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Reptilian humanoids comprise a common motif in creation mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology and cryptozoology.^[1]

In mythology

Reptilian humanoids in world mythology include:

• Boreas (Aquilon to the Romans): the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by Pausanias as a winged man with serpents between his legs.^[2]
• Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake
• Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids
• Glycon: a snake god who had the head of a man.
• 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.
• Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): reptilian beings from Hindu mythology said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
• Quetzalcoatl or the "feathered serpent", the creator god and sky god of the Aztecs; variously depicted as a man, a serpent, or a reptilian humanoid.
• The Serpent: character from the Genesis creation myth occasionally depicted with legs, and sometimes identified with Satan.
• The White Snake: a figure from Chinese folklore
• Zahhak, a figure from Zoroastrian mythology who, in Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh, grows a serpent on either shoulder

In cryptozoology

Purported reptilian humanoid cryptids include:

• The Cherufe in Chile
• The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina
• The Loveland Frog, in Loveland, Ohio
• The Thetis Lake monster in Canada

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

Miscellaneous

• The dinosauroid, a hypothetical reptilian humanoid conjectured by palaeontologist Dale Russell
• Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet: a slur used to refer to Ontario Liberal Party opposition leader Dalton McGuinty

In fiction

Examples of fictional reptilian humanoids include:

Doctor Who

• C'rizz
• Draconians
• Ice Warriors
• Silurians and Sea Devils

Star Trek

• Cardassians
• Gorn
• Jem'Hadar
• Saurian
• Voth
• Tosk
• Xaranite
• reptilian Xindi

other television

• Sleestaks from Land of the Lost
• Savage Lizards from Stitch!
• Visitors from V

in comics

• Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman
• Kleggs, alien mercenaries in the Judge Dredd universe.
• The Lizard, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Stegron from the Marvel Comics universe
• Skrulls, an alien race of reptilian shapeshifters in the Marvel Universe
• In The Ultimates, the Chitauri (combining characteristics of both the Marvel Skrulls and the Reptilians of David Icke's conspiracy theory)^[3]
• Badoon, another hostile Marvel Comics alien race
• Slither, a snakelike mutant and ally of Magneto
• The Saurians, a.k.a. the People, lizards mutated to human intelligence due to atomic testing^[4]
• Serpent Men, adapted to Marvel Comics from the Robert E. Howard creations (see below) as recurring villains
• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

in games

• Argonians, a race in the game franchise The Elder Scrolls
• Bangaa, a race in the game series of Final Fantasy
• Bowser from Super Mario Bros.
• Greenfist, the first boss of Wario World
• Lizardfolk, kobolds and Yuan-ti from Dungeons & Dragons
• Lizardman, a character from the Soul series of fighting games
• Locust Horde, the primary antagonists in the game franchise Gears of War
• Reptile, a character in the game Mortal Kombat
• Riptor, a character from the fighting video game Killer Instinct
• Two races of lizard men appear in Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

in film

• Dracs from Enemy Mine
• Grig from The Last Starfighter
• Sarris from Galaxy Quest
• Thulsa Doom from Conan the Barbarian
• Trandoshans from Star Wars

in literature

• Derkuhr from Soldiers of the Heavens by William R. Craft, Jr.
• The Lady of the Green Kirtle from CS Lewis's The Silver Chair
• The mummified inhabitants of The Nameless City by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Race from Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series
• Serpent men from the works of Robert E. Howard
• Topsid from Perry Rhodan
• Frequently fought by pulp hero Johnny Zell

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