Timon (lizard)

Timon is a genus of wall lizards in the family Lacertidae.<ref name=uniprot-tp>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Species

The genus Timon contains the following six species which are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

• Timon kurdistanicus Template:Small - Kurdistan lizard
• Timon lepidus Template:Small - ocellated lizard, jewelled lizard
• Timon nevadensis Template:Small - Sierra Nevada lizard
• Timon pater Template:Small
• Timon princeps Template:Small - Siirt lizard, Zagrosian lizard
• Timon tangitanus Template:Small - Moroccan eyed lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Timon.

Further reading

• 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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