[Lo-W2] Forest/Cave Eggeater

Forest Eggeaters (Silva ovumcomedentis) are two legged feathered snakes that dwell deep within the Everfree forest. They are relatively common and are seen as pests. They are slightly smaller than the average grifix (100 cm), but quite long (4 meters). They have long feathers protruding from their head, the sides of their face, back and the tips of their tails. mainly used to camouflage between the shrubbery and leaves of the forest or mating. Though only the males have large, bushy feathers, females typically only have feathers on their heads and sides of their face. When feeling threatened they will fan out these feathers to appear larger, if this does not work they will bite then flee. They are non-venomous, their teeth are very small and would not do much damage if bitten. Their legs are mainly used to get over obsticles or climb trees, they will slither instead if they need to move faster or escape. Their colour scheme mainly consists of light greens or teals (feathers), dark green (scales) and a paler green (underbelly).   

Their diet mainly consists of any eggs that they can fit inside their jaw, they can dislocate it if needed. When consuming eggs they will push it to the back of their throat and crush it, their tiny teeth helping it cracking eggs open, then when they have digested all the juices they will regurgitate the shell back out. They were not of much notice until the Tribal Grifix were formed, if they get the opportunity they will sneak into the camp and eat unguarded eggs. Therefore they are labeled a pest and a menace, if they are spotted within the camp they are killed on sight. If they are caught in the act of eating a egg, they will often regurgitate it back up so they can escape faster. 

When it is mating season, males will fan out their tails and other feathers located around the body to impress the females, they do not do much of a dance with them, but will coil around the female and just lay there and wait. 

(Not depicted here) There is a subspecies of Forest Eggeaters that dwell within caves and mountains, called Cave Eggeaters (Caverna ovumcomedentis). Between their feathers they have small crystals growing on their scales and on other places. They mostly have darker colours consisting of blacks, dark blues or dark purples, their feathers, crystals and underbelly are typically lighter. They have the same behaviours as Forest Eggeaters, but they pose a bigger threat to Divided Grifix. They are smaller than Forest Eggeaters, (70 cm, 3 meters long), so that they can squeeze into tight spaces and fit between cracks or holes in the walls. They have much tougher scales, making them harder to get rid of.

This subspecies managed to live on till the Frozen North times while their forest bretheren died out, though they have evolved to be bigger and fuzzier but still tough, to survive the frozen climate. They live hidden among the grifix in the Frozen Empire, still being pests and a nuisance.