Timon princeps
Encyclopedia
Timon Princeps is a subgenus of Timon which belongs to the family of Lacertidae
, the wall lizards.
(central Zagros Mts. at the Shiraz region), SE Turkey
, NE Syria
and N Iraq
Lacertidae
Lacertidae is the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe...
, 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 the Timon Princeps:- Timon princeps kurdistanica (SUCHOW, 1936)
- Timon princeps princeps (BLANFORD, 1874)
Distribution
The Timon Princeps are native to SW IranIran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
(central Zagros Mts. at the Shiraz region), SE Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, NE Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
and N Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
Source
SRSWWW server at EMBL-HeidelbergPhotos
- photo: Multiple pictures