''Takydromus wolteri'', also known
commonly as the mountain grass lizard, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Lacertidae
The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...
. The species is native to
East Asia.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''wolteri'', is in honor of German amateur naturalist Karl Andreas Wolter, who collected the
holotype.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Takydromus wolteri'', p. 288).
Geographic range
''T. wolteri'' is found in eastern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Korea, and eastern
Russia.
Reproduction
''T. wolteri'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
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References
Further reading
* Arnold EN (1997). "Interrelationships and evolution of the East Asian grass lizards, ''Takydromus'' (Squamata: Lacertidae)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 119 (2): 267–296.
* Fischer JG (1885). "''Ichthyologische und herpetologische Bemerkungen. V. Herpetologische Bemerkungen'' ". ''Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten'' 2: 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 Society'' 127 (1): 88–99.
* Yu D-N, Ji X (2012). "The complete mitochondrial genome of ''Takydromus wolteri'' (Squamata: Lacertidae)". ''Mitochondrial DNA'' 24 (1): 3–5.
Takydromus
Reptiles described in 1885
Taxa named by Johann Gustav Fischer
Reptiles of China
Reptiles of Korea
Reptiles of Russia
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