''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 Endemism, endemic to a large part of Asia. Members of this genus are noticeable because of their slender appearance ...

''. It is found in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi' (カナヘビ). 'Hebi' means 'snake' in

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

, although this lizard is not a

snake Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...

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

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

(also known as Schlegel's Japanese gekko, ''

Gekko japonicus Schlegel's Japanese gecko (''Gekko japonicus''), also known as ''yamori'' in Japanese, is a species of gecko. Taxonomy ''G. japonicus'' was classified by Hermann Schlegel in 1836. The specific epithet, ''japonicus'', is Modern Latin for Japan. D ...

'' ,or 'yamori' (ヤモリ) in Japanese) 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 The genus ''Eumeces'' (family (biology), family Scincidae) comprises four African to Middle-Eastern skink species. Systematics Recently two taxonomic revisions have been made regarding the 19th century genus ''Eumeces''. They both resulted in si ...

latiscutatus'', also ''Plestiodon latiscutatus''; the five lines on its back are only visible in its juvenile form).Kevin Short, Nature in Tokyo, Kodansha, 2000 Takydromus tachydromoidesFight

Live food

House cricket ''Acheta domesticus'', commonly called the house cricket, is a species of cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. ...

Waxworm Waxworms are the caterpillar larvae of wax moths, which belong to the family (biology), family Pyralidae (snout moths). Two closely related species are commercially bred – the lesser wax moth (''Achroia grisella'') and the Galleria mell ...

* Rough woodlouse

References

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