- English Common Name
- Green Grass Lizard
- Scientific name
- Takydromus smaragdinus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Squamata, Family: Lacertidae
- Size
- 20 cm - 28 cm
- Species distribution
- Southern part of Tokara Group, Amami and Okinawa Groups
- Okinawan Common Name
- Nagaju, Jumi
- Green Grass Lizard’s long tail helps it maintain balance as it quickly climbs bushes.Like geckos, it sheds its tail under threat.
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- Updated in September 2017