Takydromus toyamai TAKEDA & OTA, 1996
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Miyako grass lizard |
Synonym | Takydromus toyamai TAKEDA & OTA 1996 Takydromus smaragdinus — STEJNEGER 1907:238 (part) Takydromus smaragdinus — VAN DENBURGH 1912: 247 (part) Tachydromus smaragdinus — BOULENGER 1917:223 (part) Tachydromus smaragdinus — BOULENGER 1921:146 (part) Takydromus smaragdinus — NAKAMURA & UENO, 1963: 131 (part) Takydromus smaragdinus — TAKENAKA 1979:30 (part) Takydromus smaragdinus — TOYAMA, 1976:69;1981:37 Takydromus smaragdinus — TOYAMA and Ota, 1991:241 (part) Takydromus smaragdinus — WALLEY 1993:14 (part) Takydromus (Platyplacopus) toyamai — ARNOLD 1997 Takydromus toyamai — SCHLÜTER 2003: 98 |
Distribution | Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago: Miyako group: Miyakoyima, Irabuyima)
Type locality: Hirara, Miyakoyima, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: KUZ 18818, adult male |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy after TAKEDA & OTA 1996 |
Etymology | Named after Mr. MasanaoToyama, a leading herpetologist of the Ryukyu Archipelago, who has made special contributionsto our knowledge of the herpetofaunaof the Miyako Group. |
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
- Asato, H., & Toda, M. 2024. Precocious maturation and semi-multivoltine lifecycle in a subtropical grass lizard, Takydromus toyamai. Current Zoology, zoae038 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Goris, R.C. & Maeda, N. 2004. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 pp.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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