Strawberry Lizard

Strawberry Lizards, also known as Zoop Lizards, are a new variant of found exclusively in the Downpour DLC. They are exclusive to 's campaign unless lineaged. Characterized by their small size and ability to traverse terrain with their long tongue, Strawberry Lizards are fast and deadly.

Appearance
Strawberry Lizards are small, scrawny lizards adorned with frills. They have light pink heads with horn-like protrusions. If lineaged, Strawberry Lizards are missing these horns. Strawberry Lizards are one of the few Lizards to have a white body and have unique frilled tails. Snow can accumulate on their bodies.

Combat
Strawberry Lizards are slow and clumsy on the ground and have difficulties climbing poles. Despite this, they pose a significant threat to due to their long tongue. Unlike other Lizard variants, Strawberry Lizards use their tongue to traverse geometry and pull themselves closer to their target at high speeds. Strawberry Lizards also have the second highest bite lethality chance to the player, at a 65% or 13/20. For this reason, close combat can be risky. can be used to stun Strawberry Lizards, and s scare them away. s and s can be used to kill Strawberry Lizards from a distance. Strawberry Lizards can be killed with 3-5 s, being quite durable for its small size..

Other Lizards consider Strawberry Lizards prey. Taming another Lizard or luring a Strawberry Lizard near other Lizards may assist the player in killing them.

Stealth
Strawberry Lizards have poor hearing but compensate with both a large field of vision and by moving constantly. This makes them difficult to sneak around, as they can spot Slugcat from far distances. However, Strawberry Lizards may be distracted by other prey, such as. By throwing a Batfly in a Strawberry Lizard's line of sight, they prioritize the Batfly over Slugcat, giving time to escape.

Evasion
Strawberry Lizards cannot outpace Slugcat's walking speed without the use of their tongue and have difficulty traversing uneven terrain and poles. Their tongue attack can be avoided by making note of its wind-up, in which Strawberry Lizards slow down and hiss before attacking. Due to their rarity, it is normally possible to path around them. Taking low-visibility routes can also help avoid them or moving quickly through the use of movement like slide pouncing.

Grapple Tongue
Strawberry Lizards can shoot out their tongue and pull themselves to the location of where it landed, as long as it does not land on a living creature. They use this ability to reach prey by utilizing nearby terrain. Their tongues can also grab onto background walls, meaning even in relatively empty rooms, they can still traverse and hunt. Strawberry Lizards' tongues are the same length as a 's, and are used similarly. However, instead of pulling prey towards themselves, Strawberry Lizards use their tongues to pull themselves closer to their target. Their tongue attack has a short cooldown.

Strawberry Lizards only utilise this grappling technique when pursuing prey and do not employ it in any alternative situations.

Taming
Strawberry Lizards are relatively easy to tame, taking 1-2 feedings to fully tame. Feeding them dead is the easiest way to tame them.

Strawberry Lizards are very agile and can follow the player into almost every region using their high mobility, though their lack of swimming ability makes them unable to traverse Shoreline and Drainage System. While easily tamed and easy to travel with, their unremarkable strength makes them especially vulnerable to most and other predators.

Variants & Attributes
Unlike other Lizard types, Strawberry Lizards have no variation in color, and are always the same pastel pink- specifically #F2BABA. This color may vary due to room lighting but is not affected by room darkness. Their bodies also have no hue variation and are always white. Strawberry Lizards in Saint's campaign may have different types of horns on their heads, which can alter from spikes along the top of their heads to spurs on their noses. Additionally, they may have varying types of scales and frills adorning their bodies.

Strawberry Lizards always have the TailTuft cosmetic. They may also have the 's WingScales cosmetic.

When snow begins to accumulate on a Strawberry Lizard, their pink coloration fades into a dull grey. Once the snow has been shaken off, they return to their usual pink color.

Trivia

 * If Strawberry Lizards are lineaged in other campaigns or spawned in sandbox mode, they lack the distinct tufts of crests on their head. This implies that Strawberry Lizards, as well as other Lizard types present in the Saint campaign, evolved these to adapt to the cold.
 * Almost all types prey on Strawberry Lizards, excluding s, s, s, and s
 * Strawberry Lizards are the only type of Lizard to eat.
 * The grappling mechanic that Strawberry Lizards employ is likely inspired by the early alphas of Rain World, where in one of the trailers, Rain World Alpha - "Slugcat Life", a can be seen doing the same thing.