Chinese crocodile lizard

English right|thumb|A Chinese crocodile lizard Noun A semiaquatic anguimorph lizard, of species Shinisaurus crocodilurus species, found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam. en 2009 Laurie J. Vitt; Janalee P. Caldwell Herpetology 3rd Elsevier, Academic Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h9vTfspYf_IC&pg=PA544&dq=%22Chinese+crocodile+lizard%22%7C%22Chinese+crocodile+lizards%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXmZjzmLf8AhU9HLcAHToqASEQ6AF6BAhdEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizard%22%7C%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizards%22&f=false 544 From left: Chinese crocodile lizard Shinisaurus crocodilurus (L. W. Porras); flathead knob-scaled lizard Xenosaurus platyceps, Xenosauridae (L. J. Vitt). en 2013 George R. Zug Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jpts77fVJ94C&pg=PA203&dq=%22Chinese+crocodile+lizard%22%7C%22Chinese+crocodile+lizards%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXmZjzmLf8AhU9HLcAHToqASEQ6AF6BAheEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizard%22%7C%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizards%22&f=false 203 w:University of California Press 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. en 2019 Hans-Dieter Sues The Rise of Reptiles w:Johns Hopkins University Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qGycDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA136&dq=%22Chinese+crocodile+lizard%22%7C%22Chinese+crocodile+lizards%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXmZjzmLf8AhU9HLcAHToqASEQ6AF6BAgREAI#v=onepage&q=%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizard%22%7C%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizards%22&f=false 136 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). en 2020 Patora Fuyuhara In Another World With My Smartphone: Volume 21 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Fkv6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137&dq=%22Chinese+crocodile+lizard%22%7C%22Chinese+crocodile+lizards%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXmZjzmLf8AhU9HLcAHToqASEQ6AF6BAhgEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizard%22%7C%22Chinese%20crocodile%20lizards%22&f=false unnumbered I saw a Japanese skink, a Chinese crocodile lizard, and a leopard gecko... They were all pretty docile. Translations Shinisaurus crocodilurus Chinese: Cantonese: yue Mandarin: cmn 瑤山鱷蜥 Finnish: fi kiinankrokotiililisko, fi kiinankyhmylisko French: fr lézard crocodile de Chine f German: de Chinesische Krokodilschwanzechse f Italian: it Vietnamese: vi thằn lằn cá sấu Further reading Shinisaurus crocodilurus 1 Shinisaurus 1