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Catesby’s Snail-eater (Dipsas catesbyi), family Colubridae, French Guiana

photograph by Jungle Merlin

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The Midgaheim Bestiary: Serpents Overview

While in modern times the word “serpent” is treated as a synonym for “snake”, in the world of Midgaheim it has a broader meaning. Including the likes of dragons, basilisks, amph…

It was a LONG time coming, but finally, FINALLY, we have our first entry in The Midgaheim Bestiary that actually talks about a specific group of monsters!  And the group in question is possibly the most important in the whole bestiary, because there’s just going to be a whole slithering shit ton of ‘em.

That’s right, it’s an overview of serpents, a group that includes such cuddly critters as:

Dragons!

Hoogahs!

Basilisks!

And much, much more!

This overview took a lot longer than I anticipated, but I think a lot of that was less about the actual complexity of the project itself and more my neurosis about actually STARTING the bestiary.  This project has been in the works for a while - one could arguably say it’s my life’s work, since I started making a grand mythological biology book in preschool.  So getting this entry right was important, and I probably stressed about it and fine tuned it more than was necessary.  The next entry in the Bestiary will hopefully be quicker to produce.

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Neotropical Snail-eater (Dipsas indica), family Colubridae, San Ignacio, Peru

Photograph by Naturaliste nomade

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Vermiculate Snail-Eater (Dipsas vermiculata), family Colubridae, Peru

photograph by Cristian Torica

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Variegated Snail Eater (Dipsas variegata), family Colubridae, French Guiana

photograph by Jungle Merlin

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Andean Snail-Eater (Dipsas andiana), family Colubridae, found in the Chaco forests of Andean Ecuador

photograph by Cristian Torica

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Catesby's Snail-eater (Dipsas catesbyi), family Colubridae, Madidi National Park, Bolivia

photograph by Eduardo Navia