小さくても恐竜っぽい風格のあるニホンカナヘビ（8月12日）

Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides)

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Japanese grass lizard.

🌻 I love facts n things u say also

*slams hands on desk like that one phoenix wright gif* Okay this might get a little long.

In the second episode of the anime Stars Align, there is a scene where the character Itsuki Ameno is playing with a lizard he found in the grass. His wiki page lists this as being a gecko, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...

Well, this is what it looks like:

This isn't a gecko.

Seeing this, I knew I had to do something. So like, half an hour later I came to two conclusions.

This is a skink in the genus Plestiodon. Going off of body shape alone this is clearly a skink, I've seen enough of them on sunny days to find them very easy to distinguish. I say this specific genus because while it is quite widespread across Asia and the Americas, it has several species that are native to Japan, many of which sport line markings similar to the lizard pictured here. However, many of the genuses with these markings have blue tails, and many of them are also listed as being endemic to the Ryukyu Islands (sidenote: afaik Stars Align takes place in Tokyo due to an area the main characters meet at a lot, Rokugo Watergate, being a sewage system or part of a sewage system in Tokyo. There are probably other things mentioning the show's location I'm just not great at noticing things). Unfortunately I couldn't find much information on where every specific species was found, so jury's still out on that one.

Another option is the Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides). While not a skink this lizard has a similar body structure and markings, as well as being a reasonable estimate geographically.

Big disclaimer to end this off on, I'm not a herpetologist, I just know that's not a gecko and I had to do something about it.

メスのイソヒヨドリがカナヘビの子供に食らいつく

https://photos.app.goo.gl/DS5x1vnLCyVY1RMYA

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Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides)

seemed a little cold for him

★ ちょいポル☆3月29日(臨時にちょいとポル☆シェ)。

カナヘビの視線を浴びながら春の香草収穫に励んだ3月29日水曜の朝。

阪神芦屋駅前のたこ焼きBarポルポさん前で就食活動させていただきました。

面子はドライフルーツシリーズ（トゥルルンイチジク／あまあっまミカン／艶かビワ）、葉ごとニンジン、ブロッコリー、三つ葉、チャード、よもぎ、土筆でございました。

僅かでも小作臭を醸し出すために連行した今回、春の香草で冬の毒抜き祭という商戦でしたが、なんと早々に完売いただき、ただのドライフルーツ屋に様がわりという流れに！

来たまんま持ち帰り内職間違いなし予想を初っ端に挫かれた仰天笑いで特大デトックス、まさに「もう十分に十分、余は満足じゃ」♪

食すまでの下処理作業が大きな壁と謳われる香草たちがまさかの大好評、春らしさを求める方との対人運気が今回は特段に良かったようです。

これぞ春の驚き桃の木山椒の木、農援食ッピングをありがとうございました！

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Takydromus tachydromoides, Japanese Grass Lizard, Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan

Fujifilm X-T3, Fujinon XF 100-400

323.2mm, f/5.4, 1.480

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Japanese Grass Lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides)

Japanese endemic species