Colossoculus

Genus Name: Colossoculus

Common Names: Sand Beartrap, Trapjaw, Hell-frog

Species Count: 3

Size: 190 cm in the largest specimens, most average at 110 cm (abyssal gigantism)

Ancestor: Latenmullus (Wobbamphibian)

Diet:  Carnivore, eats anything small enough to fit in it's mouth. May also seek out carrion if it is starving.

Habitat/Range: Abyssal ocean regions worldwide

Creator: @memebird

Description: A denisen of the darkest deep, the Sand Beartrap is a true specialist to the sit-and-wait predator lifestyle. With so little light at these depths, their eyes have become enormous and extremely sensitive. In addition, the useless and vestigial front limbs have vanished entirely. These creatures can live a long time and have an extremely slow metabolism, able to go several months without feeding. They spend much of their time buried- waiting patiently for some unfortunate creature to draw near. They will also seek out carrion, but only carrion themselves when starving- instead, they wait to snatch passing scavengers. For two of these to encounter eachother is rare that if two find eachother they won't hesitate to mate, and in case that does not happen the females are capable of parthenogenesis. In this genus, males are becoming increasingly rare and will likely eventually die out.