Description: Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales on the underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues

Abilities: Can breathe fire, disappear into dark shadows

Habitat: Unknown

Watch Out For: These rarely seen dragons could be mutations of other types, or a nearly extinct species; probably not very important

Description: Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; forked black tongues

Abilities: Can survive a long time without water, poison prey with the tips of their tails like scorpions, bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire

Habitat: The vast desert west of the forest

Watch Out For: Their venomous barbed tails, their teeth, claws, fire

Description: Thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large, flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout

Abilities: Can breathe fire, hold their breath for up to an hour, blend into large mud puddles

Habitat: The swamps, marshes, and boiling mud pools between the mountains and the sea

Watch Out For: Often found hiding under the mud; also their teeth, claws, fire, the usual

Description: Red-gold or orange scales, enormous wings

Abilities: Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire

Habitat: The central mountain range

Watch Out For: The way they swoop out of nowhere at top speed; also their teeth, claws, fire

Description: Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow-in-the-dark stripes on their tails/snouts/underbellies

Abilities: Can breathe underwater, create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails

Habitat: The ocean, but possibly also large lakes and rivers

Watch Out For: Swimming in any large body of water; also, of course, their teeth and claws (but on the plus side, no fire!)

Description: Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; ridged claws to grip the ice, forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end

Abilities: Can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light; exhale a deadly freezing frostbreath

Habitat: The icy arctic region of the upper northwest peninsula, we think

Watch Out For: Their breath, which can freeze a human solid; also their teeth and claws

Description: Scales that can shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails

Abilities: Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; rumor has it they can also shoot venom from their fangs

Habitat: The mysterious impenetrable rainforest, east of the mountains

Watch Out For: We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they’re probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons