List of reptilian humanoids

The Dinosauroid, a speculated sapient dinosaur

Reptilian humanoids comprise a common motif in mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology, and cryptozoology.

In mythology

Reptilian humanoids in world mythology include:

Male

• Boreas (Aquilon to the Romans): the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by Pausanias as a winged man with serpents instead of legs.
• Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake
• Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids
• Fu Xi: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
• Glycon: a snake god who had the head of a man.
• Ningizzida, Lord of the Tree of Life, mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh and linked to the water serpent constellation Hydra.
• Shenlong: a Chinese dragon thunder god, depicted with a human head and a dragon's body
• 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, was a man from the waist up, and a mass of seething vipers from the waist down.
• Zahhak, a figure from Zoroastrian mythology who, in Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh, grows a serpent on either shoulder

Female

• Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
• Enchanted Moura from Portuguese and Galician folklore appears as a snake with long blonde hair.
• 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.
• Nüwa: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
• Wadjet pre-dynastic snake goddess of Lower Egypt - sometimes depicted as half snake, half woman
• The White Snake: a figure from Chinese folklore

Either

• Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms.
• Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): reptilian beings from Hindu mythology said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
• The Serpent: a character from the Genesis creation narrative occasionally depicted with legs, and sometimes identified with Satan, though its representations have been both male and female.
• Kappa: Turtle-like humanoids from Japanese mythology and folklore.

In cryptozoology

Purported reptilian humanoid cryptids include:

• The Cherufe in Chile
• The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina, United States
• The Loveland Frog (or Loveland Lizard), in Loveland, Ohio, USA
• Jake the Alligator Man, a sideshow gaff in Long Beach, Washington, USA
• The Thetis Lake monster in Canada
• Flatwoods monster (referred to as the "Lizard Monster" on the March 10, 2010 episode of MonsterQuest)

In ufology and conspiracy theories

• Reptilians appear in some claims of alien encounters and in the conspiracy theories of David Icke
• Lemurians, reptilian humanoids in the writings of Helena Blavatsky

In scientific speculation

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

In 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"
• 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 HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
• Yilané from the novel West of Eden by Harry Harrison
• The Creeps and the Snake Lady from the Goosebumps franchise.

Television

Doctor Who

• Draconians
• Foamasi
• Homo reptilia (Silurians and Sea Devils)
• Ice Warriors

Dragon Ball Z

• The race of Malaka is a race of reptilian-like humanoids, very similar to the Litts, who serve in non-combatant positions (doctors and surgeons) of the Galactic Frieza Army.
• The race of Ginyu Force member Burter is a race of tall reptilian humanoids of varying skin colors whose race at some point in history, became integrated members of the Galactic Frieza Army.
• The race of Toobi is a race of reptilian-like humanoids who serves in the Galactic Frieza Army.
• The race of Frieza force soldier named Blueberry are a race of reptilian (more specifically crocodile-like) humanoids.

Star Trek

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

Other

• Cobra-La, and Cobra Commander from the G. I. Joe series
• Chase Young from Xiaolin Showdown
• 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
• Snake Men, from Masters of the Universe
• Unas from Stargate
• Visitors from V
• The Culebra from "From Dusk till Dawn: The Series"
• Zafiro from Disney's Gargoyles, 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, an enemy of the X-Men
• Skrulls, an alien race of reptilian shapeshifters
• Slither, a snakelike mutant and ally of Magneto
• Stegron

DC

• Copperhead, some versions
• Gordanians, a species of alien reptilian slavers
• Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman
• Llarans
• Psions

Other

• Henry Phage from the Mr. Hero comics from Tekno Comix
• Kleggs, alien mercenaries in the Judge Dredd universe.
• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and their ally/foe Leatherhead
• Treens from Dan Dare
• Tyranny Rex, reptilian artist in stories published in 2000AD.

Film

• Dracs from Enemy Mine
• Thulsa Doom from Conan the Barbarian
• Trandoshans from Star Wars

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
• Iksar, a race from the EverQuest franchise.
• Lizalfos and Daira 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
• Dinaurians from Fossil Fighters and Fossil Fighters: Champions

Dungeons & Dragons

• Kobolds
• Lizardfolk
• Saurial
• Troglodytes
• Yuan-ti

Platform and fighting games

• Bowser from Super Mario Bros. (King Koopa in the TV Series)
• 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
• Reptile, Chameleon and Khameleon from the game 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