Magma Turtle

Magma Turtles, also known as Tortoisa Vulkana, are giant turtle kaiju that first appeared in the MonsterVerse comic Skull Island: The Birth of Kong.

Name
The name 'Magma' refers to the place where the turtles hatch.

Appearance
Magma Turtles are gigantic turtles with rock-like shells and trees sprouting from them.

Personality
Magma Turtles are docile creatures that do not really fear predators due to their stony shells and their blood of molten lava. As the turtles mature, they will return to their hatching grounds to expand their shells.

Origins
Indigenous to the volcanic shelf around the base of Hellspring Break, these gigantic turtles appear to be born from eggs hatched in the heart of the volcano. As the molten rock heats and cracks the shell layer, magma engulfs the embryonic lifeform, hardening into a resilient stone shell. Over the course of its maturation, the Magma Turtle will return to the fire basin multiple times to re-forge the igneous rock to its ever-growing form.

With an ability to tolerate heat far beyond any superthermal creature (far beyond Hot Spring dwellers such as Hypsibius dujardani or Cataglyphis bicolor), the symbiotic relationship it has with this extreme habitat demands further research.

Although the creature exhibits largely docile behavior and is ignored by most predators (likely due to the uniquely inedible nature of its biology), the furnace-like temperature of its molten lava circulatory system could set any assailant aflame were the Magma Turtle injured or given cause to bleed. In simple terms, the creature is a walking volcano, and volcanoes are born to erupt.