Takydromus kuehnei
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Takydromus kuehnei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are two recognized subspecies. The specific name, kuehnei, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Cheesman Thompson, who as a spy in Japan (1909–1911) used the nom de guerre Victor Kühne.
T. kuehnei is found in southeastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam. Dorsally, T. kuehnei is olive or olive brown. Ventrally it is white. It has inguinal pores, 4–5 on each side. The preferred natural habitat of T. kuehnei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,110 m (3,640 ft).
T. kuehnei is terrestrial and diurnal. T. kuehnei is oviparous. Clutch size is one or two eggs, and a female may lay as many as four clutches in a year. Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Takydromus kuehnei kuehnei Van Denburgh, 1909 Takydromus kuehnei vietnamensis Ziegler & Bischoff, 1999 Stejneger L (1910). "The Batrachians and Reptiles of Formosa". Proceedings of the United States National... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kuhne's Grass Lizard sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 35 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and June–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kuhne's Grass Lizard in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in May and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kuhne's Grass Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Taipei, in our data
Taipei is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Kuhne's Grass Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kuhne's Grass Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Taipei (33 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
