Name: Angel Snake
Category: Pets, Useful
Type: Reptilians
Size: Medium
Region: Yondallar Rainforest
Rarity: Common; Common pets
Lifespan: 6 years
Appearance
The angel snake is a slender pearl-coloured snake with a peach shimmer to its scales and small feathered wings that enable it to fly short distances.
Behaviour
A non-venomous snake, it shakes the feathers at the tip of its tail to warn off predators but is not often successful.
Diet: It feeds on insects, snails and sometimes small rodents, birds or unhatched eggs.
Habitat: It prefers hot, humid areas, having originated in Yondallar Rainforest, but has been found as far south as the Nubian Delta.
Breeding:
This section is a place where you can provide breeding information (eg. how often does the creature mate? Does it need any special requirements such as a specific temperature or absolute silence in order to successfully reproduce? How long does it take for its young to grow up? etc). This section is especially useful if the creature has unusual breeding conditions.
Special Information
Strengths/Abilities:
- Angel snakes can glide a small distance using their feathered wings, but these aren't large or powerful enough to enable true flight.
Weaknesses:
Does the creature have any particular weaknesses, like the fire elemental's weakness to water? (You should try to keep a balance between strengths and weaknesses. ;))
Uses:
- The angel snake is often used by farmers to control snail infestations.
Origin:
Where did the creature come from? Did it evolve from another species, was it one of Xanth's experiments, or something else?
Other Info:
This is a space to include any further information you feel would be of interest.
Creator: Emma
