Species:

Takydromus amurensis  PETERS, 1881

Synonyms:

Tachydromus amurensis  PETERS, 1881

Takydromus amurensis  STEJNEGER, 1907

Takydromus kwangakuensis  DOI, 1920

Takydromus auroralis  DOI, 1929

Tachydromus wolteri var. cupreus  PAVLOV, 1932

Tachydromus wolteri var. mandchuriensis  PAVLOV, 1932

Common names:

Amurschnellläufer (German)
Amur Grass Lizard (English)
Амурская долгохвостка (Russian)

Types:

Holotype: ZMB 9869

Terra Typica:

“Kissakewitsch” [= kossakewitcha] in the Amur River Valley, Russia.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Peters, W.C.H. (1881) -  Über eine neue Art von Tachydromus aus dem Amurlande. -  Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1881: 71-72.  

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• Schlüter, U. (2003) -  Takydromus amurensis. -  In: Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung Takydromus – Pflege, Zucht und Lebensweise. – Kirschner & Seufer, Keltern-Weiler. S. 50-52.   

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• Ma, W.-W. & Liu, H. & Zhao, W.-G. & Liu, P. (2016) -  The complete mitochondrial genome of Takydromus amurensis (Squamata: Lacertidae). -  Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1 (1): 214-215.    

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  The complete mitogenome sequence of Takydromus amurensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) is determined using long PCR for the first time in this study. It is a circular molecule of 17 333 bp in length (GenBank accession number: KU641018). Similar to the most other lizards, the complete mtDNA sequence of T. amurensis contained two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) and a control region (D-loop). The nucleotide composition was 31.23% A, 26.06% C, 13.91% G and 28.8% T. Mitochondrial genomes analyses based on NJ method yield phylogenetic trees, including 14 reported lizards belonging to three families (Lacertidae, Gekkonidae and Agamidae). These molecular data presented here provide a useful tool for systematic analyses of genus Takydromus.