The Chinese water dragon’s size also depends on gender. Males can reach up to three feet long, and females are usually a little shorter. Their tails can be nearly 70% of their overall body length.

SO FAR, there have only been two years of the Water Dragon. The Dragon is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The years of ...

In 1845, scientists entered the Australian water dragon into the genus Physignathus with their cousins, the Chinese water dragon. DNA testing over the last few decades showed that Chinese and ...