ARKaholics! Please give a warm welcome to the newest septile headed to the shores of the ARK: the Beezlebufo Palucocus!

Today, the devs caught us, or at least me, by surprise by revealing a giant frog. Yes, you read that correctly. Large enough to serve as a mount, it uses its special chemicals to quickly kill insects and, in doing so, it converts the chitin from their corpses into cement paste. Now if that isn’t useful, I don’t know what it. Read the full dossier below for more details.

Common Name: Beezlebufo

Species: Beezlebufo Palucocus

Time: Late Cretaceous

Diet: Carnivore

Temperament: Languorous

Wild:

Beezlebufo Palucocus is the largest frog I’ve ever seen. Almost impossibly large, it can actually fit a full grown human adult on its back, though just barely. This is a dangerous prospect, though, as secretions from Beezlebufo’s skin and saliva have a narcotic effect on most creatures.

Not surprisingly, Beezlebufo is adept at killing insects. In fact, it kills most insects near instantly, and quickly digest them. It even combines the narcotic chemicals in its mouth with the insects’ chitin to create a sticky substance, allowing it to quickly grab prey from afar, and yielding a form of cement paste.

Domesticated:

Tamed Beezlebufo make for strange mounts. Strange mounts for strange people. Many tribes don’t believe there’s any reason to ride them, but some like the ability to take large vertical hops up huge walls and cliffs. Regardless of how it’s ridden, Beezlebufo is also employed for its ability to quickly cull insects and convert them into always-useful cementing paste.