Timon (lizard)
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| Timon | |
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| File:Benny Trapp Timon lepidus Jugendzeichnung Spanien.jpg | |
| Timon lepidus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Timon Tschudi, 1836 |
| Species | |
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Six, see text. | |
Timon is a genus of wall lizards in the family Lacertidae.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus Timon contains the following six species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Timon kurdistanicus (Suchow, 1936) - Kurdistan lizard
- Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) - ocellated lizard, jewelled lizard
- Timon nevadensis (Buchholz, 1963) - Sierra Nevada lizard
- Timon pater (Lataste, 1880)
- Timon princeps (Blanford, 1874) - Siirt lizard, Zagrosian lizard
- Timon tangitanus (Boulenger, 1887) - Moroccan eyed lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Timon.
References
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- ^ Genus Timon at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Tschudi JJ (1836). "Über ein neues Subgenus von Lacerta Cuv." Isis von Oken 29 (7): 546–551. (Timon, new subgenus, p. 551). (in German and Latin).
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