Sandspitter

A sandspitter is the large, post-larval form of the sandcrawler. Having pupated beyond its larval form, it now walks upon several legs rather than burrowing through the sand, and its tougher carapace provides enough protection from direct sunlight that it no longer seeks the shade.

In addition to its knife-like bite, it possesses a sac organ that contains a poisonous bile intermixed with sand. To attack, the sandspitter will disgorge the contents of this sac, projecting acidulant sandy vomit at prey animals at a distance of up to ten standard galactic tiles.

Although large and frightening up close, and remarkably resilient, sandspitters are ultimately slow moving and highly vulnerable to ranged weapons, particularly when attacked from higher ground. Only the finest, bravest, or most foolish hunters will attack a sandspitter with a melee hunting weapon -- though, of course, the Sandspitter's Sack will be the prize.