Chinese crocodile lizard

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Chinese crocodile lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Xenosauridae Genus: Shinisaurus Species: S. crocodilurus
Binomial name
Shinisaurus crocodilurus Ahl, 1930

The Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is classed by IUCN as vulnerable. Little is known about it, since the Chinese crocodile lizard is found only in very small areas in the Hunan, Guangxi Zhuang, and Guizhou provinces of China. It is a popular animal in the illegal pet trade as it is slow moving and easily caught sleeping on branches above shallow ponds and streams where it hunts by day.

Chinese crocodile lizards hunt in shallow water during daylight.

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[edit] External link

• ARKive - images and movies of the Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)