Takydromus khasiensis (common names: Java grass lizard, Khasi Hills long-tailed lizard ) is a species of lizard. It is found in Northeast India (Assam, Meghalaya), adjacent Myanmar (=Burma), and northern part of Bangladesh. The type locality is the Khasi Hills.[2]

Takydromus khasiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Takydromus
Species:
T. khasiensis
Binomial name
Takydromus khasiensis
Synonyms

Tachydromus khasiensis Boulenger, 1917

The type series consists of three males and two females measuring respectively 44–48 mm (1.7–1.9 in) and 51–53 mm (2.0–2.1 in) in snout–vent length.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Boulenger, G.A. (1917). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Tachydromus". Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 5 (6): 207–235.
  2. ^ Takydromus khasiensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 March 2016.

Further reading edit

  • Arnold, E. N. 1997 Interrelationships and evolution of the east Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 119 (2) February, 1997, p 267-296
  • Lin, Si-Min; Chaolun Allen Chen and Kuang-Yang Lue 2002 Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Grass Lizards Genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of East Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 276-288 [erratum in 26: 333]
  • Schlüter, U. 2003 Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung Takydromus. Kirschner & Seufer Verlag, 110 pp. [review in Draco 21: 91]
  • Ziegler, Thomas, Wolfgang Böhme and Wolfgang Bischoff. 1999 Comments on the grass lizards (Lacertida, Takydromus) of Vietnam and Myanmar. Hamadryad 24 (1): 39–42.