Xianglong (SciiFii)

The Chinese flying lizard (Xianglong shanghaiensis, name meaning "Shanghai flying dragon" in Chinese), also known as the Chinese flying dragon and, inaccurately, the Chinese draco, is a species of arboreal lizard that originally lived in the Zhuanchengzi, near Yizhou, Yixian, Liaoning Province of China, during the Barremian-age Lower Cretaceous, as an extinct species, Xianglong zhaoi, and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii due to demand for exotic prehistoric pets. It is an acrodont lizard, and it is grouped with iguanians such as agamines, chamaeleonids, and leiolepidines. The most notable feature about Chinese flying lizard is its bizarre oversized ribs, eight on each side, which are attached to a membrane of body tissue and allow the Chinese flying lizard to glide. The Chinese flying lizard is considered a better glider than the draco lizard and can glide for an even longer distance, being able to glide as much as half a football field. The Chinese flying lizard is, on average, 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in) long, 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in) of which is tail. The Chinese flying lizard is a solitary insectivore that prefers to feed on flies, beetles, gnats, moths, and other small flying insects, and usually spends most of its life alone except during the breeding seasons.
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