Stalker lizards are long, low reptilian omnivores native to the plains of Dantooine. They are deep purple to blue in color (closely matching the purple-hued grasses of that world). They are perfectly adapted to tracking and hunting animals in a plains environment. They have widely-spaced articulated limbs, which helps keep their bodies low to the ground (they seldom are more than one third of a meter tall at the shoulder), but they can run blindingly fast through the grasses (they have an immense stride).
Stalker lizards primarily hunt during early morning and early evening, when temperatures are slightly cooler (and their favorite food, nettars, are more likely to be feeding and thus less likely to detect approaching stalker lizards). However, they spend much of the night combing the plains of Dantooine looking for suitable nettar herds to attack while the animals are feeding. Stalker lizards build small warrens for shelter from daytime heat, but as the sun begins to set these animals emerge from their homes and begin combing the plains looking for nettars. In the course of a normal night, a stalker lizard can cover up to 50 kilometers, and their keen sense of smell helps them track down nettar herds. Once a herd has been spotted, the stalker lizard tries to sneak up on the herd unnoticed and once within about 50 meters of an animal, the stalker will make a lightning fast sprint toward its target.
Stalker lizards rely on surprise to startle prey and then use their tails and bodies for crushing constricting attacks, as many snakes are known to do. While stalker lizards do not have a venomous bite, their jaws are strong enough to crush the trachea of a nettar, which is often the killing blow. Often, the nettar is down before other members of the herd realize what has happened; fortunately for the rest of the herd, stalker lizards will take only one kill at a time and they are solitary hunters, so the herd has time to flee. | 
