The Yax Lizard - Yà Kè Xī - is a mythical creature named after a Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

 musical dance program Happy life Yaxshi (former name The Party's Policy Yaxshi) in the CCTV Spring Festival's Gala

CCTV New Year's Gala

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 2010. It was supposedly a Komodo Dragon

Komodo dragon

The Komodo dragon , also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang and Gili Dasami. A member of the monitor lizard family , it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of in rare cases...

. The name is derived from "Yakexi" , which is the Mandarin transliteration of an Uyghur term (；Uyghur romanisation：；Cyrllic Uyghur：) meaning 'good' or 'great'.

Name

It's mainly called Yax Lizard or Jacques Lizard .

Details

Han Han

Han Han

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 said that Yax Lizards live in the area between Gurbantünggüt Desert

Gurbantünggüt Desert

Gurbantünggüt Desert that occupies a large part of the Dzungarian Basin in northern Xinjiang, in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is approximately 50,000 square kilometers , and located around 300 to 600 meters above sea level...

 and Irtysh River, north to Dzungaria

Dzungaria

Dzungaria, also called Zungaria, is a geographical region in northwest China corresponding to the northern half of Xinjiang. It covers approximately , lying mostly within Xinjiang, and extending into western Mongolia and eastern Kazakhstan...

, Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

. They eat snails and even mice. They also arrive the riverine area of Irtysh River to eat dead fishes, river crabs, frogs and so on every year from April to June. To demonstrate their dissatisfaction towards Chinese government's propaganda, some netizens name the species as "Yakshit" by the Chinese character's pronunciation.

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