Have they ever been depicted as big black lizards?

Or am I thinking about a different race?

A former player of mine talked about playing a large lizard type creature, wookiee sized, but I am sure the picture he showed me was different than how the barabels are depicted in Edge and Wookieepedia.

They had a longer muzzle like Trandoshans, but were a different species.

He might have shown me a picture in a Saga, and a google search doesnt throw up anything familiar.

Cheers

RD

There is a Barabel NPC in the Edge core's adversary section.

They have been portrayed both as black and red.

There is a Barabel NPC in the Edge core's adversary section.

Yeah, I'm aware of that one, but the image is of a green, wide mouthed with a distinctive 'nose', while the one i remember being shown (if it was a barabel) had a more Trandoshan look, but was black.

The player at the time described it as being as big, if not abit bigger, and stronger than a wookiee.

There is a Barabel NPC in the Edge core's adversary section.

Yeah, I'm aware of that one, but the image is of a green, wide mouthed with a distinctive 'nose', while the one i remember being shown (if it was a barabel) had a more Trandoshan look, but was black. The player at the time described it as being as big, if not abit bigger, and stronger than a wookiee.

It was definatly something other than a Trandoshan.

Barabels typically have a rounder head where Trandoshans have horned ridges running forehead to the back of the head. The Barabels are awesome though. One of the better Jedi Characters from the later EU novels is Saba Sebatyne.

According to the images at <http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Barabels>, they came in a variety of colors, including red, green, blue, etc…. I can certainly imagine where some might be black or look black under some circumstances.

I’m not seeing any evidence where they are stronger than Wookiees, however.

According to the images at <http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Barabels>, they came in a variety of colors, including red, green, blue, etc…. I can certainly imagine where some might be black or look black under some circumstances.

I’m not seeing any evidence where they are stronger than Wookiees, however.

As I say, it may not be a barabel I am thinking of...

Ssi-ruu?

Maybe Ssi-ruuk (see <<http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chazrach>)? Both species are pretty nasty...

They have been portrayed both as black and red.

Wait, are we still talking Barabels or Lectroids from Buckaroo Banzai? Am I the only one envisioning a black-scaled shockboxer angrily exclaiming that his last name is pronounced "Big-Boo-TAY!"?

Maybe Ssi-ruuk (see <<http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chazrach>)? Both species are pretty nasty...

No, neither of those.... hrm....

There are also the tiss'shar (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tiss%27shar) and the Yinchorri (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yinchorri), but both of them are also green. The Sarkan (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sarkan) come in a variety of colors. There are also the Draethos (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Draethos_%28species%29), which are darker skinned, but a little different from the others.