''Takydromus wolteri'', also known
commonly as the mountain grass lizard, 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 native to
East Asia
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.
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
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.
[ 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
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,
Korea
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, and eastern
Russia
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.
Reproduction
''T. wolteri'' is
oviparous
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.
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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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