Ssarith

The ssarith were developed by Rick Griffin while adapting story ideas from the undeveloped story concept Snakes Conquer Earth to Hayven Celestia. Previous to their appearance in Hayven Celestia, the ssarith (not named such yet) appeared in the short story Sissthra. (Please don't look it up, it's not that good.) The ssarith first appeared in Hayven Celestia in the game Under One Sky.

Reproduction

Ssarith are an egg laying species who lay on a seasonal basis. The ssarith do not have any genders, all members could lay eggs. Ssarith reproduce asexually. Instead of exchanging or depositing specific cells made for reproduction, any cells from another ssarith, introduced anywhere in the body, can be used. DNA is stripped from cell material and then chromosome pairs are recombined. This can be done an arbitrary number of times with additional material. The success rate can be somewhat low as a result but it results in an offspring with one, up to an arbitrary number of parents. Ssarith don't track their family through parentage, they track by clutch. Parthenogenesis is possible, but is not the norm.