Chinese crocodile lizard  (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)

Until recently, this species was thought to be restricted to the Dayao Shan mountain range of the east central Guangxi Province of south-eastern China, but in 2003 a population was also discovered in the Quang Ninh Province of north-eastern Vietnam (3) (7).

At elevations of between 600 and 2,400 ft above sea level, this semi-aquatic lizard inhabits clear shallow pools of slow-moving water with rocky and sandy bottoms with vines dangling above, in secondary evergreen and bamboo forests (8).