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Species: Nahuantl  (Plural:Nahuantl  Adjective: Nahuantl)

Description:  Nahuantl are 2' to 3' tall monotremes which appear to be lizards with vibrant, smooth, green (on rare occasions blue, and it can be white if their parents spend their lives completely away from the sun.) skin.  They possess muscular tails from 2' to 3' long and in place of hair they have tendrils tapering from the tops of their skulls to roughly 1' in length, though these generally grow to be longer than this as they age.  Females are typically larger than males, with slightly shorter tails.  They have rather fierce looking, black, curved claws on their hands and feet alike, and their feet are also prehensile as well.

Nahuantl form 'troupes' which travel through jungles and forests looking for food.  All the members of a single troupe are typically very loyal to one another, though they are very likely to attack other troupes which they encounter.  The general tactic in combat for the Nahuantl is to attack en masse and claw, bite, and beat their opponent to death.

Location: The jungles of R-13 and 14, the base of the mountains at R-15, and along the river bank at S-14.

Diet:  Omnivores.  Their diet is primarily fruvivorous, but is complimented with various insects and other bugs.  For one reason or another, they rarely eat fish or meat, though they have no qualms about it when times are tough.

Life Span: 50 Years, 10% as a hatchling, 20% as juveniles.

Evolutions:

Manipulators 10: 10 EP
Nahuantl have deft fingers on their hands and feet.

Speed 10: 10 EP
Nahuantl have fairly well developed speed, given that their small size make evasion of larger creatures one of their primary methods of survival.

Language 5: 5 EP
Nahuantl communicate with hoots, whoops, hisses, and slight color shifts in the face and chest area.  Like most creatures, they also communicate through body language.

Claws 5:  5 EP
Nahuantl claws are adapted to helping them climb, but are not particularly useful in combat.

Climbing 10:  10 EP
Nahuantl are excellent climbers, and spend almost all of their lives in the trees.

Swiming 5:  5 EP
Nahuantl are fairly good swimmers, though they don't really excel at it.

Color changing 5:  5 EP
Nahuantl can change the colors of their body to match their surroundings, but can not mimic complex patterns.

Disadvantages:

Haughtiness:  The Nahuantl have an inherent sense of superiority to other forms of life, as well as different groups within their own species.

Smallish:  The Nahuantl are threatened as prey by a number of other species.