Publication History
Erol Otus originally named the creature the "anhkheg" and submitted the first artwork and writeup of it prior to joining TSR. This first version appeared in the "Creature Features" column in Dragon #5 (March 1977).
The ankheg appeared in the first edition in the original Monster Manual (1977). The creature was detailed in "The Ecology of the Ahnkheg" in Dragon #117 (January 1987).
The ankheg appeared in the second edition in Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), which was reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
The ankheg appeared in the third edition in the Monster Manual (2000), and then in the revised 3.5 Monster Manual (2003).
The ankheg appeared in the fourth edition in Monster Manual 2 (2009).
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