Timon princeps

Timon princeps, commonly called the Siirt lizard or the Zagrosian lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Timon princeps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Timon
Species:	T. princeps
Binomial name
Timon princeps (Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms[2]
Lacerta princeps Blanford, 1874 Timon princeps — Mayer & Bischoff, 1996

Illustration of T. princeps, by G.H. Ford, from Blanford (1876).

Geographic range

Timon princeps is native to southwestern Iran (central Zagros Mountains near Shiraz), northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, and southeastern Turkey.^[2]

Reproduction

T. princeps is oviparous.^[2]