Timon pater

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Timon pater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Species:
T. pater
Binomial name
Timon pater
(Lataste, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lacerta ocellata pater
    Lataste, 1880
  • Lacerta lepida pater
    Angel, 1946
  • Lacerta pater
    Bischoff, 1982
  • Timon pater
    Mayer & Bischoff, 1996

Timon pater is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae,[2] the wall lizards. The species is endemic to Northwest Africa.

Geographic range[edit]

Timon pater is native to Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.

Reproduction[edit]

T. pater is oviparous.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Species Timon pater at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ "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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