The Snaptrapper is a large Mystery Class (formerly Fear Class) dragon that was first pictured in How to Train Your Dragon and first appeared in Book of Dragons.
The Snaptrapper appears in the Book of Dragons as an illustration when Tom flips through the pages. It appears alongside the Skrill, Whispering Death and three other dragons.
Powers and Abilities[]
Firepower: Snaptrapper is known to breathe a flammable mist containing methane and can produce the smell of chocolate from their mouths to lure in potential prey. The Snaptrapper has been known to shoot a fiery mist of methane that can influence its target from even miles away.
Acid Spit: They also spit acid that can sting foes and even melt through metal.
Venom: The Snaptrapper's venom is one of the most powerful of all dragons, only weaker than those of the Slitherwing and the Threadtail.
Chocolate Aroma: Snaptrappers are well-known for their uncanny ability to emit/produce a tantalizing scent compared to the sweet aroma of chocolate
Fighting Skills/Survivalists: Snapptrapper pack (Death & Chocolates) were able to fight large Vikings like Stoick and Gobber (who only had one leg and one arm at the time) before being defeated.
Trivia[]
Apart from a picture in How to Train Your Dragon, The Snaptrapper is the only dragon from the Book of Dragons short to never make a physical to the films or shows.
Weapons: Inferno, Astrid Hofferson's Axe, Hiccup's Viking Helmet, Hiccup's Shield, The Mangler (Hiccup's Bola Catapult), Dragon Root Arrows, Toothless' Saddle and Tail Fin, Dragon Scale Armor, Deathgripper Venom
Plants: Dragon Root, Blue Oleanders, Purple Oleanders Other: Yak Nog, Bork's Papers, The Book of Dragons (original, The Nine Realms), Hiccup's Prosthetic Leg, Astrid's Betrothal Necklace, Gobber's Peg Leg