Green Lizard



The Green Lizard is a species of lizard that is restricted to moving on the ground. They are the only species that is unable to climb poles. It is likely the first lizard the player will encounter. They are the heftiest lizards, making them very durable, slow, and strong. They are typically large with a black body and very prominent green head, tail, and sometimes spikes.

They are found in Outskirts, Industrial Complex, Subterranean, Chimney Canopy, Garbage Wastes and Farm Arrays, but may also spawn through lineages in Drainage System.

Any place with lots of ground access has a good chance of them spawning. They resemble large gators usually both in color and shape. Some variants possess more frilly spikes.

Charge Attack
Like other lizards, green lizards have a special charge attack where they will pause before lunging at you, but are otherwise very slow. This is signaled by the green lizard salivating a lot before growling and charging forward, snapping up prey should it be in the way. Often times however, green lizards will perform this attack even if they are on lower ground, making them sure to miss. In the case of a miss, it will be stunned for a brief moment, leaving the lizard vulnerable to a counter attack. Green lizards charge much more frequently than other lizard types, due to their typical slow speed.

Variants
Like all other lizards, Green lizards can differ greatly from one another. Possible colors and features can include:

Colors: Lime, Forest Green, Olive Green, Green-Yellow

Bodily Features: Spikes, Frills, Feathers

Note that not all lizards possess each of these features. For example, one lizard may be olive green with no spikes, while a neighboring lizard may be dark green with spikes on its tail. It's very difficult to find similar-patterned or similar-colored individuals.

Combat
Fighting green lizards tends to be fairly easy. Despite their resilience, a smack with a rock to the face will stun it as effectively as any other lizard. If it ever charges at you, backflipping, jumping, or just being on higher ground is the best thing to do between attacks. After being speared 3 times, green lizards will lose interest in slugcat and try to flee back to their homes. It takes at least 5 spears to cripple this lizard, and one more if you wish to kill it. They are incredibly slow, making it hard for them to flee, leaving them open to the will of the attacker.

Stealth
Sneaking past these guys is simple as their cones of vision often stay on ground level. Green lizards tend to just move in one direction continually, making it likely for them to bypass you completely. Avoid jumping or throwing objects in their presence if trying to avoid detection. They are also incredibly lazy, and will often ignore Slugcat if even slightly injured or just in a sleepy mood. They are not easily distracted once on you, though, but they are much slower than Slugcat.

Evasion
Green lizards are rather slow unless they are charging, and are clumsy with their bite attacks. A slugcat can backflip over them during a charge or outrun them on a straightaway. When in doubt, higher ground than a green lizard is the safest place to be. Examples include high ledges or poles, as seen above. The easiest way to avoid them is to simply crawl underneath them through pipes, or climb around above them. However, they are slow enough that a skilled player may find it easier to just run right passed them.

Taming
Very easy to tame, feeding one 2-3 blue lizards, scavengers, or squidcadas will typically do the trick.

Wolf Spiders and Blue Lizards are the Green Lizard's favorite food, feeding one of these creatures to them will be an instant tame unless your reputation is incredibly low.

Once tamed, the Green Lizard will attempt to follow you around and into your shelter. Like most lizards, it will guard you if you're in danger. However, due to their high rivalry rating, they will be very aggressive towards any other lizards, even other tamed lizards. In particular, they hate Cyans and other Greens the most. However, they are a very loyal and durable lizard, and will most likely be one of the most useful lizards to tame despite their handicapped movement.

Trivia

 * Greens are the laziest lizards, often letting you jump on their backs or get fairly close to them without lunging.
 * Green lizards appear to be resistant to electricity, as they are able to take multiple shocks from a red centipede.
 * Greens are very aggressive towards other lizards. This is due to their high "Aggressive Rivalry" relationship with other greens in the code. This is the highest inter-species aggressiveness in the game.
 * Greens have the second strongest base damage per bite and health, the first in both being Red.
 * Greens are the only lizards immune to worm grass, this is not a glitch but an intended feature. They are also strong enough to escape pole plants.
 * Greens are also the only lizards that will fight vultures instead of running away from them, but king vultures are an exception.
 * Greens are strong enough to put up a fight against Red Lizards.