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Asian grass lizard

Takydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802

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The Asian grass lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3.24 g to 4.28 g and reach 5.58 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the Asian grass lizard

Weight
3.24 g – 4.28 gsrc for Weight
Length
5.58 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
5 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
4 – 5src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the Asian grass lizard?

ASIAN GRASS LIZARD · LENGTH 5.58 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.58 cm, the recorded maximum length of the Asian grass lizard is about 3.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the Asian grass lizard live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Asian grass lizard as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the Asian 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 Asian grass lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusTakydromus
  7. SpeciesTakydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802

Synonyms Tachydromus kwangsiensis, Tachydromus meridionalis, Tachydromus ocellatus, Tachydromus sexlineatus var. aenofuscus, Tachydromus typus, Takydromus quadrilineatus, Takydromus sexlineatus meridionalis, Takydromus sexlineatus ocellatus, Takydromus sexlineatus ocellatus

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Oriental long-tailed grass lizardEnglish
  • Oriental long-tailed racerunnerEnglish
  • Six-striped long-tailed grass lizardEnglish
  • Six-striped long-tailed lizardEnglish
  • Seksstribet LanghalefirbenDanish
  • Sechsstreifen-LangschwanzeidechseGerman
  • Sechsstreifige-langschwanzeidechseGerman
  • hosszúfarkú gyíkHungarian
  • Kadal RumputIndonesian
  • Tachidromo dalle sei lineeItalian
  • ムスジカナヘビJapanese
  • Зондская долгохвосткаRussian
  • Шестилинейчатая долгохвосткаRussian
  • งูขาThai
  • กระหางThai
  • งูคาThai
  • จิ้งเหลนน้อยหางยาวThai
  • สางห่าThai
  • Liu điuVietnamese
  • 南草蜥Chinese

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Relatives of the Asian grass lizard

Other species in the same genus Takydromus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Asian grass lizard?

An adult Asian grass lizard weighs 3.24 g – 4.28 g and measures 5.58 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the Asian grass lizard an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the Asian grass lizard as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the Asian grass lizard?

The Asian grass lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{asian_grass_lizard_2026,
  title = {Asian grass lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-grass-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}