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Lizards were scaly reptilian animals that came in a variety of sizes, colors, and patterns.[note 1]
Description[]
Lizards had a moderately elongated body, a tail that tapered down from their body width, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body.[3] They were non-venomous usually palm-sized[4][5] to two feet (sixty centimeters) in length, depending on species.[2]
Ecology[]
Lizards were most abundant in warm climates with forested or jungle terrain,[2] but lizards could be found most anywhere on land or underground except where very cold.[note 1]
Varieties[]
These varieties of lizard were known to exist in the Realms:
- Bharang
- A fast-moving insectivore, reddish in color, palm-sized, native to the rocky hills near Delzimmer in southeast Faerûn. Caught and used in food called scaletail.[4][5]
- Chameleon
- Unique lizards known for their distinctive color-changing skin.
- Frost lizard
- White magical lizards that used their camouflage and ice breaths to hunt in Icewind Dale and the Spine of the World.[6]
- Giant lizard
- A particularly large variety of lizard.
- Gila monster
- A poisonous but sluggish lizard with a painful bite[7] native to the Plain of Standing Stones.[8]
- Klonthaer
- A slow-moving insectivore, dusty brown in color, hand-sized, native to the rocky hills near Delzimmer in southeast Faerûn. Caught and used in food called scaletail.[4][5]
- Minotaur lizard
- A massive lizard with distinctive horns.
- Monitor lizard
- Charmed by yuan-ti to patrol lairs.[9]
- Riding lizard
- Used as a mount by drow and other intelligent races of the Underdark.[10]
- Shocker lizard
- Small and magical, they could deliver a nasty jolt. Possible familiar.[11][12][13]
- Spitting crawler
- A subterranean lizard with dangerous poison excretions.[14]
- Subterranean lizard
- A lizard commonly used in the Underdark as a pack animal.
- Treeclaw lizard
- A type of lizard from the Hordelands.
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Novels
- Sentinelspire
- Referenced only
- The Fanged Crown
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lizards are mundane animals brought from the real world into the world of Faerûn, and as such, they are generally not described in any detail in sourcebooks—readers must rely on their real-world knowledge. However, dangerous, challenging, and/or fantastical lizards will likely have their own page on the wiki.
External Links[]
Lizard article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 332. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 275. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ The dictionary definition of a lizard
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ed Greenwood (April 2001–May 2003). Elminster Speaks archive (Zipped PDF). Elminster Speaks. Wizards of the Coast. p. 48. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2016-09-03.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ed Greenwood (2002-05-01). Part #40: Delzemaeran Delicacies, Part 2. Elminster Speaks. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2017-06-29.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore, The Seven Swords (March 1999). The Accursed Tower. Edited by Dale Donovan. (TSR, Inc.), p. 9. ISBN 0-7869-1337-1.
- ↑ Kevin Melka (January 1997). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Venomous!”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #237 (TSR, Inc.), p. 47.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Anauroch”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 134. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 309. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 224–225. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 5. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 35. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 1991). The Drow of the Underdark. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-56076-132-6.