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It is commonly known as the Chinese water dragon, [2] [3] Indochinese water dragon, [4] [5] Asian water dragon, [6] [7] [5] Thai water dragon, [3] or green water dragon. [3] [5] Chinese water dragons are large diurnal lizards adapted for dense subtropical forests replete with unpolluted streams. They are semi-arboreal, roosting at night on ...
This group of lizards includes some more popularly known, such as the domesticated bearded dragon, Chinese water dragon, and Uromastyx species. One of the key distinguishing features of the agamids is their teeth, which are borne on the outer rim of their mouths ( acrodonts ), rather than on the inner side of their jaws ( pleurodonts ).
Boyd's forest dragon . Moloch (thorny devil) 1 Thorny devil (M. horridus) Physignathus (Chinese water dragon) 1 Chinese water dragon (P. cocincinus) Pogona (bearded dragons) 6 Central bearded dragon (P. vitticeps) Rankinia (heath dragon) 1 Mountain heath dragon (R. diemensis) Tropicagama (swamplands lashtail, northern water dragon) 1 Swamplands ...
Water dragon may refer to: Sea serpent, a type of sea monster that is sometimes known as the Water Dragon; Australian water dragon, Intellagama lesueurii, a lizard native to eastern Australia; Chinese water dragon, Physignathus cocincinus, a lizard native to mainland Asia; Saururus cernuus, plant species also known as water-dragon
The variant Chinese characters for the qiu or jiu dragon are 虯 and 虬, which combine the "insect radical" 虫 with phonetics of jiu 丩 "connect" and yin 乚 "hidden". This 虫 radical is typically used in Chinese characters for insects, worms, reptiles, and dragons (e.g., shen 蜃, jiao 蛟, and hong 虹).
Panlong (simplified Chinese: 蟠龙; traditional Chinese: 蟠龍; pinyin: pánlóng; Wade–Giles: p'an-lung; lit. "coiled dragon") is an aquatic dragon resembling a jiaolong 蛟龍 "river dragon; crocodile" in Chinese mythology, an ancient motif in Chinese art, and a proper name.
Jiao 蛟 illustration from the 1725 Gujin Tushu Jicheng. Jiaolong (simplified Chinese: 蛟龙; traditional Chinese: 蛟龍; pinyin: jiāolóng; Wade–Giles: chiao-lung) or jiao (chiao, kiao) is a dragon in Chinese mythology, often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling.
The large metallic scales and double barbels are features shared by the Chinese dragon, and the large pectoral fins are said to make the fish resemble "a dragon in full flight." [ 16 ] In Taoist divination, positive feng shui associations with water and the colours red and gold make these fishes popular for aquaria.