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. They have a pink hued head, and bright white for their main mass. Their head is adorned with two blunt, horn-like protrusions and various spines that are present on the end of its neck. Their main body is slim, similar to the, only much more prominently.

The tail of the Strawberry Lizard is long, with the end of it accommodated by various spines. These formations on the end of the lizard's tail, depending on the individual, sometimes appear similar to claws, though does not possess any differing qualities to a normal Lizards tail.

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 pull themselves rapidly across the map and latch onto with their tongue. This is similar to the Saint's own ability, but with more freedom of grapple point selection. Unlike most Lizards, Strawberry Lizards still attempt to pursue the Slugcat when gravely injured.

Despite their weak appearance, it takes about ~3 spear hits to kill a Strawberry Lizard. Though the Saint cannot throw spears, friendly Scavengers may assist in attacking Strawberry Lizards.

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 requires quick reaction to evade, and is easiest to dodge by noticing its wind-up. 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 strongly preferred 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. Strawberry Lizards' tongues are of similar length to that of s and likewise is 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.

Strawberry Lizards are very agile and can follow the player into every region, due to their proficiency in traversl, though their lack of swimming ability makes them unable to traverse Shoreline and Drainage System. While easily tamed and easy to traverse with, their unremarkable strength makes them vulnerable to various and other predators, meaning while portable, the Strawberry Lizard is not as efficient as more stronger lizards.

Variants & Attributes
Strawberry Lizards have a variety of colour schemes atop their head, varying from a salmon to watermelon pink.

The curvature of the horns atop their head can subtly alter, as well as their length. Additionally, their main body can occasionally be segmented with a cluster of spikes and frills, albeit less pronounced or frequent in comparison to other lizard variants, such as the.

Trivia

 * Their grapple tongue ability is similar to the Saint's, though much stronger.
 * If Strawberry Lizards are lineaged in other campaigns 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, evolved these crests to adapt to the cold.
 * 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. These 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 Lizards that eat.