Hith, Golden A rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle its body with his arms.
Hith, Many-Banded Huge, many banded Gorean python that can sometimes be found in the countryside.
Mamba Large predatory variety of river tharlarion that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Marsh Moccasin Narrow dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head. It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta.
Ost Tiny snake about 12 inches long bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds. It is the most venomous snake on Gor.
Ost, Banded A variety of ost identified by its yellowish orange color and black rings. Vancius laughed. Ost, Rainforest A snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi that is identified by its red with black stripes.
Salamander An inhabitant of the brine pits of the salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stem like legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills.
Tharlarion One of several types of large reptiles, some of which have been domesticated, it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil. Tharlarions can be two or four legged, flighted or land, prefer land or water and comprise most of the reptile types in one way or another. Perhaps the word would translate loosely as reptile.
Tharlarion, Broad Sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous.
Tharlarion, High Agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding. They have very short almost useless forelegs; carnivorous.
Tharlarion, Land Land dwelling tharlarion used for towing. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.
Tharlarion, Marsh Inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to a crocodile in some ways.
Tharlarion, Racing These high tharlarions are bred and registered for racing. Unlike the animals used as cavalry, these are chosen from 'medium class' tharlarion, being smaller and lighter. Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian.
Tharlarion, River (1) Extremely large web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges.
Tharlarion, River (2) Crocodile-type animal; implied to be carnivorous and very similar to the marsh tharlarion.
Tharlarion, Rock A small, six-toed reptile of the south. ...or with the tiny, six-toed rock tharlarin of southern Torvaldsland, favored for their legs and tails, which are speared by children.
Tharlarion, Water; Tiny Described as not much more than 'teeth and tail', this tiny scavenger follows in the wake of the larger water tharlarion and is not more than 6 inches long. It inhabits the marshes.
Turtle, Vosk Can grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent. Can be difficult to kill.
Ul Winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar. This reptile has a 25-foot wing span and a long, snakelike tail, terminating with a flat spade like structure. Only one creature in the marshes dares to outline itself against the sky, the predatory Ul, the winged tharlarion.
Water lizards lizards, that inhabit the swamps near Ar.
Insects
Ant, Marcher Known in the jungles of Schendi as 'The Marchers'. These aggressive carnivorous insects are about 2 inches long, with a shiny black exoskeleton and two antennae. Their name is derived from their, apparently seasonal, marches through the jungle in a single column, yards wide and pasangs in length. They may number in the millions, their path widening to as much as 500 feet when they overtake, swarm over, and devour all flesh, living or dead, in their path. Their bite is extremely painful, but not poisonous. Their victims die from being weakened from relentless attack, being overcome until they are still.
Arthropod A creature found in the tunnels of the Nest of the Priest-Kings. It is 8 feet long and a yard high with a multi-segmented body and 8 legs. Its eyes are on long stalks.
Gitch Biting insect; description is vague, although it is used near mention of roaches.
Golden Beetle An insect roughly the size of a rhinoceros which lives in the caverns below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings themselves. It releases an aroma that is so compelling to a Priest-King that to die by that method is referred to as succumbing to the 'Pleasures of the Golden Beetle'.
Grasshopper, Red Beyond color, this insect is described as weighing around 4 ounces.
Leech, Marsh Described as rubbery about 4 inches long; it attaches itself to plants in the marsh or float free in the water, waiting for warm-blooded animals. They fasten themselves to their victim to suck blood until, satiated, they detach. They can be removed with fire or salt. They are edible.
Lice, Tarn Marble sized parasites that infest tarns.
Needle Flies (sting flies) Originate in the delta and similar places. Its sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers.
Rennel A crablike poisonous desert insect.
Rock spider An inhabitant of the rainforests lower level this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking legs under its body to look like a rock hence its name; it will catch small rodents or birds in its web.
Scorpion Ffound in the canopy level of the rainforest.
Slime Worm A long slow blind worm that inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills.
Toos A crab-like organism with overlapping plating; inhabits the Nest and scavenges on discarded fungus spores.
Vint Tiny, sand-colored insects found in the Tahari Desert.
Zarlit Large, harmless, purple insect about two feet long with 4 long, translucent wings, with a span of about a yard. It is able to walk on top of water because of its padlike feet and feeds on small insects.
