Takydromus kuehnei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Takydromus |
| Species: | T. kuehnei
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| Takydromus kuehnei Van Denburgh, 1909
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Etymology
editThe 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.[3]
Geographic range
editT. kuehnei is found in southeastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[2]
Description
editDorsally, T. kuehnei is olive or olive brown. Ventrally it is white. It has inguinal pores, 4–5 on each side.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of T. kuehnei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,110 m (3,640 ft).[1]
Behavior
editT. kuehnei is terrestrial[1] and diurnal.[1][2]
Reproduction
editT. kuehnei is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is one or two eggs, and a female may lay as many as four clutches in a year.[1]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Takydromus kuehnei kuehnei Van Denburgh, 1909
- Takydromus kuehnei vietnamensis Ziegler & Bischoff, 1999
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Nguyen TQ, Shang G, Yang J (2019). "Takydromus kuehnei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178242A112147973.en. Accessed on 25 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Takydromus kuehnei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 May 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Takydromus kuehnei, p. 147).
Further reading
edit- Stejneger L (1910). "The Batrachians and Reptiles of Formosa". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38: 91–114. (Takydromus kuehnei, p. 101).
- Van Denburgh J (1909). "New and Previously Unrecorded Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from the Island of Formosa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 3 (3): 49–56. (Takydromus kuehnei, new species, p. 50).
- Vogt T (1914). "Südchinesische Amphibien und Reptilien ". Sitzsungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1914: 96–102. (Takydromus chinensis, new species, pp. 98–99). (in German).
- Ziegler T, Bischoff W (1999). "Takydromus (Platyplacopus) kuehni vietnamensis ssp. n., eine neue Schnelläufereidechsen-Unterart aus Vietnam (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". Salamandra 35 (4): 209–226. (Takydromus kuehnei vietnamensis, new subspecies). (in German).
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