Vietnamese crocodile lizard
Appearance
Vietnamese crocodile lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Shinisauridae |
Genus: | Shinisaurus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. c. vietnamensis
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Trinomial name | |
Shinisaurus crocodilurus vietnamensis Schingen, Le, Ngo, Pham, Ha, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2016
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Crocodile lizard is one of 115 new species found in Greater Mekong". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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- ^ Shinisaurus crocodilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 February 2018.