Lizard Pokémon
30 Pokémon are based on or look like lizards, geckos and salamanders. They run from Charmander (#0004) to Miraidon (#1008).
Lizard Pokémon facts
- Most lizard Pokémon are Water types (7 of 30), then Fire (6) and Dragon (6).
- Generation 8 added the most (7 of 30).
- Heaviest: Koraidon (303 kg). Lightest: Sobble (4 kg).
- First partner Pokémon: Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile and 5 more.
- Legendary: Koraidon and Miraidon.
- Paradox Pokémon: Koraidon and Miraidon.
- Baby Pokémon: Magby and Toxel.
All 30 Lizard Pokémon
Each Pokémon is here because its lore page on pokee.si says it is based on or inspired by lizards, geckos and salamanders, or looks like them. Game Freak does not always say what inspired a design, so some of these are well-supported readings, not official facts.
| # | Pokémon | Type | Why it counts | Gen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #0004 | Charmander | Fire | A lizard with a salamander theme, from fire folklore. | 1 |
| #0005 | Charmeleon | Fire | Points to a lizard, or the mythical fire salamander. | 1 |
| #0006 | Charizard | Fire/Flying | A dragon with a dash of lizard and salamander. | 1 |
| #0194 | Wooper | Water/Ground | Looks like a young salamander with feathery gills like an axolotl. | 2 |
| #0195 | Quagsire | Water/Ground | Modelled on a giant salamander and named for one. | 2 |
| #0240 | Magby | Fire | Its back spike makes it look like a baby iguana. | 2 |
| #0252 | Treecko | Grass | A gecko, specifically a leaf-tailed gecko. | 3 |
| #0253 | Grovyle | Grass | Draws on the leaf-tailed gecko and a theropod dinosaur. | 3 |
| #0254 | Sceptile | Grass | A leaf-tailed gecko with a dinosaur look. | 3 |
| #0258 | Mudkip | Water | Appears to be a mudpuppy or mudskipper, or maybe an axolotl. | 3 |
| #0259 | Marshtomp | Water/Ground | A salamander-like Pokémon based on a mudpuppy or mudskipper. | 3 |
| #0352 | Kecleon | Normal | A chameleon, maybe a panther chameleon or Cape dwarf chameleon. | 3 |
| #0559 | Scraggy | Dark/Fighting | A lizard that looks like it is shedding its skin. | 5 |
| #0560 | Scrafty | Dark/Fighting | Appears to be a lizard shedding its skin. | 5 |
| #0621 | Druddigon | Dragon | Linked to the red-headed rock agama, a real lizard. | 5 |
| #0694 | Helioptile | Electric/Normal | Most likely a frilled lizard, with a frill of its own. | 6 |
| #0695 | Heliolisk | Electric/Normal | A frilled lizard whose open frill looks like the sun. | 6 |
| #0757 | Salandit | Poison/Fire | A salamander, some of which are toxic. | 7 |
| #0758 | Salazzle | Poison/Fire | A salamander, real and mythical, plus whiptail lizards. | 7 |
| #0816 | Sobble | Water | Modelled on the veiled chameleon, whose males share its colours. | 8 |
| #0817 | Drizzile | Water | A veiled chameleon again, a little older than Sobble. | 8 |
| #0818 | Inteleon | Water | A chameleon with the crest of a basilisk lizard. | 8 |
| #0848 | Toxel | Electric/Poison | Based on lizards and frogs, mainly the poison dart frog. | 8 |
| #0849 | Toxtricity | Electric/Poison | A lizard-like punk guitarist, maybe with agama or newt touches. | 8 |
| #0886 | Drakloak | Dragon/Ghost | A lizard-like Pokémon that also mixes in prehistoric amphibians. | 8 |
| #0887 | Dragapult | Dragon/Ghost | A floating, salamander-like Pokémon shaped like a stealth bomber. | 8 |
| #0967 | Cyclizar | Dragon/Normal | Based on lizards such as anoles and fan-throated lizards. | 9 |
| #0980 | Clodsire | Poison/Ground | Mixes a giant salamander with the Iberian ribbed newt. | 9 |
| #1007 | Koraidon | Fighting/Dragon | Blends lizards, feathered dinosaurs and off-road motorbikes. | 9 |
| #1008 | Miraidon | Electric/Dragon | A serpent-like dragon mixed with fan-throated lizards. | 9 |
Lizard Pokémon by type
A Pokémon with two types is counted once for each type.
- Normal: 4
- Fire: 6
- Water: 7
- Electric: 5
- Grass: 3
- Fighting: 3
- Poison: 5
- Ground: 4
- Flying: 1
- Ghost: 2
- Dragon: 6
- Dark: 2