King Tegu
| King Tegu | |
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| Binomal name | Salvator rex |
| Trophic Level | Apex predator |
| Size | 2.21m long (7'3") |
| Weight | 50.8kg (112lbs) |
| Diet | Mesocarnivore |
| Biome | Tropical rainforest |
The largest lizard in Dimentiara’s eastern hemisphere is a Tegu comparable in size to a Komodo Dragon. Unlike their more docile cousins, the Banded Tegus, they maintain an endothermic metabolism outside the mating season, granting them the stamina to actively pursue large game and occupy a niche as apex predators within their ecosystem. They will lay in wait and run down piglets and deer on their hindlegs, sometimes even working in pairs to trap prey. Attacks on humans are rare but have been documented. Thanks to a habit of raiding nests and consuming the eggs of wild Kreatures, they bioaccumulate small amounts of aura, which is mostly concentrated in their tooth enamel and gives their laterally compressed front teeth a wickedly sharp edge. Their rear teeth, which are peg-like in other tegus, are instead carnassial-like for shearing flesh.