---
title: "Japanese Grass Lizard"
description: "Takydromus tachydromoides — Gady. Takydromus tachydromoides, the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus Takydromus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/japanese-grass-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese Grass Lizard

> Takydromus tachydromoides — Gady. Takydromus tachydromoides, the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus Takydromus.

- Scientific name: *Takydromus tachydromoides*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 3483
- Wikidata: [Q615871](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615871)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68348](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68348)

## Names

- en: Japanese Grass Lizard
- de: Japanischer Schnellläufer

## Countries with the most observations

JP (3395)

## Summary

Takydromus tachydromoides, the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus Takydromus. It is found in Japan. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi' (ニホンカナヘビ). 'Hebi' means 'snake' in Japanese, although this lizard is not a snake. There are three species of lizards found on the four main islands of Japan. The other two are the Japanese gekko (also known as Schlegel's Japanese gekko, Gekko japonicus ,or 'yamori' (ヤモリ) in Japanese) and the Okada's Five-lined Skink (Eumeces latiscutatus, also Plestiodon latiscutatus; the five lines on its back are only visible in its juvenile form).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takydromus_tachydromoides

## Photo

![Japanese Grass Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-grass-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: heikindai_87 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71123421

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/japanese-grass-lizard?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).