Takydromus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Takydromus
Species (24): T. albomaculosus – T. amurensis - T. dorsalis – T. formosanus – T. hani – T. haughtonianus – T. hsuehshanensis – T. intermedius – T. khasiensis – T. kuehnei – T. luyeanus – T. madaensis – T. sauteri – T. septentrionalis – T. sexlineatus – T. sikkimensis – T. smaragdinus – T. stejnegeri – T. sylvaticus – T. tachydromoides - T. toyamai – T. viridipunctatus – T. wolteri – T. yunkaiensis

Name

Takydromus Daudin, 1802: 251

Type species: Takydromus quadrilineatus Daudin, 1802, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

Tachydromus Oppel, 1811 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Tachysaurus Gray, 1845: 52 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 3)]
Type species: Tachydromus japonicus Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by monotypy.
Apeltonotus Boulenger, 1917: 233 [synonymized with Platyplacopus by Pope (1935: 474)]
Type species: Tachydromus dorsalis Stejneger, 1904, by monotypy.
Platyplacopus Boulenger, 1917: 231 [synonymized by Arnold (1989: 246)]
Type species: Takydromus kuehnei Van Denburgh, 1909, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1917. A revision of the lizards of the genus Takydromus. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 207–235. BHL

Additional references

Lin, S.-M., Chen, C.A. & Lue, K.-Y. 2002. Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Grass Lizards Genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of East Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22(2): 276–288. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1059 Reference page.

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Arnold, E.N., Arribas, O. & Carranza, S. 2007. Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Lue, K.-Y. & Lin, S.-M. 2008. Two New Cryptic Species of Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Taiwan. Herpetologica 64(3): 379–395. DOI: 10.1655/07-030.1 Reference page.
Bobrov, V.V. 2013. Новый вид долгохвостки (Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae, Takydromus) из Южного Вьетнама [=A new species of grass lizard (Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae, Takydromus) from southern Vietnam] (In Russian). Current Studies in Herpetology 13(3/4): 97–100. Reference page.
Wang, Y.-Y., Gong, S.-P., Liu, P. & Wang, X. 2017. A New Species of the Genus Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Tianjingshan Forestry Station, northern Guangdong, China. Zootaxa 4338(3): 441–458. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.2. Reference page.
Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Yang, C.-Y., Li, Y.-L. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. A new species of the genus Takydromus (Squamata, Lacertidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 871: 119–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.871.35947 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Takydromus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 September 2019.
Takydromus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
i – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Langschwanzeidechsen
English: Grass Lizards
ไทย: สางห่า, จิ้งเหลนน้อยหางยาว
中文: 草蜥屬

Takydromus is a genus of lizards, commonly called grass lizards or oriental racers. Species of the genus Takydromus are endemic to a large part of Asia. Members of this genus are noticeable because of their slender appearance and their agile movements. The word takydromus derives from Greek ταχυδρόμος (takhudromos), "fast-running",[1][2] from ταχύς (takhus), "swift"[3] + δρόμος (dromos), "course, race".[4]

Description

Members of the genus Takydromus are extremely slender in appearance. The tail is about 2 to 5 times as long as the snout-vent length. The basic colour is normally brown, often with lateral stripes and dark spots. The dorsal scales are keeled and large. These keels form continuous longitudinal rows. The toes contain lamellae. The collar may be reduced or completely absent.[citation needed]
Distribution and habitat

The lizard genus Takydromus is found in Japan, in the Amur region of Russia, and throughout entire eastern Asia to Indonesia. These lizards are mainly terrestrial although some species can be found on trees. Some members of this genus are found both on rocks and in relatively damp forests. Other species inhabit open grasslands.[5]
Reproduction

Females of species of Takydromus lay 1–10 eggs per clutch and up to 6 clutches per year.[citation needed]
Species

The genus Takydromus belongs to the lizard subfamily Lacertinae, tribe Lacertini, and contains the following species:[6]

Takydromus albomaculosus Y. Wang, Gong, Liu & X. Wang, 2017
Takydromus amurensis (W. Peters, 1881) – Amur grass lizard
Takydromus dorsalis Stejneger, 1904 – Sakishima grass lizard
Takydromus formosanus (Boulenger, 1894) – Formosa grass lizard
Takydromus hani Chou, Truong & Pauwels, 2001 – southeast Asian green grass lizard
Takydromus haughtonianus (Jerdon, 1870) – Goalpara grass lizard
Takydromus hsuehshanensis J. Lin & Cheng, 1981
Takydromus intermedius Stejneger, 1924
Takydromus khasiensis (Boulenger, 1917) – Java grass lizard, Khasi Hills long-tailed lizard
Takydromus kuehnei Van Denburgh, 1909
Takydromus luyeanus Lue & S. Lin, 2008
Takydromus madaensis Bobrov, 2013 – Ma Da grass lizard
Takydromus sauteri Van Denburgh, 1909 – Koshun grass lizard
Takydromus septentrionalis (Günther, 1864) – China grass lizard
Takydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802 – Asian grass lizard, six-striped long-tailed grass lizard, long-tailed grass lizard
Takydromus sikkimensis (Günther, 1888) – Sikkim grass lizard
Takydromus smaragdinus (Boulenger, 1887) – green grass lizard
Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh, 1912
Takydromus sylvaticus (Pope, 1928) – Chung-an ground lizard
Takydromus tachydromoides (Schlegel, 1838) – Japanese grass lizard
Takydromus toyamai Takeda & Ota, 1996 – Miyako grass lizard
Takydromus viridipunctatus Lue & S. Lin, 2008
Takydromus wolteri (Fischer, 1885) – mountain grass lizard
Takydromus yunkaiensis J. Wang, Lyu & Y. Wang, 2019 – Yunkai grass lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Takydromus.
References

Takydromus Archived 2011-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, A Guide to the lizards of Borneo
ταχυδρόμος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
ταχύς, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
δρόμος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
"Wall Lizards, Rock Lizards, and Relatives (Lacertidae) | Encyclopedia.com".

Genus Takydromus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.