Chinese Crocodile Lizard

The Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is a semiaquatic lizard confined to Guangxi and Guangdong in southern China and to north-eastern Vietnam. It is the only living species in the family Shinisauridae and the genus Shinisaurus, the survivor of a lineage whose fossil record reaches back to the Early Cretaceous more than 120 million years ago. It lives along streams in subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest at 200-760 m, basking on rocks and on branches overhanging the water and diving in to escape danger. That habit has earned it the local name luoshuigou, the dog that falls in the water, while its long motionless spells have given it the name dashuishe, the great sleeping snake. It is a sit-and-wait predator, taking insects, earthworms, tadpoles and small fish. Habitat destruction from dams and mining, bycatch from poison and electrofishing, and illegal collection for the pet trade have caused a steep decline, and the IUCN assesses it as Endangered.

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Chinese Crocodile Lizard的壽命為人工飼養下10年以上（據飼養者報告，有超過15年的個體）。

Chinese Crocodile Lizard的成體體型為Total length 40-46cm, males slightly larger。

It is viviparous, with a gestation of about nine months and two to seven young born in April and May, each 10-15 cm long and weighing around 4 g.