A Chinese Lung illustrated by Douglas Carrell for the Dragonology books
The Chinese Lung is a species of dragon in the Dragonology books, based off Chinese mythology.
Description[]
A 40ft long dragon found throughout East Asia with blue or black scales, red horns, yellow mane, and whiskers which turn orange or red during the mating season. They live in underwater lairs, can speak many human languages, and eat fish and birds. They are considered friendly and wise.
Notes[]
In the first Dragonology book, the Complete Book of Dragons, the dragon was called the Asian Lung (Draco orientalis), and was 40ft long, blue, black, white or yellow. The book specified two sub varieties - the Japanese Lung with 4 toes and the Chinese Lung with 5 - this information was retconned in later books; 'Draco orientalis' was split into Chinese, Korean (4 toes), Japanese (now with 3 toes) and Indonesian subspecies, with Draco orientalis magnus being the Chinese Lung, who could be 40 ft long with blue or black scales and a yellow or white mane, and specific details from Helen Ward's illustration in the first book (such as the dark red horns) are invoked in the species details even in books without this coloured illustration.