Hsktskt

The Hsktskts are a sapient species that appear in the Stardoc Series.

Physiology
The Hsktsks are sextupedal, reptilians with a number of minor contusions on their heads and upper limbs. Males can reach to ten feet tall and weigh over four hundred kilos. Hsktsks are viviparous and give birth to live young.

Culture
To the Allied League, the Hsktskt Faction is nothing more than a bunch of sadistic, merciless killers and terrorists. Their species have committed raids on distant League outposts and destroyed entire populations.The Hsktskts have a reputation for selling those who survived as slaves or worse eaten as food.

Despite this reputation some redeeming traits are in the species. When a female Hsktsk children are given birth and the midwife or designate virtually guarantees that perosn will never be taken as a Hsktskt slave.

Source

 * Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)  by S.L. Viehl