Timon (genus)

Timon is a genus of wall lizards in the family Lacertidae.[1]

Timon
Timon lepidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Subfamily: Lacertinae
Genus: Timon
Tschudi, 1836
Species

Six, see text.

Species

The genus Timon contains the following six species which are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Timon.

References

  1. "Genus: Timon ". Uniprot: Taxonomy. UniProt Consortium. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. Genus Timon at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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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