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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 ...
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.
Water dragon may refer to: Sea serpent, a type of sea monster that is sometimes known as the Water Dragon; Water dragon, animal species in the genus Physignathus. Australian water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii; Chinese water dragon, Physignathus cocincinus; Saururus cernuus, plant species also known as water-dragon
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 ...
The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii) and Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) can also exceed this length. [26] [27] The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) has length up to 85 cm (2.79 ft) and mass up to 870 g (1.92 lb), [28] probably even 900 g (2 lb) [29]
The ancient chronicle Nihongi contains references to mizuchi.Under the 67th year of the reign of Emperor Nintoku (conventionally dated 379 AD), it is mentioned that in central Kibi Province, at a fork on Kawashima River (川嶋河, old name of Takahashi River in Okayama Prefecture), a great water serpent or dragon (大虬) dwelt and would breathe or spew out its venom, poisoning and killing ...
Physignathus is a monotypic genus of lizards known as the Chinese water dragon. Physignathus may also refer to: Physignathus, a character in the Greek comedy Batrachomyomachia; Sphodropsis physignathus, a species of the genus of beetles Sphodropsis