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A dragon category extremely elongated with no wings. Can be distinguished from snakes by their head's shape and more particularly by their two protuberances on the head, often horns. Can have or not have legs.
This name is historically used for dragons from the european_mythology, but because of the serpentine shape, it is sometime extended to dragons of the eastern_mythology.

Not to be confused with

• amphithere - winged snakes which can have a dragon head.
• lamia - a creature whose bottom part is snake and top part is human or antro, sometime the top part is draconic. Can be distinguished from wyrm by their arms.
• naga - a creature almost like a snake but with arms
• snake - does not have a dragon head
• wyvern - a dragon category that have similar writing (have two wings and two legs, is not elongated)

Related tags:

• serpentine - species with extremely elongated shape. Including snake, wyrm, eastern_dragon and others.
• eastern_dragon - dragons in the style of Asian continent. Can sometime be too short to be a wyrm.
• wingless_dragon - dragons with no wings. Can also be too short to be a wyrm.