REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: LACERTIDAE: Takydromus

Takydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802

Six-lined lizard / long-tailed grass lizard

Photos & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

Range: Eastern Asia, from eastern India to Borneo and Singapore.

Diagnosis:

Description: Thin-bodied lizards with a tail more than three times the snout-vent length. Body covered in strongly keeled scales. Eyelids present, pupils round, ears exposed and nearly as large as the eyes. Limbs thin, well-developed, and pentadactyl with claws.

Natural History: These gracile lizards are residents of tall grasses, their incredibly long tails used as a counterbalance. 

Reproduction: Egg layers.

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Additional Comments: This is one of the most widespread lizards in the family Lacertidae.

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