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Yup, the fearsome swamp biter... is a spooky fat salamander. Don't laugh, things like this used to be the apex predators long before the dinosaurs came along.... Since this story takes place on a planet that is similar to how prehistoric earth used to be, I figured that quite fitting.

Swamp biters are aggressively sessile, they never leave their pool, just lie in wait for any thirsty prey being foolish enough to get near... only to get snatched up by a long sticky tongue and swallowed whole. It spends barley any calories on hunting or doing anything else really, so it can wait months for new prey to appear. A juicy bite like Berg could feed it for an entire year.

While they're perfectly adapted into their biological niche, their intelligence is limited (I mean you don't really need to be smart for that kinda lifestyle) and they are highly territorial, so on the bright side there's never more than a single swamp biter in a single swamp. They reproduce asexually via spore-like eggs which are expelled from the bumps on their back periodically, and carried off by the wind. If a spore is lucky enough to land on a good wet spot, it will grow into another big lazy swamp biter.