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Vietnamese crocodile lizard

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Vietnamese crocodile lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Shinisauridae
Genus: Shinisaurus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. c. vietnamensis
Trinomial name
Shinisaurus crocodilurus vietnamensis
Schingen, Le, Ngo, Pham, Ha, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2016

The Vietnamese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus vietnamensis) is a subspecies of the Chinese crocodile lizard. This subspecies is a semiaquatic lizard from Quảng Ninh Province in northern Vietnam.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Schingen; Le; Ngo; Pham; Ha; Nguyen; Ziegler (2016). "Is there more than one Crocodile Lizard? An integrative taxonomic approach reveals Vietnamese and Chinese Shinisaurus crocodilurus represent separate conservation and taxonomic units". Zool. Garten N.F. 85 (5): 240–260. doi:10.1016/j.zoolgart.2016.06.001.
  2. ^ "Crocodile lizard is one of 115 new species found in Greater Mekong". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ^ Template:Cite article
  4. ^ Shinisaurus crocodilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 February 2018.