Timon

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Timon
Species (6): T. kurdistanicus – T. lepidus – T. nevadensis – T. pater – T. princeps – T. tangitanus
Name

Timon Tschudi, 1836: 550

Type species: Lacerta ocellata Daudin, 1802, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references

Tschudi, J.J. 1836. Über ein neues Subgenus von Lacerta Cuv. Isis von Oken 29: 546–551. BHL

Additional references

Arnold, E.N., Arribas, O. & Carranza, S. 2007. Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Timon is a genus of wall lizards in the family Lacertidae.[1]
Species

The genus Timon contains the following six species which are recognized as being valid.[2]

Timon kurdistanicus (Suchow, 1936) - Kurdistan lizard
Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) - ocellated lizard, jewelled lizard
Timon nevadensis (Buchholz, 1963) - Sierra Nevada lizard
Timon pater (Lataste, 1880)
Timon princeps (Blanford, 1874) - Siirt lizard, Zagrosian lizard
Timon tangitanus (Boulenger, 1887) - Moroccan eyed lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Timon.
References

"Genus: Timon ". Uniprot: Taxonomy. UniProt Consortium. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

Genus Timon at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.