List of reptilian humanoids

Reptilian humanoids are fictional organisms of varied species in folklore, science fiction, fantasy, and conspiracy theories.

Mythology

* Boreas ( Aquilon to the Romans): the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by Pausanias as a winged man, sometimes with serpents instead of feet.
* Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake
* Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids
* Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms.
* Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
* Fu Xi: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
* Glycon: a snake god who had the head of a man.
* The Gorgons: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair.
* The Lamia: a child-devouring female demon from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half serpent.
* Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): reptilian beings (king cobras) from Hindu mythology said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
* Nüwa: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
* Shenlong: a Chinese dragon thunder god, depicted with a human head and a dragon's body
* Serpent: an entity from the Genesis creation narrative occasionally depicted with legs, and sometimes identified with Satan, though its representations have been both male and female.
* Sobek: Ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god
* Suppon No Yurei: A turtle-headed human ghost from Japanese mythology and folklore
* Tlaloc: Aztec god depicted as a man with snake fangs
* Typhon, the "father of all monsters" in Greek mythology, had a hundred snake-heads in Hesiod, or else was a man from the waist up, and a mass of seething vipers from the waist down.
* Wadjet pre-dynastic snake goddess of Lower Egypt - sometimes depicted as half snake, half woman
* Zahhak, a figure from Zoroastrian mythology who, in Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh, grows a serpent on either shoulder

Folklore

* Enchanted Moura from Portuguese and Galician folklore appears as a snake with long blonde hair.
* Kappa: Turtle-like humanoids from Japanese mythology and folklore.
* The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina, United States
* The Loveland Frog (or Loveland Lizard), in Loveland, Ohio, United States
* The Thetis Lake monster in Canada
* The White Snake: a figure from Chinese folklore
* Cuca, an alligator humanoid witch from Brazilian folklore.

Fringe theories

* Reptilians appear in some claims of alien encounters and in the conspiracy theories of David Icke

Scientific speculation

* The dinosauroid, a hypothetical reptilian humanoid conjectured by palaeontologist Dale Russell.
* Other speculated sapient dinosaurs

Modern fiction

A wide range of fictional works depict reptilian humanoids.

Literature

* Dracs from the '' Enemy Mine'' series by Barry B. Longyear.
* Evra Von from Darren Shan's " Saga of Darren Shan"
* The Horibs from the ''Pellucidar'' books
* The Barabels from '' Star Wars''
* Hork-Bajir from K. A. Applegate's ''Animorphs''
* The Lady of the Green Kirtle from CS Lewis's ''The Silver Chair''
* An unnamed race from H.P. Lovecraft's '' The Nameless City'' - later Cthulhu Mythos tales have named these the Valusians or simply " serpent people".
* The Race from Harry Turtledove's '' Worldwar'' series
* Serpent Men from the works of Robert E. Howard (also in the Marvel universe)
* Yig, the serpent god from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
* Yilané from the novel ''West of Eden'' by Harry Harrison
* The Creeps and the Snake Lady from the ''Goosebumps'' franchise.
* The Troglodytes from '' The Trials of Apollo''

Television

'' Doctor Who''

* Draconians
* Foamasi
* ''Homo reptilia''
** Silurians
** Sea Devils
* Ice Warriors

''Star Trek''

* Cardassians
* Gorn
* Jem'Hadar
* Voth
* Tosk
* Xindi-Reptilians

''Ninjago''

* Serpentine
* Vermillion

Other

* Cobra-La, and Cobra Commander from the '' G.I. Joe'' series
* Chase Young from ''Xiaolin Showdown''
* The Culebra from '' From Dusk till Dawn: The Series''
* Drakh and Narn from ''Babylon 5''
* Lizard Man from ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe''
* Lizardman Phantom from '' Kamen Rider Wizard''
* The Lizardmen from ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World''
* Scarrans from '' Farscape''
* Sleestaks from '' Land of the Lost''
* Slithe and his fellow Lizards from '' ThunderCats''
* The Snake Men from '' Masters of the Universe''
* Snake People from the TV-movie '' The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire''
* Spinner from '' My Hero Academia''
* Unas from '' Stargate''
* Visitors from ''V''
* Zafiro from '' Disney's Gargoyles'' has a red-skinned snake-bodied gargate, with two humanoid arms and feathered wings, reminiscent of Kukulcan in Mayan myth and leader of his gargoyle clan

Comics

Marvel

* Badoon, another hostile alien race
* Chitauri, alien shapeshifters from the Ultimate Marvel universe.
* Lizard, an enemy of Spider-Man
* The Lizard Men of Subterranea
* The Lizard Men of the Savage Land
* The Lizard Men of Tok from the Microverse
* Sauron, a Pteranodon-like enemy of the X-Men
* Skrulls, an alien race of reptilian shapeshifters
* Slither, a snake-like mutant and ally of Magneto who has been a member of the Resistants and the Serpent Society
* Stegron, a Stegosaurus-like enemy of Spider-Man
* Zn'rx (Snarks), reptilian aliens bipeds encountered by the Power Pack

DC

* Copperhead, some versions
* Gordanians, a species of alien reptilian slavers
* Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman
* Lizardmen from the ''Warlord'' series.
* Llarans
* Psions

Other

* Dinosaurs for Hire, dinosaur-like alien mercenaries
* Henry Phage from the ''Mr. Hero'' comics from ''Tekno Comix''
* Kleggs, alien mercenaries in the Judge Dredd universe.
* The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Slash, Leatherhead, and even the Triceratons.
* Treens from '' Dan Dare''
* Tyranny Rex, reptilian artist in stories published in 2000AD.
* Zarbon from anime and manga Dragon Ball Z.

Film

* Dracs from '' Enemy Mine''
* Thulsa Doom from '' Conan the Barbarian''
* Trandoshans from '' Star Wars''
* Lectroids from '' Buckaroo Banzai''
* Draco from '' Above Majestic''

Games

Roleplaying and strategy games

* Argonians, a race in The Elder Scrolls series
* Bangaa, a race in the game series of ''Final Fantasy''
* Drell, a race in the ''Mass Effect'' series
* Dinaurians from '' Fossil Fighters'' and '' Fossil Fighters: Champions''
* Iksar, a race from the ''EverQuest'' franchise.
* Lizalfos from the '' Legend of Zelda'' series.
* Lizardmen from the '' Warhammer'' fantasy tabletop games.
* Naga from the ''Warcraft'' series.
* Reptites from ''Chrono Trigger''
* Saurians from '' Risen''

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Dungeons & Dragons''

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* Kobolds
* Lizardfolk
* Saurial
* Troglodytes
* Yuan-ti

Platform and fighting games

* Bowser and the Koopas from ''Super Mario Bros.''
* Espio the Chameleon and Vector the Crocodile from '' Sonic the Hedgehog''
* Lizardman, a character from the '' Soul series'' of fighting games
* Locust Horde, the primary antagonists in the game franchise '' Gears of War''
* King K. Rool and most Kremlings from ''Donkey Kong''
* Reptile, Chameleon, and Khameleon from the video game series '' Mortal Kombat''
* Riptor, a character from the fighting game ''Killer Instinct''

See also

* List of avian humanoids
* List of piscine and amphibian humanoids
* List of dragons in literature

References

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