tempt them to leave the safety of their pebble nests within streams.
Agate Kruggs have several predators, including the [[Toadtuga]], [[Spineless Toadtuga]], and [[Thorny Toadtuga]]. [[Mottlekragg
[[Chainswarmers]] tend to be more nutritious and tastier than what Agate Kruggs usually eat, so they slurp up small colonies like spaghetti, particularly when the colonies are beached on the sides of the stream and slowly slithering back into the water. As Agate Kruggs are fairly common (if local and well-hidden) small herbivores active in every season but winter, they create a small but notable influence on the density of Chainswarmers in their habitats. As a consequence, Agate Kruggs make their habitats a little more dominated by purple flora than they otherwise would be, helping their camouflage.
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