Strawberry Lizard

Strawberry Lizards, also known as Fairy Lizards or Zoop Lizards, are a new variant of found exclusively in the Downpour DLC. They are exclusive to 's campaign unless lineaged.

Appearance
Strawberry Lizards are most notable for their small, narrow size and tongue grappling ability. Their diet consists of the standard Lizard prey, though their preferred prey are.

Combat
Strawberry Lizards are somewhat clumsy and slow on the ground; however, they pose a decent threat due to their ability to both latch onto with their tongue, and to use those same tongues to pull themselves rapidly across the map, similar to the Saint's own ability but with more freedom of grapple point selection. Like all Lizards, they can be stunned by hitting their head with, and made vulnerable to use (though in the Saint's campaign, this requires  to be present, and for them to use the window of opportunity appropriately). Strawberry Lizards still attempt to pursue the Slugcat even when sustaining grave injuries.

It takes about 2-3 spear hits to kill a Strawberry Lizard.

Stealth
Strawberry Lizards have poor hearing, but compensate by being on the move constantly, making them a nuisance to evade; however, they can easily be distracted by insignificant prey such as the Batflies they hunt, giving Slugcat an opportunity to escape.

Evasion
Strawberry Lizards cannot outpace the walking speed of Slugcat without use of their tongue, and have difficulty walking in ragged, uneven terrains. Their tongue attack needs a quick reactions to be evaded, and is easiest to dodge if one can recognize the signs that precede an attempt. Throwing Batflies at them may give a window of opportunity to escape, but this can be unreliable once they are actively chasing Slugcat. They are capable of hurling themselves at prey even if it is in mid-air, or hanging from the ceiling, so active evasion is a strongly preferred strategy when being chased.

In a pinch, standard methods for scaring off Lizards, such as the use of or routing through terrain with other Lizards (to encourage territorial fighting) still work.

Grapple Tongue
Strawberry Lizards can shoot out their tongue and pull themselves towards the location of where it landed, as long as it does not land on a living creature. They use this to reach prey attempting to take advantage of terrain to evade them. The tongue of Strawberry Lizards is of similar length to that of s and is likewise used to catch prey from a distance.

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

Due to being eaten by most other lizards, they are not very good at defending the Slugcat and are useless in fighting beyond being a meat shield. However, they are very agile and can follow the player into every region, although due to their lack of swimming skill it is impossible to get very far with them in Shoreline and Drainage System.

Trivia

 * Their grapple tongue ability is similar to the Saint's, though much stronger.
 * If they are made to appear in other campaigns through the Lineage System or spawned in sandbox mode, they lack the distinct tufts of hair on their head. This implies that Strawberry Lizards, as well as other Lizard types present in the Saint campaign, developed these crests on their head as an evolutionary adaptation.
 * Almost all types prey on Strawberry Lizards, excluding s, s, s, and s.
 * Strawberry Lizards accumulate snow on their bodies when moving through open rooms that are exposed to snow fall, their color gradually turning from pink to pale grey as more snow accumulates. The snow clumps fall off when entering a warmer area or can be dislodged when the lizard uses their grapple ability.
 * Strawberry Lizards are the only Lizard that eats.