Index
[url]Main Post[/url]
[url]What is a dragon?[/url]
[url]Classes of Dragons[/url]
[url]Types of Dragons[/url]
Dragon Anatomy-You are here.
[url]Dragon Habits[/url]
[url]Dragon Environments[/url]
Basic Anatomy
All dragons tend to share most basic anatomy traits. Heads, bodies, and tails. Most have narrow heads, thin, yet bulky bodies, and long, thick tails. Most dragons are carnivorous, so their eyes face forward. Their eyes tend to have slit pupils, which will widen or thin depending on the amount of light hitting them. All dragons have scales, be them soft or hard. Harder scales tend to be found on the dragon's underbelly, as that is where they are most vulnerable for a lethal attack, though some dragons are covered in hard, thick plates that make it difficult to injure them. Some dragon may also have fur or feathers on their bodies, making them that much softer or protected. Anatomy is also determined on where that dragon lives. For example, a tree-dwelling dragon may have a prehensile tail for better grip as it jumps from branch to branch.
Class Specific
Flying-Flying dragons have hollow bones and are often very thin and slick to better enable flight. Almost all flying dragons have wings that are similar in appearance to bat wings, having long, finger-like digits with a thin, fleshy membrane stretched between them. Often times, this membrane also connects to the elbow joint in the wing and connects to the back, even sometimes continuing down to the tip of the tail. However, dragons that use magic to fly often have glands in their underbellies to continuously supply the magic that they need for flight. Flyers also have slim builds and thin bodies to better enable their flight, as being bulky would make it hard to get off the ground and fly at a fast pace, as a larger body may create drag and slow down the dragon. The heads of Flyers are often very thin, pointed and triangular to better slice threw the air. The hind limbs of Flyers are often incredibly strong to enable easy take off. The fore limbs of Flyers(excluding Wyverns) are often weaker than the hind limbs, as they are often not used outside of climbing, walking and/or grabbing. The tails of Flyers often have some sort of fin or flap on them to better enable turning while in flight. However, some Flyers may have more than one set of wings to serve this purpose.
Gliding-Gliding dragons may either have hollow or semi-hollow bones to better enable lift. Gliders don't have wings. Rather, they have fleshy membranes, or flaps, stretching between the fore and hind limbs, and often extending down the tail. Gliders are often small in size, as the winds are often not strong enough to support larger Gliders. Glider's bodies are bulkier than Flyer's bodies, as they spend more time on the ground than they do in the air. Gliders have large builds, as the often have to climb to great heights just to glide a few feet away, so they have a larger muscular build that other dragons. The heads of gliders are slightly less triangular, and they are more of a thick, wedge shape.
WIP
Brute-WIP
Elemental-WIP
Type Specific
Eastern-WIP
Western-WIP
Wyvern-WIP
Wyrm-WIP
Serpent-WIP
Drake-WIP
