Takydromus wolteri

Takydromus wolteri, also known commonly as the mountain grass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to East Asia.

Takydromus wolteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Takydromus
Species:	T. wolteri
Binomial name
Takydromus wolteri Fischer, 1885

Etymology

The specific name, wolteri, is in honor of German amateur naturalist Karl Andreas Wolter, who collected the holotype.[1]

Geographic range

T. wolteri is found in eastern China, Korea, and eastern Russia.[2]

Reproduction

T. wolteri is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Takydromus wolteri, p. 288).
2. Takydromus wolteri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 01 June 2019.

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.