Chinese alligator

Chinese alligator


Chinese alligator and belong to secret river similar, but it is much smaller size to. Adult Chinese alligator was rarely more than 2.1 m, usually only 1.5 meters. As Africa crocodile and Thailand alligator shape that big. Chinese alligator kiss short blunt, belong to an alligator. Because Chinese alligator looks very much like "dragon", so commonly known as the "earth dragon" or "pig woman dragon". Weigh about 36 kg. They head is opposite bigger, flake is more granular and ribbon grain.
The whole body have obvious division, divided into the head, neck and torso, legs and tail. The body skin covered with the leather, leather armor piece, abdominal the nail is higher. The dark brown or ink back, abdomen is gray, yellow tail minister and CeBian, grey black or seen alternate with surgery lines. Its tail is self-defense and attack the enemy weapons in the water, also plays the role of body forward to promote. Shorter limbs and powerful, and it's a fore and a pair of the hind legs have clear distinction: forelegs have five fingers, the fingers no web; There are four toes hind legs, four-toed webbed between toes. The structure features suitable for it can be in the water are also available in terrestrial life.



The tail is long and similar length. Head flat, kiss the nostrils long, located in the disc, a kiss to live. The body is leathery, abdomen is nail a soft; The nail nearly rectangle, in order; Have two trains the nail bumps form two crest body. Through Volume between toes limbs, with web, toe end has claws. The body on the back is, abdomen for gray front drab, since the anus backward and seen. CeBian tail. Born for small crocodile black, with the yellow horizontal grain.
Kiss of the Chinese alligator short and pure round, the front end of the kiss had nostril a couple. Interestingly, its nostrils have valve can open can be closed. Eye for all black, and have LIDS and film, so Chinese alligator eyes to open can be closed. Is national level of protection animals!