Japan / Hokkaido, Honschu, Schikoku, Kiuschu as well as the Oki islands, Yaku, Sado, Tsushima (?) and Nakanoshima/Tokara group. Probably translocated to Tajon, South Korea (type locality of Takydromus tachydromoides oldi).

Species:

Takydromus tachydromoides  (SCHLEGEL, 1838)

Synonyms:

Lacerta tachydromoides  SCHLEGEL, 1838

Tachydromus japonicus  DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

Tachydromus sexlineatus  HALLOWELL, 1860

Tachydromus holsti  BOULENGER, 1894

Takydromus tachydromoides  STEJNEGER, 1907

Takydromus tachydromoides oldi  WALLEY 1958

Common names:

Japanese Long-tailed Grass Lizard (English)
Japanischer Schnellläufer (German)

Types:

Syntypes: MNHN-RA 2664, MNHN-RA 1994.1874 (formerly MNHN-RA 2664A); ZMB 1046
Holotype: USNM 129818 (oldi

Terra Typica:

Nagasaki, Japan.


Taxonomic notes:

Die ssp. oldi WALLEY 1958 wird von ARNOLD (1997) nicht anerkannt und die Herkunft des Typusexemplares angezweifelt.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Schlegel, H. (1838) -  Lézard tachydromoïde. Lacerta tachydromides. -  In: Fauna Japonica auctore Ph. Fr. de Siebold. vol. 3. Reptilia elaborantibus C.J. Temminck et H. Schlegel. Lugduni Batavorum 1838: 101-102. Pl. 1 Fig. 5-7.    

  • Arnold, E.N. (1997) -  Interrelationships and evolution of the east Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae). -  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119 (2): 267-296.