Scientific Name: Draco Palus
Common Name: Marsh dragon
Habitat: Lowland areas world-wide, except in the tropics
General Description
The dragons inhabiting the coastal and near-coastal lowlands are semi-aquatic creatures that share many of the personality characteristics of Cave dragons, as well as the ability to breathe fire. Living in a marsh is usually quite unpleasant, even for dragons so well adapted to the demands of that forever damp and dreary environment. Marsh dragons are most active at night, searching out the tiny mushrooms which grow near the ghostly green light of rotting logs, and they may in fact be responsible for many UFO (Is this term appropriate in the context of the "antique" tone of the rest of the writing?) reports which have been explained away as "marsh gas." Marsh dragons vary considerably in size, shape, and coloration and are often quite awesome in appearance--especially one variety whose luminescent scales manifest an eerie blue glow on any dark and moonless night.