Translations:Codex: Bothrioc/5/en

Life Expectancy: Upwards of 90 years. Low fertility and primitive understanding of medicine keeps population growth slow.

Physical Characteristics

Bothrioc are a white-skinned, four-armed humanoid species with extensive, flexible chitinous armor. The only places on their body that have skin are the stomach beneath the ribs, the head and major joints such as the groin, armpits and buttocks. Their noseless faces are mostly free of chitin, but for a few plates that sculpt their features. Where these plates form differ from bothrioc to bothrioc, although all have an upper and lower lip plate creating smooth, thin, hard lips that nevertheless are fully capable of articulation. Furthermore, their foreheads possess the only skin tone plate of chitin on their body, which blends in seamlessly to the skin around it, but is grooved to direct sweat away from their eyes in lieu of the more common eyebrow seen amongst most species. All bothrioc have solid-color eyes, ranging from dark brown to iridescent purple to pitch black. Bothrioc can see in the dark better than most species, relying on a light reflection system to enhance dim conditions. In complete darkness they are as blind as any other.