Vulcander

Vulcander is a four-legged Flying Wyvern that inhabits volcanic areas.

English: Vulcander

Japanese: バルカンデア (Barukandea)

Latin: Molaris salamandra draco

Physiology
Vulcander is a quadrupedal Flying Wyvern reminiscent of a salamander. It has smooth black skin with marbled red patterns that look like fireballs. A jagged red fin runs along the length of the wyvern's back with two separate, smoother fins running above and below its long, thick tail. Its wing membranes are mottled red, yellow, and orange. Its head is flat with bright yellow eyes and four milky white claws on both front and back legs.

Abilities
Similar to Pariapuria, Vulcander is an amphibious Wyvern except that Vulcander resides in volcanoes and can swim through lava thanks to its fins and highly heat resistant skin. It can climb on walls and ceilings courtesy of adhesive toe pads on each foot. As it swims through lava, it will sometimes swallow lava and store it in a special organ to spit out later at prey and predators. It can even spew lava out in a pressurized stream similar to a squirt gun.

Vulcander's patterns are not just for decorations but serve as a warning for predators. Beneath Vulcander's skin are organs that secret toxins through the patterns to deter attackers that try to take a bite out of Vulcander.

Behavior
Unlike most wyverns, Vulcander is actually quite docile and passive, only attacking others monsters when either hungry, threatened, or provoked. In fact, if Vulcander notices hunters in the same area as it it will not attack until the hunters attack Vulcander.

Habitat
Vulcander is found exclusively in the Volcanoes of the New World and Volcanic Hollow of the Old World. It is highly adapted to life there, and is at home among the lava pits and rocky slopes. It does not stray from magma- and lava-filled areas.

Etymology
Vulcander's name is taken from the words volcano and salamander.