Mountain grass lizard
Takydromus wolteri Fischer, 1885
Status not recordedlizards
The mountain grass lizard (Takydromus wolteri) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 2.85 g to 3.29 g and reach 5.12 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the mountain grass lizard
- Weight
- 2.85 g – 3.29 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.08 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2 – 5src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the mountain grass lizard?
Where does the mountain grass lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the mountain 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 mountain grass lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyLacertidae
- genusTakydromus
- SpeciesTakydromus wolteri Fischer, 1885
Synonyms Tachydromus wolteri, Tachydromus wolteri var. cupreus, Tachydromus wolteri var. mandchuriensis
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Nordøstligt LanghalefirbenDanish
- Tachidromo di montagnaItalian
- ヤマクサカナヘビJapanese
- 줄장지뱀Korean
- Корейская долгохвосткаRussian
- 白条草蜥Chinese
- 白條草蜥Chinese
Relatives of the mountain 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
Green grass lizard
Takydromus smaragdinus
CompareMountain grass lizard vs Asian grass lizardMountain grass lizard vs Japanese grass lizardMountain grass lizard vs Amur grass lizardMountain grass lizard vs Sakishima grass lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mountain grass lizard?
An adult mountain grass lizard weighs 2.85 g – 3.29 g and measures 5.08 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the mountain grass lizard?
The mountain grass lizard (Takydromus wolteri) 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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