# List of reptilian humanoids

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.
* 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 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.
* Xian: immortal beings in Taoism who were sometimes depicted as humanoids with reptile and human features in the Han Dynasty
* 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

* Cuca, an humanoid alligator witch from Brazilian folklore.
* Enchanted Moura, from Portuguese and Galician folklore appears as a snake with long blonde hair.
* El Hombre Caimán, a peeping-tom of Colombia using a potion turned caiman-man due to bungle.
* Kappa, sometimes turtle-shelled humanoid 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

## 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

## 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 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 people".
* The Race from Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series
* The Serpent Men from Robert E. Howard's "The Shadow Kingdom" (also in the Marvel universe)
* Yig, the serpent god from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
* Yilané from the Harry Harrison's novel West of Eden
* 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
#### 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

* Bunbo and Iguara from Sailor Moon
* 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, Saurod, the Snake Men, and Whiplash from the Masters of the Universe franchise
* Lizardman Phantom from Kamen Rider Wizard
* The Lizardmen from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
* Lizardo from The Ambiguously Gay Duo segment of TV Funhouse
* Scarrans from Farscape
* The Sleestaks from Land of the Lost
* Slithe and his fellow Lizards from ThunderCats
* The Snake People from the TV-movie The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
* Spinner from My Hero Academia
* Tilian from A.T.O.M.
* Unas from Stargate
* Visitors from V
* Zafiro from 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 Zilards from Mighty Max

### Comics
#### Marvel

* Badoon, another hostile alien race
* Chitauri, alien shapeshifters from the Ultimate Marvel universe.
* Iguana, an enemy of Spider-Man
* 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), a race of reptilian aliens bipeds encountered by the Power Pack

#### DC

* Copperhead, some versions are part snake
* Gordanians, a species of alien reptilian slavers
* Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman
* The Lizardmen from the Warlord series.
* The Llarans
* The 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, a reptilian artist in stories published in 2000AD.
* Zarbon from anime and manga Dragon Ball Z.
* Calliope, a reptilian figure of prophecies, from Homestuck

### Film

* Draco from Above Majestic
* Dracs from Enemy Mine
* Lectroids from Buckaroo Banzai
* Snake Men from Masters of the Universe
* Snake People from the TV movie The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
* 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
* 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
* Susie from Deltarune

##### Dungeons & Dragons

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

#### Platform and fighting games

* Bowser and the Koopas from Mario
* 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