Takydromus wolteri
Appearance
Takydromus wolteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Takydromus |
Species: | T. wolteri
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Binomial name | |
Takydromus wolteri Fischer, 1885
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Takydromus wolteri, also known commonly as the mountain grass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to East Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, wolteri, is in honor of German amateur naturalist Karl Andreas Wolter, who collected the holotype.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]T. wolteri is found in eastern China, Korea, and eastern Russia.[3]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Borzee, A.; Milto, K.; Borkin, L.; Ji, X.; Zhao, W.; Shin, Y. (2022). "Takydromus wolteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T47756012A214715587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T47756012A214715587.en.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Takydromus wolteri, p. 288).
- ^ a b Takydromus wolteri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 01 June 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnold EN (1997). "Interrelationships and evolution of the East Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 119 (2): 267–296.
- Fischer JG (1885). "Ichthyologische und herpetologische Bemerkungen. V. Herpetologische Bemerkungen ". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 2: 82–121. (Takydromus wolteri, new species, pp. 82–85). (in German).
- Ma L, Liu P, Su S, Luo L-G, Zhao W-G, Ji X (2019). "Life-history consequences of local adaptation in lizards: Takydromus wolteri (Lacertidae) as a model organism". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127 (1): 88–99.
- Yu D-N, Ji X (2012). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Takydromus wolteri (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Mitochondrial DNA 24 (1): 3–5.