The Kanima is a form of shapeshifter introduced in Season 2 of MTV's Teen Wolf.
The kanima is roughly the size of an average human male and covered in scales.
It has a long prehensile tail and can climb up walls like some varieties of lizard.
Its claws are long and secrete venom that can paralyze victims for hours.
It seems to heal very quickly, taking several bullets to the chest, recovering and resuming the fight.
“Like the wolf, its power is greatest at the moon’s peak.
Like the wolf, the Kanima is a social creature but where the wolf seeks a pack the Kanima seeks a master.
The Kanima, a weapon of vengeance, is used to carry out the bidding of its master. The Kanima was once used by a South American priest who took it upon himself to rid his village of all murderers. The bond between master and servant grew stronger until the will of the master became that of the Kanima's and whomever the priest deemed unworthy, the Kanima served his vengeance.
The Kanima is a mutation of the werewolf gene that cannot fully transform until it resolves that in its past which manifest it.”