Yellow Lizard



The Yellow or Orange Lizard is the only pack hunting lizard in the game. They are equal in mobility to pink lizards, but are significantly faster. They have a black body with either orange or yellow coloration in their heads, tails, and spikes. They have antennae used to communicate with other Orange lizards.

Oranges are found in the Exterior, Farm Arrays and Sky Islands, but may also spawn rarely through lineages in Outskirts, Chimney Canopy, Garbage Wastes, Industrial Complex and Shaded Citadel.

Group Hunting
The only species in the game to actively use group hunting strategy. One will typically go in your direction while the others will circle around to block off your escape route if they can. They communicate via their large antennae, which they will often have stiffen and vibrate when idle. There is typically one boss Orange lizard that is more aggressive and has longer antennae. If one lizard sees you, all orange lizards in that room see you.

Combat
Difficult to fight, not because they're very tough as they go down in 2 spear hits, but because Orange lizards are rarely found alone. You'll have to kill and avoid multiple lizards at a time, but the strategy of going back and forth in a pipe to lure them into a spearable position works well enough. It’s also viable to slide at them and spear them in the mouth, gravely injuring the lizard and creating an opening. They are also fairly bad at catching you in the air, so backflipping over them works if no other option is available. Orange lizards will try and hunt slugcat down by surrounding and eventually cornering it, so avoid corners and watch out for incoming lizards as you fight them. They are very clumsy and have a tendency to fall off poles, which can be fatal in places like the Wall.

The weakness in a pack usually lies with the alpha, the lizard with the longest antennae. Killing the alpha will confuse the other lizards and destroy their coordination. Sometimes the alpha is hard to distinguish from the normal pack members.

Orange lizards have a 25.0% or 1/4 chance to kill the player with each bite.

Stealth
Difficult to stealth past, as if one lizard spots you, they all do. But is possible provided you crawl and are far away.

Evasion
Run or get to higher ground. They aren't hard to outrun but will try and box you in if they can; if you are about to get boxed in, look for an opening to backflip over them. When on the Wall, keep dropping down if you can. They'll flop after you but some will tend to flop early and will fall off, resulting in their deaths.

Taming
It's possible to tame. The code suggests feeding one about 4-5 squidcadas might work, although you can use 2-3 grappling worms if nothing else. Taming one will separate it from its pack and cause it to become aggressive towards untamed lizards. Taming the alpha does not cut communications with its previous pack.

Variants
These lizards have a great variety of colors and features, but all yellow lizards have antennae. Colors typically vary from red-orange, orange, and finally yellow. Bodily features typically include feathers or quills, but do not include more intimidating features like spikes.

Trivia

 * Yellow Lizards have the lowest rivalry with their own species out of all lizards.
 * Their base speed is the second highest of any lizard species, with Red Lizards being the highest.
 * They are the only lizards that have antennae.