Timon pater, the North African ocellated lizard,[1] is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae,[1][2][3] the wall lizards. The species is endemic to Northwest Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Timon |
| Species: | T. pater
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| Timon pater (Lataste, 1880)
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Geographic range
editTimon pater is native to Tunisia, Algeria,[1][2] and possibly Morocco.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Böhme, W.; Miras, J.A.M.; Joger, U.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P.; Nouira, M.S. (2006). "Timon pater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61584A12499610. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61584A12499610.en. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Timon pater at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Species: Timon pater ". Uniprot: Taxonomy. UniProt Consortium. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Lacerta ocellata Var. pater, p. 13).
- Lataste F (1880). "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie ". Le Naturaliste 1 (39): 299, 306–307. (Lacerta ocellata pater, new subspecies, pp. 306–307). (in French).
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