Torta

Tortas were small reptiles native to Nylath. Anapsid reptiles, they occupied terrestrial and aquatic habitats, but all had armored shells on the ventral and dorsal surfaces. The group encompassed close to four hundred species spread across the planet, differentiated mostly by the structure of their shells and their specific preferred food source. They ranged in size from ten centimeters across to just over a meter. They were preyed upon by Kasuchus.

Though abundant, the Torta diet of grasses produced silica nodules in their tissues, and they were not easily consumed by most sentients and therefore ignored as a potential food source.