Takydromus sauteri

Takydromus sauteri, known commonly as the Koshun grass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Orchid Island in Taiwan.[1]

Takydromus sauteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Takydromus
Species:	T. sauteri
Binomial name
Takydromus sauteri Van Denburgh, 1909

Etymology

The specific name, sauteri, is in honor of German entomologist Hans Sauter.[2]

Description

The dorsum of T. sauteri is bright green. The upper lip and the venter are white.[3]

The tail is very long, 4.2 times the snout-to-vent length (SVL).[1]

Reproduction

T. sauteri is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Takydromus sauteri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 01 June 2019.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Takydromus sauteri, p. 233).
3. Van Denburgh (1909).

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.
• Lin SM, Chen CA, Lue KY (2002). "Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Grass Lizards Genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of East Asia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22 (2): 276–288.
• Schlüter U (2003). Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung Takydromus. Karlsruhe, Germany: Kirschner & Seufer Verlag. 110 pp. ISBN 978-3980420761. (Takydromus sauteri, p. 67). (in German).
• Stejneger L (1910). "The Batrachians and Reptiles of Formosa". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38: 91-114. (Takydromus sauteri, p. 101).
• Van Denburgh J (1909). "New and Previously Unrecorded Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from the Island of Formosa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 3: 49–56. (Takydromus sauteri, new species, p. 50).