Harry Potter Dragons
Harry Potter Dragons
by Marisa E.  Martínez Pérsico
Ten types of dragons can be identified in the universe  of Harry Potter. Some are easy going, others are savages. But all of  them have fabulous aspects and special abilities.
Antipodean Opaleye is considered the most beautiful  species of dragon. It is born in New   Zealand but usually immigrates to Australia when the  geographic and climatic conditions harm their survival. It has medium size,  weight between two and three tons; its eyes are of multiple colors. Regarding  his feeding habits, it never kills human beings. Its favorite food is the ewe.  Their  eggs are of a pale gray.
Chinese Fireball, also known like Liondragon, is  the only Eastern dragon. With scarlet color and smooth grudges, it has golden  points around its face and protuberances around the eyes. It weights between  two and four tons. Their eggs are golden, and their rinds are considered for  the use of Chinese wizards. Chinese Fireball is a wild species,  although tolerant to other creatures and persons.
The Welsh Green Dragon is almost an exclusive dragon  found in Wales.  It is a dragon that avoids the proximity of human beings. It has a  melodic roar and breathes fire, and their eggs are brown with green specks.
The Hungarian Horntail is most dangerous of all the  dragons. Its body is covered by black grudges and its aspect is similar to the  one of a lizard. Their eyes are yellow and have bronze horns. Its fire breath  can reach 5 feet.  This dragon feeds on great mammals; it likes to devour goats. In Harry  Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry has to vanquish a Hungarian  Horntail dragon in order to succeed in the Triwizard Match.
The best exponent of the Norwegian Ridgeback dragon is Norbert, a dragon acquired  by Hagrid when it was still an egg. The Ministry of Magic classifies dragon eggs as noncommercial merchandise. Norbert begins to grow vertiginously, and becomes very dangerous. Harry, Ron and Hermione persuade Hagrid  to hand Norbert to Charlie, the older brother of Ron, that is studying dragons in Rumania.  It is possible to emphasize that Rubeus  Hagrid, the creature caretaker of Hogwarts, loves animals and magical  creatures, particularly the rare or endangered ones. Most of Nobert’s story was told in Harry  Potter and the Philoshopher’s Stone.
The Norwegian Ridgeback was the first species found by Harry during his first year in Hogwarts.  In the book “Fantastic Beasts and Where  to Find Them”, Potter  investigates the characteristics of this species, that includes the particularity  of breathing fire at the premature age of 1 to 3 months.
Rhodesian  Ridgeback is a compound animal: looks like a dog combined with a rare  species of dragon. Their eggs are black.
On the other hand, the Peruvian Vipertooth is a small and  fast dragon. It has short horns and poisonous eyeteeth. It is able to  eat from small spiders to human beings.
The Romanian Longhorn is a Rumanian dragon that  has great dark green grudges and gold horns. This species is at the brink of  extinction; it eats goats, cattle and ewes.
The Swedish Short-snout is a voluptuous blue dragon. The flames that its nose emits  are of a shining blue color; they are able to flame any object in a matter of seconds.  It is an animal that prefers to live in uninhabited mountainous areas. In the  book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Cedric  Diggory had to defeat one of these dragons in order to conclude the  first task of the Triwizard Match.
The Ukrainian Ironbelly is greatest of all the dragons;  although it is slow, but considered the most dangerous. One of the threats of  this dragon is its habit of landing on houses and squashing them (the Ironbelly  weights up to six tons). Its skin is of metallic gray color, it has red eyes  and their claws are long.
Finally, the Hebridean Black is a dangerous British  dragon that has black skin. It is wild and usually eats human beings. A Quidditch  team made once the attempt to capture one and use it as a mascot, but it  was impossible to control it.