Takydromus khasiensis

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Java Grass Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Takydromus
Species: T. khasiensis
Binomial name
Takydromus khasiensis
Boulenger, 1917

Java Grass Lizard Takydromus khasiensis is a species of lizard. Distribution: India (Assam, Meghalaya), adjacent Myanmar (= Burma). Type locality: Khasi Hills, near Assam.



[edit] References

  • 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
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1917 A revision of the lizards of the genus Tachydromus. Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5 (6): 207-235
  • 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.