Takydromus tachydromoides

Takydromus tachydromoides
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Conservation status
File:Status iucn3.1 LC.svg Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Takydromus
Species:	T. tachydromoides
Binomial name
Takydromus tachydromoides (Schlegel, 1838)

Takydromus tachydromoides, the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus Takydromus. It is found in Japan. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi' (カナヘビ). 'Hebi' means 'snake' in Japanese, although this lizard is not a snake. There are three species of lizards found on the four main islands of Japan. The other two are the Japanese gekko (also known as Schlegel's Japanese gekko, Gekko japonicus ,or 'yamori' (ヤモリ) in Japanese) and the Okada's Five-lined Skink (Eumeces latiscutatus, also Plestiodon latiscutatus; the five lines on its back are only visible in its juvenile form).

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Copulation between two Japanese grass lizards

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Specimen in Tokyo

Live food

• House cricket
• Waxworm
• Rough woodlouse