Unidentified giant serpent

A giant non-sentient serpent lived on a terrestrial planet. When lifting its upper body vertically, it could reach the height of a 1.7-meters-tall 3PO-series protocol droid. The snake was covered in red scales, and it had a row of crests running along the top of its body. It had yellow eyes and a red-colored split tongue. When the creature's belly was stroked it would fall asleep.

At one point, the protocol droid C-3PO and the astromech droid R2-D2 visited the planet inhabited by the giant serpent. The two droids undertook a trip to try and locate a source of space crystals needed for their starship; however, one of the serpents blocked their way on a narrow mountain pass. While the creature observed the pair with its body raised upward, R2-D2 informed C-3PO how to make it fall asleep. Initially hesitant, the protocol droid ultimately put the serpent asleep, after which the droid pair continued on their journey.

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