Pernese Dragons

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We've noticed this question: What does a dragon exactly look like?

Well, here's the answer: A dragon does not have scales, instead having a hide that needs constant attention because cracks and breaks in a dragon's skin are dangerous while going between. This hide will gleam if healthy and the dragon taken care of properly, but when a dragon becomes ill or worried, it becomes dull and grayish. They have headknobs instead of ears, a wedge-shaped muzzle, and neck ridges. Their tongues and tails are forked and they bleed ichor, a greenish substance. Dragons have two pentadactyl forelimbs and two tetradactyl hindlimbs, along with two wings that have three sails each, and come together to form a claw at the end.

Both eyes are many faceted, each having three lids (like a frog; but the outer two close when the dragon is asleep). A dragon's eyes' whirl different colors and the speed of the whirling shows the emotions. The faster the whirling, the more intensely felt the emotion is. The colors are explained and remember that colors can be mixed to show various emotions at once.

-blue or green: contentment
-yellow: alarm
-orange: challenge or confidence (can be mixed with red)
-red: fury (When the red is streaked with orange it indicates a lesser anger)
-purple: worry
-white: fright
-gray-tinged: mourning, illness

Dragons are very intelligent, having a high dexterity level, with a short-term memory usually better than those of humans. Their long term memory, however, is not so great.

Dragons lay clutches of eggs, generally ranging between eighteen and thirty eggs in each. Bronze-gold matings produce the larger clutches, and may often include a queen egg, with several bronzes. Brown-gold matings aren't common, and produce small clutches with no golds, and little to no bronzes. Greens are sterile, fortunately, since they are the 'loving' females and mate frequently. Rarely are greens caught by the same male each time.
The shells of the eggs are creamy and swirled with light or pastel colors. Queen eggs are always more golden and larger than the other eggs. The tiny versions of dragons that hatch are called dragonets and always Impress at a Hatching. These hatchlings know which person makes a match with them, due to pheromones and what matches up.
Firelizards are not much different in appearence from dragons, though the headknobs are less prominent. Their intelligence is not very great, but if trained well can be taught to tell their name to the watch dragon if necessary. They can be Impressed by whoever first feeds them.