Quaras

Quaras are one of three dominant subspecies of Aqualish aliens. Along with the more numerous Aqualas and the four-eyed Ualaqs, they are native to the planet Ando in the Lamda Sector. Quaras are distinguisible from the other two subspecies by their hairy, fingered hands and single set of eyes; the Aqualas have finned hands and the Ualaqs have two sets of eyes.

Quaras are amphibious and make up only about 10% of the overall Aqualish population. They spend a great deal of time on land. Since Ando has a very small surface population, most Quaras reside in dense communities such as Quantill City.

Notable Quaras
One of the most notable members of the Quara subspecies is Ponda Baba, a smuggler and pirate who had the misfortune of crossing Luke Skywalker and venerable Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi at Chalmun's Cantina shortly before the Battle of Yavin. Ponda paid for his beligerance when Obi-Wan severed his arm off with one swift stroke from a lightsaber.

Notes & Trivia

 * Quaras have five fingers on each hand as opposed to the Ualaqs, who only have three fingers on each hand.