Green Lizard



The green lizard is a species of lizard that is solely mobile on the ground. It is the first lizard the player will likely encounter. They tend to be 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. Variants tend to acquire more frilly spikes, especially in Drainage.

Charge Attack
Like other lizards, green lizards have a special charge attack where they will rev up before lunging at you, but tend be slow other than that. This is signaled by the green lizard salivating a lot before growling in a revving motion before charging forward, snapping up slugcat should he 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 have the highest "LungeTendency" stat, meaning they will charge much more frequently than other lizard types.

Variants
Like all other lizards, Green lizards can differ greatly from one another. Here is a list of possible colors and bodily features that define lizards from one another:

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

Bodily Features: Spikes

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.

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 escape is not available.

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.

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

Trivia

 * Greens are the laziest lizards, often letting you jump on their backs or get fairly close to them without lunging
 * Greens tend to be aggressive to other greens more often than not. 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 with the first being Red
 * Greens are the only lizards immune to living grass, this is not a glitch but an in code feature. they also can be found escaping pole plants with their strength
 * Greens are also the only lizards that will fight vultures instead of running away from them, but king vultures are an exception
 * Greens are resistant to electricity, even from red centipedes, being briefly stunned
 * Greens are strong enough to kill Red Lizards