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Kuhne's Grass Lizard
Takydromus kuehnei
Takydromus kuehnei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
From the article Takydromus kuehnei on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Dorsally, T. kuehnei is olive or olive brown. Ventrally it is white. It has inguinal pores, 4–5 on each side.
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. kuehnei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,110 m (3,640 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
T. kuehnei is oviparous. Clutch size is one or two eggs, and a female may lay as many as four clutches in a year.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
In human culture
The specific name, kuehnei, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Cheesman Thompson, who as a spy in Japan (1909–1911) used the nom de guerre Victor Kühne.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Takydromus kuehnei in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35486.