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Takydromus smaragdinus BOULENGER, 1887

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Green Grass Lizard
G: Grüne Langschwanzeidechse 
SynonymTachydromus smaragdinus BOULENGER 1887: 509
Tachysaurus japonicus ADAMS 1848
Tachydromus smaragdinus — BOULENGER 1887: 509
Tachydromus smaragdinus — STEJNEGER 1907: 236
Takydromus smaragdinus — HAUSCHILD 1986
Takydromus smaragdinus — MATSUI 1996
Takydromus (Platyplacopus) smaragdinus — ARNOLD 1997
Takydromus smaragdinus — SCHLÜTER 2003: 83 
DistributionJapan (northern and central Ryu-Kyu Islands)

Type locality: probably from the central Ryu-Kyu Islands (TAKEDA & OTA 1996)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.4.53-63 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “smaragdinus” for “emerald,” an obvious allusion to the bright green ground color of this species. 
References
  • Arnold, E. N. 1997. Interrelationships and evolution of the east Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 119 (2) February, 1997, p 267-296 - get paper here
  • Barbour, Thomas 1909. Notes on Amphibia and Reptilia from Eastern Asia. Proc. New England zool. Club 4: 53-78, 2 plates - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 2005. Die echten Eidechsen der Familie Lacertidae - eine Übersicht. Draco 5 (21): 4-27 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. H. Pryer in the Loo Choo Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 146-150 - get paper here
  • DANIER, A. 2010. Eidechsen aus dem Land der aufgehenden Sonne - über die Terrarienhaltung und Nachzucht von Takydromus smaragdinus BOULENGER, 1887. Die Eidechse 21 (2):33-39. - get paper here
  • Danier, A. 2013. Langschwanzeidechsen aus Okinawa. Terrarienhaltung und Nachzucht von Takydromus smaragdinus. Reptilia (Münster) 18 (104): 67-71 - get paper here
  • Goris, R.C. & Maeda, N. 2004. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 pp.
  • Günther, A. 1888. On a collection of reptiles from China. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 1: 165-172 - get paper here
  • Hauschild, A. 1986. Bermerkungen zur Haltung und Zucht der Langschwanzeidechse Takydromus sexlineatus ocellatus CUVIER, 1829. Herpetofauna 8 (44): 11-15 - get paper here
  • Lin, Si-Min; Chaolun Allen Chen and Kuang-Yang Lue 2002. Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Grass Lizards Genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of East Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 276-288 [erratum in 26: 333] - get paper here
  • Lue, Kuang-Yang and Si-Min Lin 2008. Two New Cryptic Species of Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Taiwan. Herpetologica 64 (3): 379-395 - get paper here
  • Mochida, K & Toda, M; 2019. Takydromus smaragdinus (Green Grass Lizard) Color polymorphism. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 379-380 - get paper here
  • Mochida, Koji, Tomohiko Shimada and Shizuka Tsuneki. 2013. Takydromus smaragdinus (green grass lizard) overwinter shelter. Herpetological Review 44 (3): 515 - get paper here
  • Mochida, Koji; Takahide Sasai, Yohei Kadota, Mari Nishikawa, Makoto M. Itou and Mamoru Toda 2018. Thermal Reaction Norms of Locomotor Performance in Lacertid Lizards of the Genus Takydromus. Current Herpetology Aug 2018, Vol. 37, No. 2: 114-123. - get paper here
  • Okamoto, Taku 2016. Historical Biogeography of the Terrestrial Reptiles of Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Geographic Ranges and Molecular Phylogenies. Species Diversity of Animals in Japan, pp 135-163; DOI<br />10.1007/978-4-431-56432-4_5 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • RÖßLER, R. 1992. Die grüne Langschwanzeidechse - Takydromus smaragdinus - Ein Haltungs- und Zuchtbericht. Die Eidechse 3 (5): 3-5 - get paper here
  • Schlüter, U. 2003. Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung Takydromus. Kirschner & Seufer Verlag, 110 pp. [review in Draco 21: 91, Elaphe 13 (2): 22] - get paper here
  • Sclater, J.A. 1950. Bionomic notes on some reptiles form Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 3: 113-116 - get paper here
  • Stejneger, LEONHARD H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 58: xx, 1-577 - get paper here
  • Takeda, N. & H. OTA 1996. Description of a new species of Takydromus from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and a taxonomic redefinition of T. smaragdinus BOULENGER 1887 (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Herpetologica 52 (1): 77-88. - get paper here
 
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