Chinese crocodile lizard
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A semiaquatic anguimorph lizard, of species Shinisaurus crocodilurus, found only in cool…
A semiaquatic anguimorph lizard, of species Shinisaurus crocodilurus, found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam.
- From left: Chinese crocodile lizard Shinisaurus crocodilurus (L. W. Porras); flathead knob-scaled lizard Xenosaurus platyceps, Xenosauridae (L. J. Vitt).
- McDowell and Bogert (1954) argued that the present-day Xenosaurus (knob-scaled lizards) and Shinisaurus (Chinese crocodile lizard) are closely related to each other even though they differ considerably in overall appearance (Fig. 7.40A).
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