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Chinese crocodile lizard is indexed among the 17,243 entries in Vinony's Endangered Species collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, Chinese crocodile lizard is referenced by 110 other articles, and connects out to CITES, Anguimorpha and China.
It sits within the topics Anguimorpha, Endangered Fauna of China and Fauna listed on CITES Appendix II.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
EndangeredChinese Crocodile Lizard
species
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Mass
- 46.6
- Image
- Chin-krokodilschwanzechse-01.jpg
- Length
- 138
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Shinisaurus crocodilurus
- Commons category
- Shinisaurus crocodilurus
- Commons gallery
- Shinisaurus crocodilurus
- taxon common name
- 鳄蜥
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- S. crocodilurus
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Encyclopedic overview
The Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is a semiaquatic anguimorph lizard found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam. The Chinese crocodile lizard spends much of its time in shallow water or in overhanging branches and vegetation, where it hunts its prey of insects, snails, tadpoles, and worms. Individuals in captivity may be fed baby mice. A rare and little-studied lizard, it is listed in CITES Appendix II, which regulates international trade of specimens. This is the only species in the monotypic genus Shinisaurus. It is the only living member of Shinisauria, a clade of lizards whose fossil record extends back to the Early Cretaceous, over 120 million years ago.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinese crocodile lizard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.