Flying Lizard

* Climbing on Rocks
* Climbing on Trees
* Debuff immunity in the Desert.

The **Flying Lizard** is a tier 3 Forest animal equivalent to the Mole, Chicken, Crab, Penguin, and Meerkat. It was released on December 20, 2022.

## Technical

* Upgrades from the Chukar, Rabbit, Arctic Hare, Trout, or Desert Chipmunk at 400 XP.
* Upgrades to the Kakapo, Pig, Woodpecker, Sea-horse, Seal, or Armadillo at 1K XP.
* Food sources that it can consume includes Raspberries, Dates, Cactus Pears, Carrots, Berries, Plankton and Honeycomb.
* Prey of the Flying Lizard includes all animals within the range of tier 2 to tier 1 (Tarsier to Chukar).
* Predators of the Flying Lizard includes all animals within the range of tier 4 to tier 7 (Kakapo to Zebra).
* When the Flying Lizard is on a Hill or Tree, pressing `W` allows it to glide at a rapid yet constant speed for a variable amount of time, capping at 5 seconds. The ability cooldown is 5 seconds.
	+ Gliding acts like flying in the sense that the player goes over terrain and other animals. Unlike flying, the Flying Lizard cannot turn while gliding, much like the Markhor's leap.
	+ The player cannot land on trees.
* The Flying Lizard can climb hills, rocks, and trees.

## Appearance

The Flying Lizard is a gray scaly reptile. Its head has two enormous eyes encircled in bright aqua and a pointed snout. It has a yellow webbed flap on each side of its body. Its tail is fairly long.

When gliding, the Flying Lizard's skinny arms are visible. Its flaps expand outwards from its arms.

## Strategy

### Using

* The fastest way to evolve from Flying Lizard is to eat Mushrooms and Raspberries, both which grant plentiful XP. The player can also attempt to eat Honeycomb by disturbing beehives, although their low HP does not make this a viable strategy.
* The Flying Lizard is mobile over hills and rocks, and can climb trees. The player should use such terrain to their advantage both to get around and avoid predators.
	+ It is recommended to actually stay in the Land biome instead of the Forest biome because most Forest animals can climb trees while only some Land animals can. Additionally, hills and rocks don't generate in the Forest. Therefore, the player can use their mobility more often.
* The Flying Lizard's glide is an incredibly fast option to escape predators and can be done practically anywhere. The only precaution is to make sure the player does not glide into water or mud, where they are slow.
	+ Gliding is less viable against predators who can Charge or gain a speed boost, since they can simply use their ability to regain ground.
* Tail-biting is a viable strategy to upgrade. The player can quickly tail-bite a player, climb a nearby hill or tree, and glide away. However, it can be difficult to bite predators and the player must be careful not to lose too much health.

### Against

* The Flying Lizard is a highly mobile animal, which makes catching them hard. Their gliding ability grants them the option to move extremely fast on a dime while having a short cooldown.
* Flying Lizards cannot turn during their glide at all. The player can use this against the Flying Lizard by simply going any other way, forcing them to waste valuable time turning around and waiting for their ability to charge.
* Briefly climbing a tree and immediately climbing off it may help to prevent a gliding Flying Lizard from catching up to the player, since they cannot land on trees.
* The Flying Lizard's field of vision is small, so if one glides too far, they may lose the player. Hiding right under trees or in bushes can help obscure the player's appearance.
* If the player is actively hiding from a Flying Lizard, they’re most likely either a tier 1 or tier 2 animal, both which take little time to upgrade from. Simply eating berries while being chased may be sufficient to upgrade into an equivalent.

## Gallery

### Assets

Flying Lizard as it appears in-gameThe Flying Lizard's bodyThe Flying Lizard's back detail and tailThe Flying Lizard's headThe Flying Lizard's arms, only visible while glidingThe Flying Lizard's wings
### In-game

A newly-upgraded Flying Lizard.The Flying Lizard's abilityA Flying Lizard on a rock near some hills and bananas.A Flying Lizard using its glide ability near some trees and snow.A Flying Lizard near Lava.
## History

 December 20, 2022 | * Added.

## Trivia

* The Flying Lizard, along with the Crab, are the lowest animals on the food chain that can climb rocks. The Flying Lizard is also one of the only animals that can climb rocks, hills, and trees.
* The "Glide" ability is unique in many aspects:
	+ It is it one of the fastest moving abilities in the game, only being beat by the Falcon's "Sky Dive" ability.
	+ The Flying Lizard and Markhor are the only animals that have a flying state that disables turning. Interestingly, both are triggered while on hills and rocks.
	+ It is also one of the abilities that lasts for the shortest time, with the Chukar's special ability being the only briefer ability in Mope.io.

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