Jiaolong

''Jiaolong'' (|t=|p=jiāolóng|w=chiao-lung}}) or ''jiao'' (''chiao'', ''kiao'') is a dragon in Chinese mythology, often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling. It may have referred to a species of crocodile.

A number of scholars point to non- southern origins for the legendary creature and ancient texts chronicle that the Yue people once tattooed their bodies to ward against these monsters.

In English translations, ''jiao'' has been variously rendered as "''jiao''-dragon", "crocodile", "flood dragon", "scaly dragon", or even "kraken". Provided by Wikipedia