''Takydromus stejnegeri'' is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Lacertidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to Taiwan.
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 ...
, ''stejnegeri'', is in honor of Norwegian-American herpetologist
Leonhard Stejneger
Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with repti ...
.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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s of ''T. stejnegeri'' are grassland and rocky areas, at altitudes from sea level to .
Description
The
holotype
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of ''T. stejnegeri'' has a snout-to-vent length of , and the tail is long.
[ Van Denburgh (1912).]
Reproduction
''T. stejnegeri'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
.
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References
Further reading
* Cheng H-Y (1987). "The status of a lacertid lizard ''Takydromus stejnegeri'' Van Denburgh in Taiwan". ''Journal of Taiwan Museum'' 40 (2): 13–17.
* Schlüter U (2003). ''Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung'' Takydromus. Karlsruhe, Germany: Kirschner & Seufer Verlag. 110 pp. . (''Takydromus stejnegeri'', p. 87). (in German).
* Van Denburgh J (1912). "Concerning Certain Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa". ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series'' 3: 187–258. (''Takydromus stejnegeri'', new species, pp. 243–245).
Takydromus
Reptiles described in 1912
Taxa named by John Van Denburgh
Endemic fauna of Taiwan
Reptiles of Taiwan
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