Takydromus stejnegeri is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Taiwan.
Etymology The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Takydromus stejnegeri, p. 252).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of T. stejnegeri are grassland and rocky areas, at altitudes from sea level to .
Description The holotype of T. stejnegeri has a snout-to-vent length of , and the tail is long.Van Denburgh (1912).
Reproduction T. stejnegeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cheng H-Y (1987). "The status of a lacertid lizard Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh in Taiwan". Journal of Taiwan Museum 40 (2): 13–17. Schlüter U (2003). Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung Takydromus. Karlsruhe, Germany: Kirschner & Seufer Verlag. 110 pp. . (Takydromus stejnegeri, p. 87). (in German). Van Denburgh J (1912). "Concerning Certain Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 3: 187–258. (Takydromus stejnegeri, new species, pp. 243–245).