Reptilian quadrupeds that predated the arrival of man, the Reptile People are now extinct, though their bodies are perfectly preserved within the catacombs of Irem, City of Pillars.
As told in The Nameless City, the Reptile People presently exist in ghost form, so it surprises me that the Malleus Monstrorum doesn't give information for them in this state like it does for the Beings of Ib. It instead just details their living form, which, unless the investigators are travelling millennia back through time or the Reptile People's mummified bodies are reanimated somehow, will never be encountered in this way. Perhaps this is why they didn't make it into the 7e Malleus Monstrorum.
At any rate, their stats are mostly human-ranged, save for slightly increased STR and SIZ, and slightly decreased INT. That's about all there is to say about them really.
In a video game...
As I mentioned above, the chance of running into a living Reptile Person are slim to none, so unless the story was specifically focused on their resurrection, I doubt they would be able to be used.
In a film...
I believe The Nameless City would actually make a pretty cool short film. It's locations are few, and the only CG needed would be the ghosts, so I imagine it would be doable on a limited budget.
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