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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Takydromus
Species: Takydromus dorsalis
Name

Takydromus dorsalis Stejneger, 1904: 294

Holotype: USNM 34162, collected A. Owston in April-June 1899.
Type locality: “Ishigaki shima, Yayeyama group”.

Native distribution areas

Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago: Yaeyama Group: Ishigakijima, Iriomotejima, Kohamajima and Kuroshima.

References
Primary references

Stejneger, L. 1904. A new species of lizard from the Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 47: 294–295. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Takydromus dorsalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 September 2019.
Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Takydromus dorsalis (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96265980A96266039. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96265980A96266039.en

Vernacular names
English: Sakishima Grass Lizard
日本語: サキシマカナヘビ

Takydromus dorsalis, the Sakishima grass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to Ishigaki Island in Japan.[2]
References

Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Takydromus dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96265980A96266039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96265980A96266039.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Takydromus dorsalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 May 2019.

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