You know how I see stubby toes on players? I'm tired of seeing that. Tired of seeing peg legs on players. Okay, fine. There is a little bit of toe space, but other than that, no.
Why not....make the animal-related armor transform the knight?
Like for wolvers, your feet and legs turn more wolver like, with fur and actually hind heels. (I think that is what it is called. :/)
The fur could just be prismatic, or at least related to the armor.
For lizard-related and dragon-related armor, your boring arcane salamander boots could be replaced by, in the picture below: