What is Chinese crocodile lizard?

The Chinese crocodile lizard is a semiaquatic anguimorph lizard found only in cool forests in southeast China and northeast Vietnam. The Chinese crocodile lizard spends much of its time in shallow water or in overhanging branches and vegetation, where it hunts its prey of insects, snails, tadpoles, and worms. Individuals in captivity may be fed baby mice. A rare and little-studied lizard, it is listed in CITES Appendix I, which regulates international trade of specimens. This is the only species in the monotypic genus Shinisaurus. It is the only living member of the Shinisauria, a group of lizards whose fossil record extends back to the Early Cretaceous, over 120 million years ago.