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Takydromus tachydromoides
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Takydromus
Species:	T. tachydromoides
Binomial name
	Takydromus tachydromoides; (Schlegel, 1838)

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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).^[1]

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References

^ Kevin Short, Nature in Tokyo, Kodansha, 2000

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-'''''Takydromus tachydromoides''''' ('''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 language|Japanese]], although this lizard is not a [[snake]]. There are three lizards found in the four main islands of Japan. The other two are the Japanese [[gekko]] (also, Schlegel's Japanese gekko, ''[[Gekko japonicus]]''), and the Japanese five-lined [[skink]] (''[[Eumeces]] latiscutatus'', also ''Plestiodon latiscutatus''; this skink shows five lines only as a juvenile).<ref name="test">Kevin Short, Nature in Tokyo, Kodansha, 2000</ref>
+'''''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 language|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).<ref name="test">Kevin Short, Nature in Tokyo, Kodansha, 2000</ref>
-[[File:Takydromus tachydromoidesFight.JPG|thumb|left|A fight between two Japanese grass lizards]]
+[[File:Takydromus tachydromoidesFight.JPG|thumb|left|Copulation between two Japanese grass lizards]]
+[[File:Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides).png|thumb|left|Specimen in Tokyo]]
+==Live food==
+*[[House cricket]]
+*[[Waxworm]]
+*[[Rough woodlouse]]
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+{{Wikispecies|Takydromus tachydromoides}}
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+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Takydromus]]
 [[Category:Reptiles of Japan]]
+[[Category:Reptiles described in 1838]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel]]
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