Chinese crocodile lizard
Shinisaurus crocodilurus / Chinese crocodile lizard
- Habitat
- Densely vegetated and slow-flowing waters
- Continent
- Asia
- Food
- Insects, crustaceans, small fish
- Gestation/breeding period
- 8 - 12 months
- Mode of life
- Solitary
- Class
- Reptiles
- Order
- Squamata
Key facts
~ 40 cm
lenght
200 - 400 g
weight
~ 20 years
age
How endangered are Chinese crocodile lizards?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
- Vulnerable
-
Endangered Endangered - Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The Chinese crocodile lizard does not lay eggs but gives birth to live young.
Chinese crocodile lizard on the zoo tour
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