Ophidoid

An Ophidoid is a creature that exhibits characteristics similar to Terran serpents or snakes.

• It is a type of lifeform, a typoid.
• It is a classification of creature type.
• They are also referred to as Serpentinoids.

Library Data Referral Tree

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Life Sciences:

Biotechnology

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• B: Biology
  • Astrobiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Conventional Biology
  • Exobiology
  • Sophontology
  • Xenobiology

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• B: Biotechnology
  • Artificial Womb
  • Biochip
  • Bio-Identenoid
  • Biotechnology
  • Cybertechnology
  • Metabolic Chamber
  • Personality Recording
  • Relict Regeneration
  • Replacement Body Part

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• G: Genetic Engineering
  • Chimera Species
  • Clone
  • Human Chimera
  • Relict
  • Supra-Species
  • Synthetic
  • Terragen
  • Uplift
  • Variant Race
  • Variant Human Race
  • Variant Non-Human Race

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• S: Sophonce
  • Sophont
    • Extilligence
    • Intelligence
    • Sapient
    • Sentient
    • Stimulus

Description (Specifications)

An ophidoid creature is distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• They tend to have long, flexible and very muscled snake-like body plans.
• Many lack legs or limbs and move via bodily ungulation.
• They tend to be reptillianoid in nature possessing those characteristics.
• Almost all possess tails.

Specific Species Examples

1. Praveer Snapdragon, native to Praveer in the Empty Quarter Sector.
2. Serpents

History & Background (Dossier)

It is relatively common for a creature to meet sufficient criteria to qualify as more than one classification of animal.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science