Ophidoid

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An Ophidoid or Serpentinoid is the typoid classification of creatures exhibiting characteristics similar to Terran serpents or snakes.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

An ophidoid 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[edit]

Charted Space knows a large number of Ophidoid species:

Selected Ophidoid Species
Specie/s Sophonce Remarks
Heterodon Noscius Creature No information yet available.
Praveer Snapdragon Native to Creature Praveer in the Empty Quarter Sector.
Serpents Sophont Now extinct.

See also[edit]

Selected Typoids[edit]

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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