A relative of the Grognor , the Knob Headed Steinback is a smaller creature at just over a meter long. It makes up for it's smaller size with a faster maturation rate, a hide with keratin quills and dorsal plates in place of simple knobs, a knobby head for headbutting and a crotchety nature. They bristle, belch and bellow at almost any other Steinback that enters their territory until they get mad, then they charge and attack. There are two exceptions to this rule: first of all females will tolerate roving males for a short while while they are in estrous and the second are young hatchlings. Steinbacks lay clutches of a dozen or so eggs several times a year that they bury in the sand and they'll guard their nest sites. Once hatched, they'll protect the hatchlings from predators for their first three months or so before shooing them away. Between the ages of three months to to two years, Steinbacks males wander about in search of food and receptive females fighting with each other. Once they reach maturity and metamorphose into females they'll seek to establish a territory, usually by driving out an older female from her territory.