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* Grig from ''[[The Last Starfighter]],'' though he's actually a nice guy.

* The Snarks from Power Pack

 

 

== Literature ==

* [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s ''The Brass Dragon''. The Dikri are a race of cold, ruthless dragon-like aliens who can Shape Shift into human form. They act as renegades, interfering on primitive worlds in violation of interstellar rules.

** The two species (Rabotevs and Halessi, though that is probably the Race's name for them) they subjugated before invading Earth were apparently also reptilian in nature, as they are mentioned as being fairly similar to the Race.

* [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] created the Horibs for his ''[[Pellucidar]]'' series. Pellucidar also has the telepathic [[Giant Flyer]] race, the Mahar, descended from pterosaurs.

* Lisanne Norman's ''[[Sholan Alliance]]'' series has the antagonist species, the Valtegans with no tail, and the friendly Sumaan with a very strong thick tail.

* Ssilissa of the ''[[Larklight]]'' trilogy; blue, scaly, with spines for hair and a heavily clubbed tail. Is noted occasionally for averting [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]] (and thus not fitting into dresses cut for humans), and has a few self-image issues on account of being raised by humans. {{spoiler|In the third book, we meet her race, the Snilth, a [[Lady Land|matriarchal]] [[Proud Warrior Race]] who serve as [[Mooks]] for the book's [[Big Bad]]. They live in clans identified by the shape of the weapon on their tails, and Ssil's proves her to be the [[Rags to Royalty|only known heir to the banished queen]] who [[Heel Face Turn|turned against]] the [[Big Bad]] long ago.}}

* The Yilani of [[Harry Harrison]]'s ''[[West of Eden]]'' series are a race of humanoid reptilians that evolved on an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out. The first book spends much of it's first portion with them and we get a very detailed look at their world. They are semi-aquatic (they are related to seagoing lizards), have a matriarchal society thanks largely to their borderline [[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism]], and have mastered biotechnology on a staggering scale; their cities are literally alive. Oh, and once the humans enter the picture in a significant way, they immediately become the [[Card-Carrying Villain|Card Carrying Villains]] of the book because [[Humans Are Special]] are [[Most Writers Are Human|awesome]] and reptiles... [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|well duh]]. It's awkward.

* [[Poul Anderson]]'s Merseians, although usually at odds with humanity, are a more nuanced portrayal (and have a culture [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|based off of the Sassanid Empire]]).

* The Visitors from ''[[V]]'' are the [[Trope Codifier|Trope Codifiers]]. They infiltrate many parts of human society, and they want to ''[[To Serve Man|eat us]]'' (along with other tasty mammals). Rather than shapeshifting, however, they use fake human-like skin to mask their true appearance, a method best exemplified by the iconic shot of Diana peeling back the skin on one side of her face to reveal green scaly skin and a catlike eye. It should be noted that, aside from [[Follow the Leader|inspiring the creation of other fictional Reptilians]], ''V'' led to the plethora of conspiracy theories about Reptilians, which were pretty much nonexistent before the show aired.

** The reboot series took no motion to change any of this. Except the Visitors were more of a combination of [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|yucky reptile-people and icky bug-people]].

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has the Silurians and their aquatic cousins the Sea Devils<ref>Both of these are technically [[Fantastic Slurs]]: the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] has "Earth Reptiles" as a more respectful term, and the Eleventh Doctor uses the taxonomically inaccurate "homo reptilia"</ref>. They are not extraterrestrials, but the previous inhabitants of Earth before humans came around. They do live underground and abduct people, though, which still fits in with Reptilian lore. There are also the Ice Warriors, the inhabitants of Mars, though their reptilian features aren't emphasized as much.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'':

** The rarely-seen brandy-making Saurians.

** The Cardassians. Though they're the least reptilian, looking pretty much like [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|humans with scales tacked on]], they also happen to be the most villainous of the reptoid lot.

** The Voth were descended from Earth hadrosaurs. Which is at least a new one, as far as Dinosauroids go.

** The Hirogen and the Jem'Hadar also at least look the part, and are the villains in most of their appearances.

** And the Altrusians, who even though they are the ancestors of Sleestak are different both physically (shorter, stockier with an extra finger) and mentally (far more intelligent) enough to qualify as a separate race.

** He also requires technology to survive (cooling rods in the brain that have to be replaced regularly), as his reptilian half craves heat, while his [[Human Alien]] half can't stand it.

* [[CSI]] had an episode dealing with this trope, "Leapin' Lizards", where the dead guy of the week was a believer in a reptilian conspiracy. Their website is shown, with several world leaders morphing into reptilians, and one of the guys hallucinates Brass with a reptilian tongue and Greg with reptilian characteristics-which leads to Greg being bitten.

 

* The Cardianon in ''<nowiki>~Star Ocean: The Last Hope~</nowiki>''. Originally a primitive race, the [[Big Bad|Grigori]] accelerated their evolution, and provided them with knowledge that led to them becoming one of the most technologically advanced races in the universe in a very short span of time, but also turned them into a bunch of fanatical planet conquerors. They look like somewhat reptilian humanoids in the lowest stage of evolution they're seen in, but their more advanced forms are traditional lizardmen, then dragonmen, and lastly, full fledged dragons.

* The Tarka from ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' evolved from lizards but are very human-like, resembling [http://sots.rorschach.net/images/9/95/SotS_TarkaMale.jpg scaled apes] more than actual lizards. They are a highly civilized and pragmatic [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|warrior race]] whose empire is a few thousand years older than human civilization, and are presented as sympathetic if fairly machiavellian, warlike, and prone to picking on those weaker than themselves.

* The turn-based strategy ''Space Empires 4'' has red lizard-people with vaguely [[Star Trek|Starfleet-esque]] ship designs as one of the possible appearances for your chosen empire.

** They are included in ''Space Empires 5'' as well, for which they decorated the cover, and originated in the third game of the series. Called the Jraenar in all games.

* ''[[Traffic Department 2192]]'' has the Selarian species, and their representative in Vulthaven's TD, Lieutenant Junior Grade Koth. If he's any indication, their species [[Snake Talk|hisses their S's]].

* The obscure XBOX shooter ''Brute Force'' has Brutus, a "Feral" (a scaly green lizard man with a voice like [[Inspector Gadget|Doctor Claw]]) as one of the main [[Player Characters]]. He's by far the toughest squad member, and sports a [[Healing Factor]] and [[Aura Vision]].

* The Skedar from ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' bear some similarities to the Reptilians, being bipedal, dinosaur-like creatures who masquerade as [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Scandinavian men]]. Their offspring resemble tiny, vicious lizards.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* The Triceratons, essentially [[Proud Warrior Race]] anthropomorphic ceratopsians, from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]].''

* The truly strange ''[[Mighty Ducks]]'' cartoon had a straight-up evil race made up of anthropomorphic ceratopsians, along with more conventional lizard-people types. And really, if the aforementioned Triceratons, Voth, and especially the Quintaglios are all "reptiles", then it isn't fair not to mention the titular duck-people.