Timon princeps

Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Timon princeps, commonly called the Siirt lizard or the Zagrosian lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
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Timon princeps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Species:
T. princeps
Binomial name
Timon princeps
(Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta princeps
    Blanford, 1874
  • Timon princeps
    Mayer & Bischoff, 1996
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Illustration of T. princeps, by G.H. Ford, from Blanford (1876).

Geographic range

Timon princeps is native to southwestern Iran (central Zagros Mountains near Shiraz), northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, and southeastern Turkey.[2]

Reproduction

T. princeps is oviparous.[2]

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