Timon pater

Timon pater
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Timon
Species:	T. pater
Binomial name
Timon pater (Lataste, 1880)
Synonyms
Lacerta ocellata pater Lataste, 1880 Lacerta lepida pater — Angel, 1946 Lacerta pater — Bischoff, 1982 Timon pater — Mayer & Bischoff, 1996

Timon pater, the North African ocellated lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae, the wall lizards. The species is endemic to Northwest Africa.

Geographic range

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

Reproduction

T. pater is oviparous.

References

Further reading

• 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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