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''Timon princeps'', commonly called the Siirt lizard or the Zagrosian lizard, is a
''Timon princeps'', commonly called the Siirt lizard or the Zagrosian lizard, is a species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the family
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Lacertidae
The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...
(wall lizards). The species is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Western Asia
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.
Geographic range
''Timon princeps'' is native to southwesternIran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
(central Zagros Mountains near Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...
), northern Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, northeastern Syria
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, and southeastern Turkey
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Reproduction
''T. princeps'' isoviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
External links
*PhotosFurther reading
* Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistán". ''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series'' 14: 31–35. (''Lacerta princeps'', new species, p. 31). (in English and Latin). *Blanford WT (1876). ''Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870–71–72. Vol. II. Zoology and Geology.'' Published by the Authority of the Government of India. London: Macmillan and Co. viii + 516 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Lacerta princeps'', pp. 364-367 + Plate XXIV). * 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 princeps'', pp. 18–19). *Mayer, Werner; Bischoff, Wolfgang (1996). "''Beiträge zur taxonomischen Revision der Gattung ''Lacerta'' (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Tiel 1: ''Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon'' und ''Teira'' als eigenständige Gattungen'' ontributions to the taxonomic revision of the genus ''Lacerta'' (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Part 1: ''Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon'' and ''Teira'' as full genera. ''Salamandra'' 32 (3): 163–170. (''Timon princeps'', new combination, p. 169). (in German, with an abstract in English). Timon (genus) Reptiles described in 1874 Taxa named by William Thomas Blanford {{Lacertidae-stub