Chinese Water Dragon

 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬 is a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 and 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.It is 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 known as the 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧,𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧.

𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 are 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 and 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬; 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 can 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 up to 𝟗𝟎 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, including the 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥.The 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 is 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟕𝟎% of the 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡. The 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 is 𝟐𝟓 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and 𝟐𝟎 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬.In 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬, a 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞 of 𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 runs down the 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of the 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞. The 𝐭𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦 is 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝, with its 𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 by 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. There is a 𝐫𝐨𝐰 of 𝟖 or 𝟗 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 on the 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 of the 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐰.𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is usually a 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞 of 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 are 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to the 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 of 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 (𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐋𝐚𝐨𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝).

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 are 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 for 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 with 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬. They are 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 at 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 on 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬. 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐬 are their 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 of 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, though 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, and 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 make up a 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of the 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭 as well.

They are 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 as a 𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 at 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 of 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in the 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. The 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 to the 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 is 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 for 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 and the 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞.𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 is another source of 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.