Takydromus kuehnei explained
Takydromus kuehnei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, kuehnei, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Cheesman Thompson, who as a spy in Japan (1909–1911) used the nom de guerre Victor Kühne.[1]
Geographic range
T. kuehnei is found in southeastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
Description
Dorsally, T. kuehnei is olive or olive brown. Ventrally it is white. It has inguinal pores, 4–5 on each side.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. kuehnei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .
Behavior
T. kuehnei is terrestrial and diurnal.
Reproduction
T. kuehnei is oviparous. Clutch size is one or two eggs, and a female may lay as many as four clutches in a year.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Takydromus kuehnei kuehnei
- Takydromus kuehnei vietnamensis
Further reading
- Stejneger L (1910). "The Batrachians and Reptiles of Formosa". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38: 91–114. (Takydromus kuehnei, p. 101).
- Van Denburgh J (1909). "New and Previously Unrecorded Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from the Island of Formosa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 3 (3): 49–56. (Takydromus kuehnei, new species, p. 50).
- Vogt T (1914). "Südchinesische Amphibien und Reptilien ". Sitzsungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1914: 96–102. (Takydromus chinensis, new species, pp. 98–99). (in German).
- Ziegler T, Bischoff W (1999). "Takydromus (Platyplacopus) kuehni vietnamensis ssp. n., eine neue Schnelläufereidechsen-Unterart aus Vietnam (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". Salamandra 35 (4): 209–226. (Takydromus kuehnei vietnamensis, new subspecies). (in German).
Notes and References
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