Amur grass lizard - Amur grass lizard

Japanese: アムールカナヘビ - あむーるかなへび
Amur grass lizard - Amur grass lizard

...From spring to summer, one female lays eggs about three times, laying an average of about four eggs each time in a depression in the soil. In addition to this species, the Amur grass lizard T. amurensis (total length about 20 cm) of the same genus is found in Tsushima (and outside of Japan, from the Amur River area to the Korean Peninsula), and the beautiful green blue grass lizard T. smaragdinus (total length 20-25 cm) (illustration) is found in the Nansei Islands from Takara Island in the Tokara Islands to Miyako Island in the Miyako Islands. The Sakishima grass lizard Apeltonotus dorsalis is about 30 cm long and is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands, with only one other species of the same genus living in Fujian Province, China. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Amur grass lizard is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…春から夏にかけて1頭の雌が3回ほど産卵し,1回に平均4個ほどを土のくぼみに産む。日本には本種以外に同属のアムールカナヘビT.amurensis(全長約20cm)が対馬(国外ではアムール川周辺から朝鮮半島)に分布し,美しい緑色のアオカナヘビT.smaragdinus(全長20~25cm)(イラスト)が吐噶喇列島の宝島から宮古列島の宮古島までの南西諸島に分布している。サキシマカナヘビApeltonotus dorsalisは全長約30cm,八重山列島の固有種で同属は中国福建省に他の1種が生息するのみ。…

※「アムールカナヘビ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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