Timon princeps

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Timon Princeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Subgenus: Timon Princeps

Timon Princeps is a subgenus of Timon which belongs to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.

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[edit] Common name

Common names for this wall lizard are:

  • English: Zagrosian Lizard
  • German: Zagroseidechse; kurdistanica: Kurdische Zagroseidechse

[edit] Subspecies

There are two subspecies of the Timon Princeps:

  • Timon princeps kurdistanica (SUCHOW, 1936)
  • Timon princeps princeps (BLANFORD, 1874)

[edit] Family

Lacertidae, Sauria (lizards)

[edit] Distribution

The Timon Princeps are native to SW Iran (central Zagros Mts. at the Shiraz region), SE Turkey, NE Syria and N Iraq

[edit] Source

SRSWWW server at EMBL-Heidelberg

[edit] Photos