Shortwing Squirrelserpent (How To Train Your Dragon)

Shortwing Squirrelserpents are a species of dragon from the How to Train Your Dragon books by Cressida Cowell. They are primarlly featured in "A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons".

Statistics
COLOURS: Greens and browns, grey and white. Stripy backs and spotted stomachs

ARMED WITH: The usual talons and fire... 1

DEFENCES: Rely on their quick reflexes to scurry back into treetop holes too small for larger dragons to enter. Luckily they reproduce quickly, because they are hunted by all the major carnivore reptiles... 3

HUNTING ABILITY: Shortwings eat insects in vast quantities, mice, voles, and bats... 5

SPEED: You have to be quick to catch a mouse... 4

FEAR AND FIGHT FACTOR: ONly scary because of their habit of starting forest fires by accidentally setting trees ablaze while hunting. They have a special call that summons a brigade of other Shortwings to help them snuff it out with their fire-proof wings... 3



The forests of the Barbaric Archipelago are absolutely swarming with these charming little dragons. Lively, chirpy, little creature, Shortwings have very long tails that end in a 'hook' so that they can get a better grip as they swing through the trees. As their name suggests, Shortwings have practically lost their power of flight: they use their short, stubby little wings to glide from tree to tree only. Shortwings make their nests in holes in the treetrunks like woodpeckers.