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Amur grass lizard

Takydromus amurensis Peters, 1881

Status not recordedlizards

The amur grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 5.3 g to 6.75 g and reach 7.5 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the amur grass lizard

Weight
5.3 g – 6.75 gsrc for Weight
Length
5.17 cm – 7.5 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5 – 8src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the amur grass lizard?

AMUR GRASS LIZARD · LENGTH 7.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.5 cm, the recorded maximum length of the amur grass lizard is about 4.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the amur grass lizard live?

Not recorded

Is the amur grass lizard endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the amur grass lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusTakydromus
  7. SpeciesTakydromus amurensis Peters, 1881

Synonyms Tachydromus amurensis, Tachydromus wolteri var. cupreus, Tachydromus wolteri var. mandchuriensis, Takydromus auroralis, Takydromus kwangakuensis

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • bičochvost amurskýCzech
  • Amur-langhalefirbenDanish
  • AmurschnellläuferGerman
  • Amur-LangschwanzeidechseGerman
  • Tachidromo dell'AmurItalian
  • アムールカナヘビJapanese
  • 아무르장지뱀Korean
  • Амурская долгохвосткаRussian
  • 黑龍江草蜥Chinese
  • 黑龙江草蜥Chinese

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Relatives of the amur grass lizard

Other species in the same genus Takydromus.

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Common questions

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How big is the amur grass lizard?

An adult amur grass lizard weighs 5.3 g – 6.75 g and measures 5.17 cm – 7.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the amur grass lizard?

The amur grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Amur grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-grass-lizard

MLA

“Amur grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-grass-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{amur_grass_lizard_2026,
  title = {Amur grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-grass-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}