''Takydromus khasiensis'' (common names: Java grass lizard, Khasi Hills long-tailed lizard ) is a species of
lizard
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. It is found in
Northeast India (Assam, Meghalaya), adjacent
Myanmar
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(=Burma), and northern part of
Bangladesh. The
type locality is the
Khasi Hills.
[
The ]type series
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the ...
consists of three males and two females measuring respectively and in snout–vent length.[
]
References
Further reading
* 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
* 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 rratum in 26: 333* Schlüter, U. 2003 Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung ''Takydromus''. Kirschner & Seufer Verlag, 110 pp. eview in Draco 21: 91* Ziegler, Thomas, Wolfgang Böhme and Wolfgang Bischoff. 1999 Comments on the grass lizards (Lacertida, ''Takydromus'') of Vietnam and Myanmar. Hamadryad 24 (1): 39–42.
Takydromus
Reptiles of India
Reptiles of Bangladesh
Reptiles of Myanmar
Reptiles described in 1917
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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