Timon pater

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Timon pater
File:Timon pater (Wroclaw zoo)-1.JPG
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Species:
T. pater
Binomial name
Timon pater
(Lataste, 1880)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta ocellata pater
    Lataste, 1880
  • Lacerta lepida pater
    Angel, 1946
  • Lacerta pater
    Bischoff, 1982
  • Timon pater
    Mayer & Bischoff, 1996

Timon pater, the North African ocellated lizard,[1] is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae,[1][2][3] the wall lizards. The species is endemic to Northwest Africa.

Geographic range

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Timon pater is native to Tunisia, Algeria,[1][2] and possibly Morocco.[2]

Reproduction

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T. pater is oviparous.[1][2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e Timon pater at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2024.
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Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Lacerta ocellata Var. pater, p. 13).
  • Lataste F (1880). "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie ". Le Naturaliste 1 (39): 299, 306–307. (Lacerta ocellata pater, new subspecies, pp. 306–307). (in French).

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