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** [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]'' comics had Mr. Mind's alien flunkies, the Crocodile Men from Planet Punkus.

* The Grith, from ''ComicBook/XenozoicTales''.
* ''Creator/MarvelComics'':
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The Lizard, [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting is sometimes]] a straight up bi-pedal version. After ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' his villain Komodo is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a Komodo dragon.
** Lots of alien races, including The Badoon, Skrulls, and Snarks. Ch'od of the ComicBook/{{Starjammers}} also fits the description (although he's basically a good guy). As does, to some degree, Stegron the Dinosaur Man. And the {{Space Pirate|s}} Captain Reptyl. And the Tribbitites, aka Toad Men. Along with assorted reptilian {{mutants}} such as Slither, Scaleface, Primal, etc. Basically, Marvel likes this trope.
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' has the Chitauri, who are a DarkerAndEdgier reimagining of the Skrulls.
** ''Marvel'' also has the Serpent Men, borrowed from ''ComicBook/{{Conan|TheBarbarian}}'' in the days when he had a comic there.
** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Bruce Banner]]'s Devil Hulk form has his appearance in Bruce's mindscape. ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' later revealed that one: this is a case of AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder and he really looks like a normal Hulk and two: this came about because Bruce was looking at a picture of the Serpent from ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' when his father Brian was in one of his abusive moods.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': [[GorgeousGorgon Delphyne Gorgon]] is a much more reptilian take on the classical myth which combines this trope with PerkyGoth, CatholicSchoolGirlsRule and {{Tsundere}} in a DatingCatwoman storyarc. Her race, the Gorgons, are portrayed as Lizard-folk with snake-hair, with a few having serpent tails instead of legs. It's stated that the reason why she has legs is because after the Amazons cleared out a Gorgon nest in Atlantis they took some of the Gorgons with them, to interbreed them with humans.
* The Croccos, in ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' comic strip.
* ''Creator/DCComics'':

** [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] comics had Mr. Mind's alien flunkies, the Crocodile Men from Planet Punkus.

* Creator/CrossGen gives us the Saurians, notable among other things for being able to acquire traits and knowledge from the creatures they eat, and for having ridiculously hot women.
* Vaughan Bode populated his UndergroundComics with lizard men existing on basically equal terms with humans. (The lizards were virtually all male.)
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* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': The main villains of the second series are snake-men.

* The Dystopians in ''ComicBook/RequiemChevalierVampire''. Dystopians are people that went to hell by committing acts of evil in the name of imperialism and, aside from being reptilians, they resemble the Victorian age British Empire.
* There is at least one tribe of crocodile-type lizardmen in ''ComicBook/RedSonja'': ''The Art of Blood and Fire'' living in competition with the bog dwellers. They're obscure enough that professional adventurer Sonja has never heard of them [[AlwaysChaoticEvil (though she catches on quickly)]]. According to Gribaldi their eggs and young are pretty tasty.
* The [[ComicBook/NeilGaimansTeknophage Teknophage]] and his species (at least the newborns before most were extinct) are somewhat the lizard folks they were.
* ComicBook/{{Mampato}} [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASw5lNu3Ork/XLxw6HB_CyI/AAAAAAAGTE8/dzqrfESUA8MdnVjcdTZUsrJb7LfdyNH9QCLcBGAs/s1600/LADM_01021.jpg has the Kili-Kili]], a race that lived in prehistory, which unlike other examples are shy, harmless and very friendly, but are chased by cavemen who want to snatch them the secret of creating fire.
* ''ComicBook/{{Ungrounded}}'' has Lt. Lizard, a reptilian beat cop who looks like [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gill-Man]].
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Victor Borkowski/Anole is a mutant who has green, scaly skin, and can regrow severed limbs like a lizard.

* ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'': The Serpent Men, despite their name, are usually portrayed with a full set of limbs.

** The vesk are an alien race of {{proud warrior|RaceGuy}}s who, historically, went to war with humanity before [[EnemyMine being forced to team up]] against the even greater danger of the [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Hive]]. Physically, vesk resemble big, muscular Lizard Folk. They tend to be LawfulNeutral and live in a highly-regimented, militaristic society.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}'': The Mipedians are fairly decent and honorable Lizard Folk, compared to the other tribes in the setting. They're desert dwelling, have wise members, and generally aren't a given episode's aggressors, having even been the subject of at least one episode proving false BeautyEqualsGoodness and ReptilesAreAbhorrent. Peyton is on very good terms with the entire tribe, more so than Tom, Kaz, and Sara with the Overworlders, Underworlders, and Danians respectively.

** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner]]'s Devil Hulk form has his appearance in Bruce's mindscape. ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' later revealed that one: this is a case of AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder and he really looks like a normal Hulk and two: this came about because Bruce was looking at a picture of the Serpent from ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' when his father Brian was in one of his abusive moods.

** The Koba, a race of humanoid Parasaurolophus' who actually deconstruct the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tradition of portraying lizardfolk as dumb primitives by giving it a basis in SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome -- the Koba are ''herbivores'' who already possess formidable natural defenses and armaments, meaning their brains never evolved as far as those of the other races of Rym and nor did they develop particularly advanced technology because they simply never needed to be smart to thrive and prosper.

* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'': Lizardmen were a playable race. As they were neutral, both good and evil players could choose them as a second race during the campaign. In the sequel, they got replaced by the draconians.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'', most members of the reptilian races [[LittleBitBeastly just have scaly tails]] on otherwise human bodies, but [[TheStoic 12F]] and [[CoolOldGuy Rangers]] are full-on lizard men, with fully scaled bodies and lizard heads. Additionally, Archosauria enemies in Gavial's sidestory are anthropomorphic crocodile-men.

* From ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'':A couple of skins for the other Battleborn turn them into reptilians. Whiskey Foxtrot's "It's Reptile Foxtrot!" skin turns him into a reptile scaled version of his normal self. Meanwhile, Ernest's appropriately named "Devolved" skin basically devolves the [[BirdPeople bird man]] back into a feathered dino man.

* Deis/Bleu in the ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' series is one of these. She would be a [[SnakePeople snake person]], but her entry in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' shows her to be a [[{{shapeshifting}} shapeshifter]] goddess, so she falls into this category as well as SnakePeople.

* The obscure XBOX shooter ''VideoGame/BruteForce'' has Brutus, a "Feral" (a scaly green lizard man with a voice like [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Doctor Claw]]) as one of the main {{Player Character}}s. He's by far the toughest squad member, and sports a HealingFactor and AuraVision.

* ''TabletopGame/DinosaursAttack'': A "[[https://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front27.htm humanoid dionsaur]]" calling itself a "[[https://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back27.htm saurian]]" appears in a dream to provide helpful exposition.

* ''VideoGame/WorldsOfUltimaTheSavageEmpire'', as a nod to the Lost World pulp novels that influenced it, have a tribe of lizardmen in the Valley of Eodon. The Sakkhra, as they are called, even has one of their members join your party.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* ''Literature/{{Legatum}}'' has the stilios, which are anthropomorphic lizard and salamander creatures.
* ''WebOriginal/SpaceCadet'': The Kerdin, who were genetically engineered from cloned Velociraptors in order to provide interesting prey for the wealthy on hunting worlds. The collapse of the Second Empire allowed them to escape and found their own empire.
* ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' has a few Lizard folk students, most prominently "[[TheUnpronounceable Hissy]]". They aren't evil, though they are in the wrong clique for the UnreliableNarrator to think much of them.

* The Rrertaxi in the ''Literature/{{Spaceforce}}'' universe. We don't know much about them other than their spicy cuisine has become popular with Earthers.

** Franchise/SpiderMan rogue The Lizard, [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting is sometimes]] a straight up bi-pedal version. After ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' his villain Komodo is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a komodo dragon.
** Lots of alien races, including: The Badoon, Skrulls and Snarks. Ch'od of the Starjammers also fits the description (although he's basically a good guy). As does, to some degree, Stegron the Dinosaur Man. And the {{Space Pirate|s}} Captain Reptyl. And the Tribbitites, aka Toad Men. Along with assorted reptilian {{mutants}} such as Slither, Scaleface, Primal, etc. Basically, Marvel likes this trope.

** [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner]]'s Devil Hulk form has his appearance in Bruce's mindscape. ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' later revealed that one: this is a case of AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder and he really looks like a normal Hulk and two: this came about because Bruce was looking at a picture of the Serpent from ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' when his father Brian was in one of his abusive moods.

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The Viashino creature type represents humanoid lizards found on various planes. Regardless of their plane of origin, they are known to share a relationship with dragons, as they are, alongside true dragons and the four-limbed flying drakes, descended from the victors of a civil war between the god-like Elder Dragons of the multiverse's distant past. They are almost always aligned with red, the color of (among other things) chaos, emotion, impulsivity and barbarians.
** The viashino of Dominaria live in clans throughout the volcanic mountains of Shiv and the Burning Islands, where constant warfare against the goblins, human barbarians and dragons who also live there has turned them into fearsome warriors, although they're also known for their skill as smiths.
** The viashino of Alara resemble hulking humanoid crocodiles and live in the red-aligned shard of Jund, a DeathWorld of volcanoes, swamps and jungles full of monsters and barbarians and ruled by dragons. They live in groups known as “thrashes”, and unlike other viashino may not be descended from dragons, but instead share ancestry with the nonsapient crocodiles that inhabit Naya, the green-aligned shard. After the shards fused once more, some viashino adopted aetherium technology to give themselves wings, forming the [[http://magiccards.info/query?q=%21Skyclaw+thrash Skyclaw Thrash]].
** Ravnican viashino are of the [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/64.html small, wiry and sneaky]] type, often serving as warriors, rogues and assassins for the red-aligned guilds or on their own account.
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* From ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', we have the Viashino, a race of lizard folk with DragonAncestry that are heavily associated with Red mana, and tend to be LeanAndMean.

* In the SpeculativeDocumentary book ''Literature/AllTomorrows'' by Nemo Ramjet one of the successors of mankind is a race known as the Saurosapients, which evolved from large lizards brought to a tropical planet by humans. Ironically they were once the livestock of a minimally-intelligent species of genetically modified human, who degenerated to become ''their'' livestock after the reptiles out-evolved them. Saurosapients are neither evil nor very human-like in general appearance (more like featherless raptors), but their society grows paranoid that an alien race will wipe them out like the humans before them. [[spoiler: It's presumed that robot humans did wipe them out eventually, along with many other races that ''were'' human-descended.]]

* The obscure XBOX shooter ''VideoGame/BruteForce'' has Brutus, a "Feral" (a scaly green lizard man with a voice like [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Doctor Claw]]) as one of the main PlayerCharacters. He's by far the toughest squad member, and sports a HealingFactor and AuraVision.

* Reptilian humanoids are not an uncommon sight in ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables''. Although they look like reptiles externally, their anatomy is mostly the same as a human's, as is the case with the other types of animal humanoids, meaning that they have NonMammalianHair and [[NonMammalMammaries Mammaries]]. Notable examples include the natives who inhabit Glekutsu Village, and the Edison family. They're definitely examples of {{Lovable Lizard}}s rather than ReptilesAreAbhorrent (for example, the Edisons are {{expies}} of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Apple family]]).

* ''VideoGame/InPursuitOfGreed'' has the Zollessian aliens, a race of reptilian ProudWarriorRaceGuys who enjoys hunting and fighting. One of them, Xith, is among the five selectable player characters and the team's FragileSpeedster.

** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', Lizalfos and the stronger Dinolfos relatives appear as Elite Mooks. Aeralfos, the winged versions of the Lizalfos from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', appear as AirborneMooks, along with the new Fiery Aeralfos. There are also the Lizalfos and Dinolfos chieftains, who are larger and tougher than their regular counterparts.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Reptile, his mate Khameleon, and a male also named Chameleon are reptilian ''[[GratuitousNinja ninjas]]!'' Going against the popular ReptilesAreAbhorrent trope, Reptile's probably the closest thing ''Mortal Kombat'' has to a sympathetic villain, and Khameleon's good. Reptile was supposedly the [[LastOfHisKind last of the Saurian race]] until Khameleon was revealed in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK3]], but as of the reboot to the series in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 MK9]], he's back to being the only Saurian.

* ''VideoGame/SkeletalAvenger'': Kobolds are red bipedal lizard people who wear armours and wearing swords and shields. They're an enemy type you encounter in the game.

* The Daemonites from ''VideoGame/WildCats1995'' are a race of reptilian aliens working under the BigBad, Helspont, and a recurring mook for the players to defeat. There's also gigantic [[GiantMook Red Daemonites]] as Helspont's personal guards in a few levels.

* ''Webcomic/TheChallengesofZona'': The Urrt

* ''Webcomic/ILogInAlone'': There are lizard monsters that spawned outside. [[spoiler: they were players that made a contract with a god.]]

* ''Series/LandOfTheLost'': The Sleestak are primitive, tribal bipidal lizard folk with bug eyes, who are generally hostile to the humans who they perceive to be intruding on their territory. They were once called Altrusians, and boasted a great civilization, but it collapsed long ago. One [[FishOutOfTemporalWater time displaced]] Altrusian from that civilized period becomes a friend and ally to the humans through most of the series.

* In the first book of ''Literature/InCryptid'', Verity learns that the cultists have been creating reptilian "Servitors" by exposing humans to mutagenic [[ThePowerOfBlood dragon blood]]. She calls them "[[Series/LandOfTheLost Sleestaks]]" until she finds out what they are.

* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': Scaly Folk of the "lizard kinds" are found living in on land in warm climates. They can range from knee-high to ten feet tall or more. They are often very knowledgeable and wise, but may be unfriendly to the Tourists.

* ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'': The Tarsi are a race of Lizard Folk whose culture is based upon UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan. Unusually for this trope, they are [[InvertedTrope some of the most morally good people on the planet]], and they possess both SuperStrength and the Gift of Wisdom.

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': The Hork-Bajir are large, dinosaur-like herbivores with blades growing from their heads and limbs, enslaved by the villains.

** And then, there are the ikeshti; cute little red-scaled desert-dwelling iguana people who [[WasOnceAMan metamorphose into ravening lizard-ogres]] if their first (and potentially deadly) breeding season goes badly.