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Takydromus sexlineatus, the Asian grass lizard, six-striped long-tailed grass lizard, or long-tailed grass lizard, is an arboreal, diurnal species of lizard. The tail length is usually over three times the body (snout to vent) length in this species. [2] Males and females are similar, males being distinguishable by the presence of pre-anal pores.
The long-tailed brush lizard's gray or tan coloration keeps it well camouflaged against branches while it waits for insects. Unlike most other phrynosomatid lizards, which bury in the sand at night during warm weather, U. graciosus spends the night on the tips of branches.
Takydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802 – Asian grass lizard, six-striped long-tailed grass lizard, long-tailed grass lizard; Takydromus sikkimensis (Günther, 1888) – Sikkim grass lizard; Takydromus smaragdinus (Boulenger, 1887) – green grass lizard; Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh, 1912; Takydromus sylvaticus (Pope, 1928) – Chung-an ...
Lizards typically have rounded torsos, elevated heads on short necks, four limbs and long tails, although some are legless. [4] Lizards and snakes share a movable quadrate bone, distinguishing them from the rhynchocephalians, which have more rigid diapsid skulls. [5]
[1] [187] [7] The tail of the crocodile monitor is proportionally very long, typically 2–2.7 times the snout-to-vent length. [188] A weight of up to 20 kg (44 lb) usually is reported, [189] but in this slender and long-tailed arboreal species healthy adults (for example, discounting obese captives) typically weigh 2.5 to 6.38 kg (5.5–14.1 lb).
In glass lizards, the tail can be up to three quarters of their body length. The slender glass lizard, which is usually tan or brown with long stripes along the length of its body, can grow as ...
Most long-tailed lizards of the genus Latastia inhabit well vegetated sandy or gravelly plains and large wadis in western and eastern Africa. They can be found in semidesert scrubland and deciduous Acacia-Commiphora bushland where scrubby undergrowth is plentiful, [6] in moist savanna and high grassland [7] or in millet fields. [8]
Agama (from Sranan Tongo meaning "lizard") is a genus of small-to-moderate-sized, long-tailed, insectivorous Old World lizards. The genus Agama includes at least 37 species in Africa , especially sub-Saharan Africa , where most regions are home to at least one species.