Crystal Fang Serpent

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Overview

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Biological Information
Species	Anguilla siliconus
Length	12-15 feet
Status	Extant
Production Information
First appearance	Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure

Crystal Fang Serpents, also known as Anguilla siliconus, are serpentine florafauna superspecies created by Legendary Pictures that first appeared in the Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure game.

Origins

The Crystal Fang Serpent is a scaly, aquatic, eel-like creature found in the shoals and reefs of Skull Island. It is typically between 12 and 15 feet long. Its body is covered with fleshy scales that flare out when it is lying still—giving it the appearance of some sort of sea-plant—but flatten against its body when it swims.

The head of a Crystal Fang Serpent is remarkably large and generally cone-shaped. Its jaws actually split along eight separate lines, so that when it opens its mouth, it has eight flared out segments, each about six inches in length. The tip of each segment features a diminutive eye and a pressure sensing organ, and the insides of its mouth are brightly colored, resembling corals, anemone, or sea stars.

To hunt, the Crystal Fang Serpent will open its mouth and remain largely motionless for hours at a time. In addition to the colorful display that this creates, the serpent emits an aroma into the nearby waters that attracts many different species of fish. In smaller species, this aroma also induces a narcotic-like effect that both causes them to linger and slows their response to the serpent’s eventual attack. When prey comes close, the serpent will strike with lightning speed.

What a casual inspection of their mouths does not reveal, however, are the needle sharp, crystal teeth that line them. These fangs give the creature its name, and they are nearly invisible. Curiously, the fangs are not part of the serpent's body. Instead, they are cultivated from the secretions of Rampart Turtles in whose shells the Crystal Fang Serpents make their homes In addition to having a powerful bite when it snaps its jaw shut, the Crystal Fang Serpent also wraps its body around its prey, to both immobilize and crush it. After its captured prey has stopped moving for several minutes, the Fang Blossom moves to ingest it whole. It then curls up and tucks its head into one of its coils, making the creature difficult to distinguish from a pile of roots

― Creature Codex

History

Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure

Crystal Fang Serpents are among the numerous superspecies encountered on Skull Island.

Gallery

Crystal Fang Serpent in the Skull Island Creature Codex.

List of appearances

Games

• Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure (First appearance)