Shiro/Legends

Shiros were hard-shelled, benign, slow-moving reptiles native to the Gungan Swamps of Naboo.
A Shiro's main defense was to retract its head, legs and tail into its spiny shell.The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
They fed on mintri, zaela, grahn vine, chak-root, and occasional mud-dwelling crustaceans and mollusks. Shiros were very popular with Gungan cooks.
Shiros rolled in mud and collected dirt and seeds between their shell ridges. Tooke-trap plants grew and flourished in these "soil pockets", creating a symbiotic relationship nicknamed a "shiro-trap." Tooke-traps provide camouflage for shiros from larger predators, especially from the saw-toothed grank which was the Shiro's main predator due to its ability to break through tough shells with its large, crushing jaws. In return, shiros provided locomotion for the tooke-traps.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Early Learning Activity Center
*Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier 
*Empire 21
==Sources==
*The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
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==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Naboo
Category:Non-sentient species
Category:Omnivorous creatures
Category:Reptiles
Category:Swamp creatures
Category:Turtles