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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 ...
(Australian water dragon) 1 Australian water dragon (I. lesueurii) Lophognathus: 2 Gilbert's lashtail (L. gilberti) Lophosaurus (forest dragons) 3 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 ...
Beibeilong (Chinese: 贝贝龙, transl. baby dragon) is a genus of large caenagnathid dinosaurs that lived in China during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 96 million to 88 million years ago. The genus contains a single species, Beibeilong sinensis.
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.
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 ).
The Four Holy Beasts (四靈、四聖獸、or 四大神獸) are Chinese astronomical and cultural Four Benevolent Animals that are spread in the East Asian cultural sphere. They are mentioned in the Chinese classic Book of Rites [ 1 ] and includes the Dragon (龍) in the East, the Qilin (麟) in the West, the Turtle (龜) in the North, and the ...
T. temporalis migrated from Australia to New Guinea during the Pliocene epoch, sometime between 2.3 and 4.7 million years ago . It then migrated from New Guinea across Lydekker's Line into Wallacea less than 1 Ma, during the mid-Pleistocene epoch. [4] Wallacea is a zone of mixing between fauna of the Indomalayan and Australasian ecozones. [6]
Laurence Yep & Joanne Ryder, A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (2015): told from the point of view of a dragon named Miss Drake. Julie Kagawa, Talon series (2014–2018): revolves around dragons with the ability to disguise themselves as humans and an order of warriors sworn to eradicate them.