Dark Green Dragon

Dark Green Dragons, also known as Vine Dragons, are one of the original species on Dragon Cave.
Dark Green Dragons are one of few breeds with an alternate or "alt" form. Alt Dark Green Dragons cannot be found in the cave, but will occur randomly among bred Dark Green eggs. There is no known way to increase the likelihood of hatching an alt.
== Official descriptions ==
=== Egg ===
This egg is sitting in a patch of grass and small flowers even though there's no sun in the cave.
=== Hatchling ===
Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon... except for the tangle of dangerous-looking vines surrounding it...
=== Mature hatchling ===
Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon... except for the tangle of dangerous-looking vines surrounding it...
Now there are even more vines. Perhaps something is happening?
=== Adult ===
Dark green dragons, once they mature, appear to become an entirely different species. However, this isn’t true. Rather, they burrow underground and get nutrients from their vines. These vines are sometimes referred to as Dragon Grass. These dragons are very violent, and will use their vines to capture, kill, and eat anything that moves, as well as nearby plants. Luckily, their range is limited and they cannot use magic. Dark green dragons tend to be easy to spot since they usually kill all plants around them and thus are usually surrounded by a large clearing.
== Credits ==
*Hawaiianbabidoll (Standard adult sprite)
*Lythiaren (Standard adult sprite)
*Silvanon (Alternate adult sprite, standard and alternate hatchling sprites)
*TJ09 (Standard and alternate hatchling sprites, descriptions)
== Sprites ==
Standard 				
Alternate				
=== Egg sequence ===
=== Retired sprites ===
Temporary event sprites 	Temporary event sprites	Temporary event sprites	Temporary event sprites	Temporary event sprites
Holidays 2011Standard 	– 	 	 	
Holidays 2011Alternate 	– 	 	 	
Halloween 2012Standard 	– 	– 	– 	
Halloween 2015Standard 	– 	– 	– 	
Halloween 2015Alternate 	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2020Standard 	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2020Alternate	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2022 	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2022Alternate	– 	– 	– 	
Retired sprites 	Retired sprites	Retired sprites	Retired sprites	Retired sprites
Original sprites	 	 	– 	
Retired eggs 	Standard 	Standard 	Alternate 	Alternate
Retired dead egg	 	 	 	
== Encyclopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
*The original adult sprite is a recolor of a Dragon Pod from Final Fantasy V.
*Alt Dark Green eggs were originally a slightly different shade of green than standard Dark Green eggs. Both forms currently use the same egg sprite, making it impossible to determine if a Dark Green will be an alt until it hatches.
*There exists at least one caveborn alternate Dark Green Dragon, a Thuwed that hatched on July 25, 2008.
*Dark Green Dragons have the same base hatchling sprite as the original Bright Pink Dragons, Holly Dragons, and pre-2018 Red Dragons.
== Additional information ==
TJ elaborated in the forums that the Dark Green dragon is one of few species that has a primary and secondary elemental affinity:
ru:Дракон Вьюнок
de:Vine Dragons
Category:2008-07-12 July 2008 release
Category:Alternates
Category:Bred-only variants
Category:Common dragons
Category:Dark Element Dragons
Category:Destruction aligned dragons
Category:Dragon breeds
Category:Encyclopedia Entry
Category:Forest
Category:Hawaiianbabidoll
Category:Jungle
Category:Life Element Dragons
Category:Lythiaren
Category:Original Species
Category:Primary Affinity: Dark
Category:Silvanon
Category:Standard dragons
Category:Striped breeding: Green
Category:TJ09
Category:Wingless dragons