Timon princeps

Timon princeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Timon
Species: T. princeps
Binomial name
Timon princeps
(Blanford, 1874)

Timon princeps (called the Siirt lizard or Zagrosian lizard) is a species of Timon which belongs to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.

Common name

Common names for this wall lizard are:

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

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of Timon princeps:

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

Family

Lacertidae, Sauria (lizards)

Distribution

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

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