Yax Lizard Yax Lizard The Yax lizard or Jacques lizard is a Chinese internet phenomenon related to the Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures. It mocks a musical dance program that excessively praised the Chinese government. The creature was supposedly a Komodo dragon. The name is derived from "yakexi" (), which is the Chinese transliteration of an Uyghur term "yaxshi" (), which means "good" or "great"; "xi" also means "lizard" in Chinese. It is named after the Xinjiang musical dance program "Happy life Yaxshi" (, formerly "The Party's Policy Yaxshi") in the CCTV Spring Festival's Gala 2010. In the program, singers and dancers sing
Iberian rock lizard Iberian rock lizard The Iberian rock lizard (Iberolacerta monticola or Lacerta monticola) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are mountain forests, shrubland, rivers and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Iberian rock lizard measures about from snout to vent with a long, slender tail twice as long again. It is somewhat flattened with finely boned, short limbs. The colour varies in different parts of its range. The general colour is light brown variously patterned with longitudinal bands of colour or longitudinal rows of