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[[File:Dinosauroid.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Dinosauroid]], a speculated [[sapient dinosaur]]]]
[[File:Dinosauroid.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Dinosauroid]], a hypothetical anthropomorphic [[sapient dinosaur]].]]
'''[[Reptile|Reptilian]] [[humanoid]]s''' comprise a common motif in [[mythology]], [[folklore]], [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], [[conspiracy theories]], [[ufology]], and [[cryptozoology]].
'''[[Reptilian humanoid]]s''' appear in [[folklore]], [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], and [[conspiracy theories]].


==In mythology==
==Mythology==
* [[Shesha|Adi Shesha]] : ''lit,'' The first of all the snakes, mount of Hindu God [[Vishnu]]; descended to Earth in human form as Lakshmana and Balarama.
Reptilian humanoids in world mythology include:
* [[Boreas (god)|Boreas]] ([[Aquilo (god)|Aquilon]] to the Romans): the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] as a winged man, sometimes with serpents instead of feet.<ref>{{cite book|author=Pausanias|title=Pausanias's Description of Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CetszVxoxAoC&pg=PA616|year=2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-04725-8|pages=616–}}</ref>

* [[Cecrops I]]: the mythical first [[King of Athens]] was half man, half [[snake]].
===Male===
* [[Chaac]]: the [[Maya civilization]] rain god, depicted in iconography with a human body showing reptilian or amphibian scales, and with a non-human head evincing fangs and a long, pendulous nose.
* [[Anemoi|Boreas]] ([[Aquilon]] to the Romans): the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] as a winged man with serpents instead of legs.
* [[Dragon Kings]]: creatures from [[Chinese mythology]] sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids.
* [[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.
* [[Fu Xi]]: serpentine founding figure from [[Chinese mythology]]
* [[Glycon]]: a snake god who had the head of a man.
* [[Ningishzida|Ningizzida]], Lord of the [[Tree of Life]], mentioned in the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' and linked to the water serpent constellation [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra]].
* [[Shenlong]]: a [[Chinese dragon]] [[thunder god]], depicted with a human head and a dragon's body
* [[Sobek]]: [[Ancient Egypt]]ian [[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 (mythology)|Echidna]], the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
* [[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]], the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
* [[Fu Xi]]: serpentine founding figure from [[Chinese mythology]].
* [[Enchanted Moura]] from Portuguese and Galician folklore appears as a snake with long blonde hair.
* [[Glycon]]: a Roman snake god who had the head of a man.
* The [[Gorgon]]s: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair.
* The [[Gorgon]]s: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair.
* The [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamia]]: a child-devouring female demon from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half serpent.
* The [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamiai]]: female phantoms from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half-serpent.
* [[Nāga]] (Devanagari: नाग): half-human half-snake beings from [[Hindu mythology]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Elgood |first=Heather |title=Hinduism and the Religious Arts |year=2000 |publisher=Cassell |location=London |isbn=0-304-70739-2 |page=234}}</ref> said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
* [[Nüwa]]: serpentine founding figure from [[Chinese mythology]]
* [[Nüwa]]: serpentine founding figure from [[Chinese mythology]].
* [[Wadjet]] pre-dynastic snake goddess of Lower Egypt - sometimes depicted as half snake, half woman
* [[Shenlong]]: a [[Chinese dragon]] [[thunder god]], depicted with a human head and a dragon's body.
* The [[Legend of the White Snake|White Snake]]: a figure from Chinese folklore
* [[Serpent (Bible)|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Olson|first=Dennis T.|title=Numbers|year=1996|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|location=Louisville|isbn=978-0-8042-3104-6|pages=135–8}}</ref>
* [[Sobek]]: [[Ancient Egypt]]ian [[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]],<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D820 823–835].</ref> or else was a man from the waist up, and a mass of seething vipers from the waist down.
* [[Xian (Taoism)|Xian]]: immortal beings in [[Taoism]] who were sometimes depicted as humanoids with reptile and human features in the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wallace |first=Leslie V. |year=2001 |title=BETWIXT AND BETWEEN: Depictions of Immortals (Xian) in Eastern Han Tomb Reliefs |journal=[[Ars Orientalis]] |volume=41 |pages=73, 79}}</ref>
* [[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.


===Either===
==Folklore==
* [[Coco (folklore)|Cuca]], an humanoid alligator witch from Brazilian folklore.
* Some [[djinn]] in [[Islamic mythology]] are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms.
* [[Enchanted Moura]] from Portuguese and Galician folklore appears as a snake with long blonde hair.
* [[Nāga]] (Devanagari: नाग): reptilian beings from [[Hindu mythology]] said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
* The [[serpent (Bible)|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 (folklore)|Kappa]]: Turtle-like humanoids from Japanese mythology and folklore.
* [[Kappa (folklore)|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 [[Legend of the White Snake|White Snake]]: a figure from Chinese folklore<ref>{{cite book |last = Idema |first = Wilt L. |year = 2009 |title = The White Snake and Her Son: A Translation of the Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak with Related Texts |publisher = Hackett Publishing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ok8qyivasGcC |isbn = 9781603843751}}</ref>


===Uncertain===
==Fringe theories==
* [[Reptilian conspiracy theory|Reptilians]] appear in some claims of [[alien encounter]]s and in the [[conspiracy theories]] of [[David Icke]]<ref>{{cite journal| last = Lewis| first = Tyson|author2=Richard Kahn|date=Winter 2005| title = The Reptoid Hypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory| journal = Utopian Studies| volume = 16| issue = 1| pages = 45–75| doi = 10.5325/utopianstudies.16.1.0045| s2cid = 143047194| doi-access = free}}</ref><ref name="Frel 2010">{{cite web | author = Frel, Jan | title = Inside the Great Reptilian Conspiracy: From Queen Elizabeth to Barack Obama – They Live! | date = 1 September 2010 | url =http://www.alternet.org/story/147967/| publisher= [[Alternet]] | access-date = 2010-09-01}}</ref>
* [[Shokera]]: A reptilian humanoid from Japanese mythology and folklore.

==In cryptozoology==
Purported reptilian humanoid [[cryptid]]s include:
* The [[Cherufe]] in [[Chile]]
* The [[Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp]] in [[South Carolina]], [[USA]]
* 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 encounter]]s and in the [[conspiracy theories]] of [[David Icke]]
* [[Lemuria (continent)#Lemuria's reptilian beings|Lemurians]], reptilian humanoids in the writings of [[Helena Blavatsky]]


==In scientific speculation==
==Scientific speculation==
* The [[dinosauroid]], a hypothetical reptilian humanoid conjectured by palaeontologist [[Dale Russell]]
* The [[dinosauroid]], a hypothetical reptilian humanoid conjectured by palaeontologist [[Dale Russell]].<ref name=russell1982>{{Cite journal | last1 = Russell | first1 = D. A. | last2 = Séguin | first2 = R. | year = 1982 | title = Reconstruction of the small Cretaceous theropod ''Stenonychosaurus inequalis'' and a hypothetical dinosauroid | url = https://archive.org/details/syllogeus37nati | journal = Syllogeus | volume = 37 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/syllogeus37nati/page/n8 1]–43 }}</ref>
* Other speculated [[sapient dinosaurs]]
* Other speculated [[sapient dinosaurs]]{{according to whom|date=June 2022}}


==In fiction==
==Fiction==
A wide range of fictional works depict reptilian humanoids.
A wide range of fictional works depict reptilian humanoids.


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


===Television===
===Television===
[[File:Draconian Mask (14866959967).jpg|thumb|upright|A [[Draconian (Doctor Who)|Draconian]] mask, on display at the National Space Centre]]
====''Doctor Who''====

* [[Draconian (Doctor Who)|Draconians]]
====''[[Doctor Who]]''====
* [[Draconian (Doctor Who)|Draconian]]s
* [[Foamasi]]
* [[Foamasi]]
* ''Homo reptilia''
* ''Homo reptilia'' ([[Silurian (Doctor Who)|Silurians]] and [[Sea Devil (Doctor Who)|Sea Devil]]s)
** [[Silurian (Doctor Who)|Silurian]]s
** Sea Devils
* [[Ice Warrior]]s
* [[Ice Warrior]]s

====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''====
====''Star Trek''====
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* [[Tosk (Star Trek)|Tosk]]
* [[Tosk (Star Trek)|Tosk]]
* [[Xindi (Star Trek)#Xindi-Reptilians|Xindi-Reptilians]]
* [[Xindi (Star Trek)#Xindi-Reptilians|Xindi-Reptilians]]

====''Ninjago''====
* [[Ninjago (TV series)#Serpentine|Serpentine]]
* Vermillion


====Other====
====Other====
* [[Cobra-La]], and [[Cobra Commander]] from the ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G. I. Joe]]'' series
* Bunbo and Iguara from ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
* [[Cobra (G.I. Joe)#Factions|Cobra-La]] and [[Cobra Commander]] from the ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe]]'' series
* [[Chase Young]] from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''
* [[Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)|Chase Young]] from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''
* The Culebra from ''[[From Dusk till Dawn: The Series]]''
* [[Drakh]] and [[Narn]] from ''[[Babylon 5]]''
* [[Drakh]] and [[Narn]] from ''[[Babylon 5]]''
* [[List of Masters of the Universe characters|Lizard Man]] from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''
* [[Lizard Man (Masters of the Universe)|Lizard Man]], [[Saurod]], the [[Snake Men (Masters of the Universe)|Snake Men]], and [[Whiplash (Masters of the Universe)|Whiplash]] from the ''[[Masters of the Universe]]'' franchise
* [[Phantom (Kamen Rider)#Lizardman|Lizardman Phantom]] from ''[[Kamen Rider Wizard]]''
* Lizardman Phantom from ''[[Kamen Rider Wizard]]''
*The Lizardmen from ''[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World]]''
* The Lizardmen from ''[[The Lost World (TV series)|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World]]''
* Lizardo from ''[[The Ambiguously Gay Duo]]'' segment of ''[[TV Funhouse]]''
* [[Scarran]]s from ''[[Farscape]]''
* [[Scarran]]s from ''[[Farscape]]''
* [[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series) characters and species#Sleestak|Sleestaks]] from ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]''
* The [[List of Land of the Lost characters and species#Sleestak|Sleestaks]] from ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]''
* [[List of ThunderCats characters#Slithe|Slithe]] and his fellow Lizards from ''[[ThunderCats]]''
* [[List of ThunderCats characters#Slithe|Slithe]] and his fellow Lizards from ''[[ThunderCats]]''
* [[Snake Men (Masters of the Universe)|Snake Men]], from ''[[Masters of the Universe]]''
* The Snake People from the TV-movie ''[[The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire]]''
* Spinner from ''[[My Hero Academia]]''
* Tilian from ''[[A.T.O.M. (TV series)|A.T.O.M.]]''
* [[Unas (Stargate)|Unas]] from ''[[Stargate]]''
* [[Unas (Stargate)|Unas]] from ''[[Stargate]]''
* [[Visitors (V)|Visitors]] from [[V (science fiction)|''V'']]
* [[Visitors (V)|Visitors]] from ''[[V (science fiction)|V]]''
* [[List of Gargoyles characters#Mayan Clan|Zafiro]] from ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Disney's Gargoyles]]'' is a Gargoyle who 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
* The Culebra from "[[From Dusk till Dawn: The Series]]"
* The Zilards from ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]''
* [[List of Gargoyles characters#Guatemala Clan|Zafiro]] from [[Gargoyles (TV series)|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===
===Comics===
====[[Marvel universe|Marvel]]====
====[[Marvel Universe|Marvel]]====
* [[Badoon]], another hostile alien race
* [[Badoon]], another hostile alien race
* [[Chitauri]], alien shapeshifters from the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe.
* [[Chitauri]], alien shapeshifters from the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe.
* [[Lizard (comics)|The Lizard]], an enemy of [[Spider-Man]]
* [[Iguana (comics)|Iguana]], an enemy of [[Spider-Man]]
* [[Lizard (character)|Lizard]], an enemy of Spider-Man
* [[Subterranea (comics)#Lizard Men|The Lizard Men]] of [[Subterranea (comics)|Subterranea]]
* The Lizard Men of [[Subterranea (comics)|Subterranea]]
* The Lizard Men of the [[Savage Land]]
* The Lizard Men of the [[Savage Land]]
* [[Sauron (comics)|Sauron]], an enemy of the [[X-Men]]
* The Lizard Men of Tok from the [[Microverse]]
* [[Sauron (comics)|Sauron]], a [[Pteranodon]]-like enemy of the [[X-Men]]
* [[Skrull]]s, an alien race of reptilian [[shapeshifter]]s
* [[Skrull]]s, an alien race of reptilian [[shapeshifter]]s
* [[Slither (comics)|Slither]], a snakelike mutant and ally of [[Magneto (comics)|Magneto]]
* [[Slither (comics)|Slither]], a snake-like mutant and ally of [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] who has been a member of the [[Resistants]] and the [[Serpent Society]]
* [[Stegron]]
* [[Stegron]], a [[Stegosaurus]]-like enemy of Spider-Man
* Zn'rx (Snarks), a race of reptilian aliens bipeds encountered by the [[Power Pack]]


====[[DC universe|DC]]====
====[[DC Universe|DC]]====
* [[Copperhead (DC Comics)|Copperhead]], some versions
* [[Copperhead (DC Comics)|Copperhead]], some versions are part snake
* [[Gordanian]]s, a species of alien reptilian slavers
* [[Gordanian]]s, a species of alien reptilian slavers
* [[Killer Croc]], an enemy of [[Batman]]
* [[Killer Croc]], an enemy of [[Batman]]
* [[List of alien races in DC Comics|Llarans]]
* The Lizardmen from the ''[[Warlord (DC Comics)|Warlord]]'' series.
* The [[List of alien races in DC Comics#Llarans|Llarans]]
* [[Psion (comics)|Psions]]
* The [[Psion (comics)|Psions]]


====Other====
====Other====
* [[Dinosaurs for Hire]], dinosaur-like alien mercenaries
* [[Henry Phage]] from the ''Mr. Hero'' comics from ''[[Tekno Comix]]''
* [[Henry Phage]] from the ''Mr. Hero'' comics from ''[[Tekno Comix]]''
* [[Kleggs]], alien mercenaries in the [[Judge Dredd]] universe.
* Kleggs, alien mercenaries in the [[Judge Dredd]] universe.
* The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], and their ally/foe [[Leatherhead (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leatherhead]]
* The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], [[Slash (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Slash]], [[Leatherhead (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leatherhead]], and even the [[Triceraton (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Triceratons]].
* [[Treens]] from ''[[Dan Dare]]''
* Treens from ''[[Dan Dare]]''
* [[Tyranny Rex]], a reptilian artist in stories published in [[2000 AD (comics)|2000AD]].
* [[Zarbon]] from anime and manga ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''.
* [[List of Homestuck characters|Calliope]], a reptilian figure of prophecies, from ''[[Homestuck]]''


===Film===
===Film===
* [[Dracs]], from ''[[Enemy Mine (film)|Enemy Mine]]'' (and ''[[Hunter Prey]]'')
* Draco from ''[[Above Majestic]]''
* [[Dracs]] from ''[[Enemy Mine (film)|Enemy Mine]]''
* [[Lectroid]]s from ''[[Buckaroo Banzai]]''
* [[The Snake Men (Masters of The Universe)|Snake Men]] from ''Masters of the Universe''
* [[The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire#Plot|Snake People]] from the TV movie ''The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire''
* [[Thulsa Doom (character)|Thulsa Doom]] from ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]''
* [[Thulsa Doom (character)|Thulsa Doom]] from ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]''
* [[Trandoshan]]s from ''[[Star Wars]]''
* [[Trandoshan]]s from ''[[Star Wars]]''
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* [[Bangaa]], a race in the game series of ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
* [[Bangaa]], a race in the game series of ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
* [[Races of the Mass Effect universe#Drell|Drell]], a race in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series
* [[Races of the Mass Effect universe#Drell|Drell]], a race in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series
* Dinaurians from ''[[Fossil Fighters]]'' and ''[[Fossil Fighters: Champions]]''
* [[Iksar]], a race from the ''[[EverQuest]]'' franchise.
* [[Iksar]], a race from the ''[[EverQuest]]'' franchise.
* [[Lizalfos]] and [[Recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series#Daira|Daira]] from the ''[[Legend of Zelda]]'' series.
* [[Lizalfos]] from the ''[[Legend of Zelda]]'' series.
* [[Lizardmen (Warhammer)|Lizardmen]] from the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer]]'' fantasy tabletop games.
* [[Lizardmen (Warhammer)|Lizardmen]] from the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer]]'' fantasy tabletop games.
* [[Races and factions of Warcraft#Naga|Naga]] from the ''[[Warcraft]]'' series.
* [[Races and factions of Warcraft#Naga|Naga]] from the ''[[Warcraft]]'' series.
* [[Reptite]]s from ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''
* [[Reptite]]s from ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''
* [[Saurian]]s from '' [[Risen (video game)|Risen]]''
* [[Saurian]]s from '' [[Risen (video game)|Risen]]''
* [[Susie (Deltarune)|Susie]] from ''[[Deltarune]]''
* Dinaurians from [[Fossil Fighters]] and [[Fossil Fighters: Champions]]
[[File:DnD kobold.png|thumb|An illustration of [[Kobold (Dungeons & Dragons)|kobolds]]]]


=====''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''=====
=====''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''=====
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* [[Lizardfolk]]
* [[Lizardfolk]]
* [[Saurial]]
* [[Saurial]]
* [[Troglodyte (Dungeons & Dragons)|Troglodytes]]
* Troglodytes
* [[Yuan-ti]]
* Yuan-ti


====Platform and fighting games====
====Platform and fighting games====
*[[Bowser (character)|Bowser]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' (King Koopa in the TV Series)
* [[Bowser]] and the Koopas from ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''
*[[Espio the Chameleon]] and [[Vector the Crocodile]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
* [[Espio the Chameleon]] and [[Vector the Crocodile]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
*[[List of characters in the Soul series#Lizardman|Lizardman]], a character from the ''[[Soul (series)|Soul series]]'' of fighting games
* [[List of Soulcalibur characters#Lizardman (Aeon Calcos)|Lizardman]], a character from the ''[[Soul (series)|Soul series]]'' of fighting games
*[[Locust Horde]], the primary antagonists in the game franchise ''[[Gears of War]]''
* [[Locust Horde]], the primary antagonists in the game franchise ''[[Gears of War]]''
*[[Reptile (Mortal Kombat)|Reptile]], [[Chameleon (Mortal Kombat)|Chameleon]] and [[Khameleon]] from the game ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''
* [[King K. Rool]] and most Kremlings from ''[[Donkey Kong]]''
* [[Reptile (Mortal Kombat)|Reptile]], [[Chameleon (Mortal Kombat)|Chameleon]], and [[Khameleon]] from the video game series ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''
*[[List of Killer Instinct characters#Riptor|Riptor]], a character from the fighting game ''[[Killer Instinct (video game series)|Killer Instinct]]''
* [[List of Killer Instinct characters#Riptor|Riptor]], a character from the fighting game ''[[Killer Instinct (video game series)|Killer Instinct]]''


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of avian humanoids]]
* [[List of avian humanoids]]
* [[List of piscine and amphibian humanoids]]
* [[List of aquatic humanoids|List of piscine and amphibian humanoids]]
* [[List of dragons in literature]]
* [[List of dragons in literature]]
* [[Insectoids in science fiction and fantasy]]


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The Dinosauroid, a hypothetical anthropomorphic sapient dinosaur.

Reptilian humanoids appear in folklore, science fiction, fantasy, and conspiracy theories.

Mythology

  • Adi Shesha  : lit, The first of all the snakes, mount of Hindu God Vishnu; descended to Earth in human form as Lakshmana and Balarama.
  • 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.[1]
  • Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake.
  • Chaac: the Maya civilization rain god, depicted in iconography with a human body showing reptilian or amphibian scales, and with a non-human head evincing fangs and a long, pendulous nose.
  • 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 Roman snake god who had the head of a man.
  • The Gorgons: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair.
  • The Lamiai: female phantoms from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half-serpent.
  • Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): half-human half-snake beings from Hindu mythology[2] 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.[3]
  • 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,[4] or else was a man from the waist up, and a mass of seething vipers from the waist down.
  • Xian: immortal beings in Taoism who were sometimes depicted as humanoids with reptile and human features in the Han Dynasty[5]
  • 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

Fringe theories

Scientific speculation

Fiction

A wide range of fictional works depict reptilian humanoids.

Literature

Television

A Draconian mask, on display at the National Space Centre

Doctor Who

Star Trek

Ninjago

Other

Comics

Marvel

DC

Other

Film

Games

Roleplaying and strategy games

An illustration of kobolds
Dungeons & Dragons

Platform and fighting games

See also

References

  1. ^ Pausanias (2012). Pausanias's Description of Greece. Cambridge University Press. pp. 616–. ISBN 978-1-108-04725-8.
  2. ^ Elgood, Heather (2000). Hinduism and the Religious Arts. London: Cassell. p. 234. ISBN 0-304-70739-2.
  3. ^ Olson, Dennis T. (1996). Numbers. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 135–8. ISBN 978-0-8042-3104-6.
  4. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 823–835.
  5. ^ Wallace, Leslie V. (2001). "BETWIXT AND BETWEEN: Depictions of Immortals (Xian) in Eastern Han Tomb Reliefs". Ars Orientalis. 41: 73, 79.
  6. ^ Idema, Wilt L. (2009). The White Snake and Her Son: A Translation of the Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak with Related Texts. Hackett Publishing. ISBN 9781603843751.
  7. ^ Lewis, Tyson; Richard Kahn (Winter 2005). "The Reptoid Hypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory". Utopian Studies. 16 (1): 45–75. doi:10.5325/utopianstudies.16.1.0045. S2CID 143047194.
  8. ^ Frel, Jan (1 September 2010). "Inside the Great Reptilian Conspiracy: From Queen Elizabeth to Barack Obama – They Live!". Alternet. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
  9. ^ Russell, D. A.; Séguin, R. (1982). "Reconstruction of the small Cretaceous theropod Stenonychosaurus inequalis and a hypothetical dinosauroid". Syllogeus. 37: 1–43.
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