Meaning of Chinese crocodile lizard | Babel Free

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A semiaquatic anguimorph lizard, of species Shinisaurus crocodilurus, found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam.

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“From left: Chinese crocodile lizard Shinisaurus crocodilurus (L. W. Porras); flathead knob-scaled lizard Xenosaurus platyceps, Xenosauridae (L. J. Vitt).”

“The Anniellidae (North American Legless Lizards), Helodermatidae (Gila Monster), Lanthanotidae (Earless Monitor⟳), and Shinisauridae (Chinese Crocodile Lizard) have⟳ only one or two species; Xenosauridae (Knob-scaled Lizards) has six species in Mexico and northern Central America.”

“McDowell and Bogert (1954) argued that the present-day Xenosaurus (knob-scaled lizards) and Shinisaurus (Chinese crocodile lizard) are closely related to each other even though they differ⟳ considerably in overall appearance (Fig. 7.40A).”

“I saw⟳ a Japanese skink, a Chinese crocodile lizard, and a leopard gecko... They were all pretty docile.”

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