INDIAN WATER DRAGON: PHYSIGNATHUS COCINCINUS

Despite occasionally being called the “Indian water dragon,” Physignathus cocincinus is more accurately known as the Indochinese, Chinese, Asian or green water dragon. It is not native to India, but to the warm forests of southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. This spectacular green lizard belongs to Agamidae—the family that also includes bearded dragons, flying dragons, thorny