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
Ctenophorus maculosus Ctenophorus maculosus Ctenophorus maculosus, commonly known as the Lake Eyre dragon lizard or salt-lake ground-dragon, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to South Australia. "C. maculosus" mainly inhabits the edges of salt lakes in South Australia, from which its common names are derived. It survives in this harsh habitat through adaptive mechanisms to tolerate high temperatures and lack of free water. The female "C. maculosus" possesses unique male rejection techniques which are currently the focus of further research. "C. maculosus" can be identified by a white to pale grey dorsal surface with black blotches and a white ventral surface