Vietnamese crocodile lizard
Vietnamese crocodile lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Shinisauridae |
Genus: | Shinisaurus |
Species: | S. crocodilurus |
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 Greater Mekong Subregion in northern Vietnam.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Crocodile lizard is one of 115 new species found in Greater Mekong". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ↑ "Shinisaurus crocodilurus vietnamensis • Is there more than one Crocodile Lizard? An Integrative Taxonomic Approach Reveals Vietnamese and Chinese Shinisaurus crocodilurus Represent Separate Conservation and Taxonomic Units". Novataxa. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ↑ Virata, John (19 December 2017). "Vietnamese Crocodile Lizard Discovered In 2003 Finally Confirmed As Separate Subspecies". Reptiles Magazine. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ↑ Shinisaurus crocodilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 February 2018.
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