Greater Spotted Drake

Greater Spotted Drakes were released on May 20, 2015, alongside Magelight Pygmy Wyverns and Hooktalon Dragons as part of Dragon Cave's 9th birthday celebration. As drakes, they can only breed with other drake breeds, and their eggs cannot be bitten by Vampire Dragons.

Egg
This egg is speckled with rosette-like markings.

Hatchling
''Aww... It’s a cute baby drake. It blends in very well when it hides in tall grass.''

Mature hatchling
''Aww... It’s a cute baby drake. It blends in very well when it hides in tall grass.''

''And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.''

Adult
''Greater Spotted Drakes are found in open pine and oak forests. They are among the larger end of the spectrum, but are quite laid back and feed mostly on plant material. They are ambush predators and rely on their dappled markings for camouflage. Females are usually larger than males, though males are brighter in color. In the breeding season the male attracts a mate by making loud, low-pitched bugles, followed by an aerial courtship dance to as proof of his quality as a father to her offspring.''

Sprite artists

 * JOTB (All)

Sprites

 * Greater Spotted Drake
 * [[File:Greater Spotted Drake egg.png]]
 * [[File:Greater Spotted Drake hatchling.gif]]
 * [[File:Greater Spotted Drake mature hatchling.gif]]
 * [[File:Greater Spotted Drake adult.png]]
 * [[File:Greater Spotted Drake adult.png]]

Retired sprites
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 * colspan="5"|Original sprites
 * Original egg sequence
 * colspan="4"|[[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake egg.gif]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 1.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 2.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 3.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 4.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 5.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake dead egg.gif]]
 * Original egg sequence
 * colspan="4"|[[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake egg.gif]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 1.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 2.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 3.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 4.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake crack 5.png]] [[File:Old Greater Spotted Drake dead egg.gif]]

Trivia

 * On May 21, 2016, Greater Spotted Drakes received a major update to their egg sprites, as part of ; all DC Drakes released on the site when this event occurred received the same downsizing update. This update was done so that the sprites better fit the breed's description of having slightly smaller eggs than those of standard dragons.