Tenuicalva

Genus Name: Tenuicalva

Common Names: Rooter, Sniffer Salamander, Woodlouse Jockey

Species Count: 5

Size: 14 cm (smallest species) to 28 cm (largest species)

Ancestor: Fallandrus (Trenchcoat Salamanders)

Diet:  Small insects and other invertebrates

Habitat/Range: Forest floor of Lepido and Meuse. One species is limited exclusively to Meuse due to it's relationship with the island's giant pill bugs.

Creator: @memebird

Description: The Rooter is a small salamander- an exception in a world where a great many species have went for gigantism. It has a long, thin face, and an equally long tongue, both for fitting into narrow crevices in search of tiny prey. Rooters are rarely seen even at night, because more often than not they are inside rotting logs or walking just below the leaf litter. Rooters lay eggs in temporary pools and their tadpoles mature quickly. One species, living on Meuse, instead of burrowing, climbs onto the backs of the Giant Pill-bugs of the region, their shells are in fact small ecosystems complete with leaf litter and small prey- it is this that the Rooter is after.