Ocellated Lizard

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Timon lepidus

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Species: T. lepidus
Binomial name
Timon lepidus
Daudin, 1802
Subspecies

T. l. ibericus Lîpez-Seoane, 1884
T. l. lepidus Daudin, 1802
T. l. nevadensis Buchholz, 1963
T. l. oteroi Castroviejo & Mateo, 1998

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Timon lepidus, the Ocellated Lizard (Portuguese: sardão, Spanish: Lagarto ocelado) is a species of Timon, a genus of lizard sometimes regarded as a subgenus of Lacerta, both of which belong to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.

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Timon lepidus is native to: Spain, Portugal, Southern France, North-western Italy. The range for each subspecies is:

  • Timon lepidus ibericus - North-western Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
  • Timon lepidus lepidus
  • Timon lepidus nevadensis - South-Eastern Spain
  • Timon lepidus oteroi

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