北草蜥Takydromus septentrionalis
地方名：草上飞、草蜥
形态特征：成体全长150～300mm，尾长是头体长的2.5～3.5倍。体细长，头尖细，头顶有对称性大鳞。体背鳞片大而起棱，通常中段为6纵行；腹面具起棱大鳞8纵行；颔片3对；鼠蹊孔1对。体色多变，头、躯干和尾背侧草绿、棕绿或棕色，腹面黄绿或灰白。成年雄性体侧常呈草绿色，偶见杂以深色色斑，部分个体体背外侧各具一条镶黑边的白色纵纹，自颈后延伸至尾部。腹面灰白色。
生活习性：栖息在山区和丘陵，多见于农田、果园、山坡、路边和溪边的草丛、灌木丛中。依靠较长的指、趾和细长的尾在草木上行动敏捷，取食方便。一遇惊扰，能迅速逃离。多以蝗虫、蛾类、甲虫等各类昆虫为食。卵生。产卵期5—8月；每次产卵2～4枚，多至6枚。
地理分布：中国特有种，国内分布于河南、山东、陕西、甘肃、四川、贵州、湖北、安徽、江苏、浙江、江西、湖南、福建、广东、广西。
环渤海地区分布：仅见于山东。
生存现状：无危（LC）。
31.Takydromus septentrionalis
Description Adutts up to 150-300mm in TOL; TAL is more than 2.5-3.5 times of SVL.Body is long and thin; head is thin and sharp; symmetrically big scales on the top of the head; big scales are ribbed on the dorsum; 6 lines in the middle part and 8 lines on the ventral side; three pairs of jaw pieces and one pair of inguinal pore; the body's color is changeable; head, body, the dorsum of the tail are grass green, brownish green or brown;ventral is yellow green or greyish white; the body sides of adult males are grass green,occasionally with dark spots; one white ventral is stripes with black rim on the dorsum, from the neck dorsum to the tail; the ventral is greyish white.
Behaviour Takydromus septentrionalis are generally found on the mountain areas and hills also in fields, orchards, hillsides, grass by the roadside and by the stream, bushes, etc.They move quickly on the grass and trees with longer fingers, toes, and slender tails to make them easy to eat.When they are disturbed, they can escape immediately.They have various food and mainly feed on locust, moth, beetles and other insects.The oviposition period is May to August, and they lay 2-4, up to 6 eggs each time.
Distribution Native to China: in Henan, Shandong, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei,Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.Distribution around Bohai Sea: only in Shandong Province.
Conservation Least Concern (LC).
