Takydromus wolteri

Takydromus wolteri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Takydromus
Species:	T. wolteri
Binomial name
Takydromus wolteri Fischer, 1885

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

The specific name, wolteri, is in honor of German amateur naturalist Karl Andreas Wolter, who collected the holotype. ^[2]

Geographic range

T. wolteri is found in eastern China, Korea, and eastern Russia. ^[3]

Reproduction

T. wolteri is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. 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 .
2. 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).
3. Takydromus wolteri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 01 June 2019.

Further reading

• Arnold EN (1997). "Interrelationships and evolution of the East Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society119 (2): 267–296.
• Fischer JG (1885). "Ichthyologische und herpetologische Bemerkungen. V. Herpetologische Bemerkungen ". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten2: 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 Society127 (1): 88–99.
• Yu D-N, Ji X (2012). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Takydromus wolteri (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Mitochondrial DNA24 (1): 3–5.