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Physignathus cocincinus is a species of agamid lizard native to southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. [2] 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.
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 ...
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 ).
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 reputation derives from the species' resemblance to the Chinese dragon, considered an auspicious symbol in Chinese mythology. [19] 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]
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis; simplified Chinese: 鼍; traditional Chinese: 鼉; pinyin: tuó), [5] also known as the Yangtze alligator (simplified Chinese: 扬子鳄; traditional Chinese: 揚子 鱷; pinyin: yángzǐ'è), China alligator, [2] or historically the muddy dragon, [6] is a crocodilian endemic to China.
E. laticeps is distinct from these other species of Enyalioides in that it has homogenous sized caudal scales for each caudal section. [3] The Enyalioides wood lizard also closely resembles a variety of Asian dragons, such as the Chinese water dragon, and the Tuatara of New Zealand.
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. It may have referred to a species of crocodile.