Green grass lizard
Takydromus smaragdinus Boulenger, 1887
Status not recordedlizards
The green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.8 g and reach 5.04 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.
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Quick facts about the green grass lizard
- Weight
- 1.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.04 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 41.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the green grass lizard?
Where does the green grass lizard live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The green grass lizard is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the green 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 green grass lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyLacertidae
- genusTakydromus
- SpeciesTakydromus smaragdinus Boulenger, 1887
Synonyms Tachysaurus japonicus
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Grüne LangschwanzeidechseGerman
Relatives of the green grass lizard
Other species in the same genus Takydromus.
Asian grass lizard
Takydromus sexlineatus
Japanese grass lizard
Takydromus tachydromoides
Amur grass lizard
Takydromus amurensis
Sakishima grass lizard
Takydromus dorsalis
Kuhne's grass lizard
Takydromus kuehnei
Mountain grass lizard
Takydromus wolteri
CompareGreen grass lizard vs Asian grass lizardGreen grass lizard vs Japanese grass lizardGreen grass lizard vs Amur grass lizardGreen grass lizard vs Sakishima grass lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green grass lizard?
An adult green grass lizard weighs 1.8 g and measures 5.04 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the green grass lizard live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the green grass lizard for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the green grass lizard?
The green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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