Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Timon
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Ocellated Lizards
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Perleidechsen
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Perlefirben
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1836 |  |
Timon Tschudi (type species: Lacerta ocellata Daudin 1802) |
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1843 | |
Chrysolamprus Fitzinger (type species: Lacerta ocellata Daudin 1802; syn. Arnold, Arribas & Carranza 2007) |
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1868 | |
Agetosaura Gistel (type species: Lacerta margaritata Schinz 1833; syn. Mertens & Wermuth 1960; Mayer & Bischoff 1996) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 2 (33.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym or subgenus of
Lacerta. Revalidated as separate genus by Mayer & Bischoff (1996). See remarks under tangitanus regarding the presence of this genus in Western Sahara.
Introduced to:
Spain
(Balearic Islands:
Mallorca),
United Kingdom
(England).
Distribution:
SW. Europe, NW. Africa, Middle East.
Reported from:
Algeria,
Andorra,
France,
Gibraltar,
Iran,
Iraq,
Italy,
Morocco,
Portugal,
Spain,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Western Sahara.
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Timon kurdistanicus
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Kurdish Ocellated Lizard
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Kurdische Perleidechse
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Kurdisk Perlefirben
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1936 | |
Lacerta princeps kurdistanica Suchov |
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Timon princeps kurdistanica Sindaco, Venchi, Carpaneto & Bologna 2000 |
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Timon kurdistanicus Ahmadzadeh, Carretero, Harris, Perera & Böhme 2012 |
Distribution:
Iran,
Iraq,
Turkey.
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Timon lepidus
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Northern Ocellated Lizard, (European Ocellated Lizard, Jewelled Lizard, Eyed Lizard)
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Nördliche Perleidechse, (Europäische Perleidechse)
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Nordligt Perlefirben, (Europæisk Perlefirben)
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1802 | |
Lacerta lepida Daudin |
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Timon lepidus Mayer & Bischoff 1996 |
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1802 | |
Lacerta jamaicensis Daudin (Böhme (ed.) 1984) |
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1802 | |
Lacerta ocellata Daudin [not Lacerta ocellata Forskål 1775 (Scincidae)] (Böhme (ed.) 1984) |
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1804 | |
Lacerta occitanica Herrmann (Böhme (ed.) 1984) |
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1834 | |
Lacerta margaritata Schinz [1833-35] [substitute name for Lacerta ocellata Daudin 1802] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1884 | |
Lacerta ocellata iberica Seoane (Böhme (ed.) 1984) |
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Lacerta lepida iberica Bischoff 1993 |
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1969 | |
Lacerta stiegleri Larue (Bischoff 1982) |
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1993 | |
Lacerta lepida oteroi Regalado & Arias (Bischoff 1996) |
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Timon lepidus oteroorum Michels & Bauer 2004 [justified emendation] |
Remarks:
Previously included nevadensis, pater and tangitanus.
Introduced to:
Spain
(Balearic Islands:
Mallorca),
United Kingdom
(England).
Distribution:
Andorra,
France,
Gibraltar,
Italy,
Portugal,
Spain.
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Timon lepidus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Timon nevadensis
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Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard
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Südostiberische Perleidechse
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Sydøstiberisk Perlefirben
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1963 | |
Lacerta lepida nevadensis Buchholz |
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Timon lepidus nevadensis Mayer & Bischoff 1996 |
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Timon nevadensis Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Böhme, Ihlow, Kapli, Miraldo & Rodder 2016 |
Remarks:
Miraldo (2009) suggested that nevadensis could be a separate species.
It has subsequently been treated as such by several authors (e.g., Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Böhme, Ihlow, Kapli, Miraldo & Rodder 2016).
Distribution:
Spain.
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Timon pater
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North African Ocellated Lizard
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Nordafrikanische Perleidechse
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Nordafrikansk Perlefirben
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Lacerta ocellata pater Lataste |
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Lacerta pater Bedriaga 1886 |
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Lacerta lepida pater Angel 1946 |
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Timon pater Mayer & Bischoff 1996 |
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1885 | |
Lacerta ocellata viridissima Boettger (Boulenger 1920) |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Bischoff (1982) and Busack (1987).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Tunisia.
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Timon princeps
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Zagros Ocellated Lizard, (Zagros Lizard)
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Zagroseidechse
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Zagros-perlefirben
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Lacerta princeps Blanford |
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Timon princeps Mayer & Bischoff 1996 |
Remarks:
Previously included kurdistanica. Bischoff (1996) included Syria in the range of the species, but Disi & Böhme (1996) and Sindaco, Venchi, Carpaneto & Bologna (2000) did not.
Distribution:
Iran.
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Timon tangitanus
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Moroccan Ocellated Lizard
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Marokko-Perleidechse
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Marokkansk Perlefirben
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Lacerta ocellata var. tangitana Boulenger |
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Lacerta pater tangitana Mateo 1990 |
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Lacerta tangitana Mateo, Lopez-Jurado & Guillaume 1996 |
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Timon tangitanus Arnold, Arribas & Carranza 2007 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym or subspecies of lepidus, and more recently of pater.
Status in Western Sahara is uncertain.
Large lizards were recorded from the country by Valverde (1957) as lepidus.
These lizards may in fact have been an undescribed species or, more likely, tangitanus, however the presence in that country of any large species of this genus
has not been confirmed in spite of many searches (Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Morocco,
Western Sahara.
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Timon tangitanus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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