''Takydromus tachydromoides'', the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus ''

Takydromus ''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 thei ...

''. It is found in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi' (カナヘビ). 'Hebi' means 'snake' in Japanese, although this lizard is not a

snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...

. There are three lizards found in the four main islands of Japan. The other two are the Japanese

gekko ''Gekko'' is a genus of Southeast Asian geckos, commonly known as true geckos or calling geckos, in the family Gekkonidae. Although species such as ''Gekko gecko'' (tokay gecko) are very widespread and common, some species in the same genus hav ...

(also, Schlegel's Japanese gekko, ''

Gekko japonicus Schlegel's Japanese gecko (''Gekko japonicus''), also known as ''yamori'' in Japanese, is a species of gecko. It is found in eastern China, Japan, and South Korea. Distribution ''Gekko japonicus'' occurs across the main islands of Japan, ranging ...

''), and the

Okada's Five-lined Skink The Okada's five-lined skink or Far Eastern skink (''Plestiodon latiscutatus'', Jap. オカダトカゲ ''Okada-Tokage'') is a species of lizard which is endemic to Japan. Taxonomy The species was first described by the American herpetologist ...

('' Eumeces latiscutatus'', also ''Plestiodon latiscutatus''; this skink shows five lines only as a juvenile).Kevin Short, Nature in Tokyo, Kodansha, 2000 Takydromus tachydromoidesFight

Live food

* House cricket * Waxworm * Rough woodlouse

References

Takydromus Reptiles of Japan Reptiles described in 1838 Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel {{Lacertidae-stub