Timon (lizard)
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Timon
| image = Benny Trapp Timon lepidus Jugendzeichnung Spanien.jpg
| image_caption = Timon lepidus
| taxon = Timon
| authority = Tschudi, 1836
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Six, see text.
}}
Timon is a genus of wall lizards in the family Lacertidae.{{cite web|title=Genus: Timon |url=http://pir.uniprot.org/taxonomy/399534|work=Uniprot: Taxonomy|publisher=UniProt Consortium|access-date=9 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824124506/http://pir.uniprot.org/taxonomy/399534|archive-date=24 August 2011}}
Species
The genus Timon contains the following six species which are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Timon}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Timon kurdistanicus {{small|(Suchow, 1936)}} - Kurdistan lizard
- Timon lepidus {{small|(Daudin, 1802)}} - ocellated lizard, jewelled lizard
- Timon nevadensis {{small|(Buchholz, 1963)}} - Sierra Nevada lizard
- Timon pater {{small|(Lataste, 1880)}}
- Timon princeps {{small|(Blanford, 1874)}} - Siirt lizard, Zagrosian lizard
- Timon tangitanus {{small|(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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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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Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi
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