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Sakishima grass lizard

Takydromus dorsalis Stejneger, 1904

Status not recordedlizards

The sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.4 g and reach 6.54 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.

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Quick facts about the sakishima grass lizard

Weight
3.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
6.54 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 3src 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 sakishima grass lizard?

SAKISHIMA GRASS LIZARD · LENGTH 6.54 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.54 cm, the recorded maximum length of the sakishima grass lizard is about 3.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the sakishima 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 sakishima grass lizard is listed for 1 country.

Japan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the sakishima 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 sakishima grass lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusTakydromus
  7. SpeciesTakydromus dorsalis Stejneger, 1904

Synonyms Apeltonotus dorsalis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Ishigaki-LangschwanzeidechseGerman
  • Sakishima-LangschwanzeidechseGerman
  • サキシマカナヘビJapanese
  • Jaszczurka trawiastaPolish
  • Jaszczurka długoogonowaPolish
  • 先島草蜥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the sakishima grass lizard

Other species in the same genus Takydromus.

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Common questions

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How big is the sakishima grass lizard?

An adult sakishima grass lizard weighs 3.4 g and measures 6.54 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the sakishima grass lizard live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sakishima grass lizard for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the sakishima grass lizard?

The sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sakishima-grass-lizard

MLA

“Sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sakishima-grass-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{sakishima_grass_lizard_2026,
  title = {Sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sakishima-grass-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}