Water Dragon Lizard Chinese Physignathus

Chinese water dragons can grow up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in total length, including the tail, and can live from 10 to 15 years. Coloration ranges from dark to light green, or sometimes purple with an orange stomach. Diagonal stripes of green or turquoise are found on the body, while the tail is banded from the middle to the end with green and white. Their undersides range from white, off-white, very pale green, or pale yellow. But their throats are considered to be more attractive, which can be quite colorful (blue and purple, or peach), some with a single color, some with stripes. Adult males have larger, triangular heads than females, develop larger crests on the head, neck, and tail, and are larger in general. The tail, slightly over two-thirds of the entire