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Timon princeps (BLANFORD, 1874)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zagrosian Lizard
G: Zagroseidechse; kurdistanica: Kurdische Zagroseidechse 
SynonymLacerta princeps BLANFORD 1874
Lacerta princeps — WETTSTEIN 1960: 192
Lacerta princeps — NIAZI 1976
Lacerta princeps — FRYNTA et al. 1997
Timon princeps — MAYER & BISCHOFF 1996: 169
Lacerta princeps princeps — GHAFFARI & PARSA 2007
Timon princeps — AHMADZADEH et al. 2012 
DistributionSW Iran (central Zagros Mts. at the Shiraz region), SE Turkey, NE Syria, N Iraq

Type locality: "near Niriz, about 100 miles east of Shiraz, S. Persia"  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 3351 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (489 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Mertens (1952 ) considered kurdistanica as a synonym of princeps.

Distribution: Timon princeps and Timon kurdistanicus are allopatric. See map in AHMADZADEH et al. 2012, 2016. See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
References
  • Ahmadzadeh, Faraham; Morris Flecks, Miguel A. Carretero, Wolfgang Böhme, Flora Ihlow, Paschalia Kapli, Andreia Miraldo and Dennis Rödder 2016. Separate histories in both sides of the Mediterranean: phylogeny and niche evolution of ocellated lizards. Journal of Biogeography; DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12703 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 2005. Die echten Eidechsen der Familie Lacertidae - eine Übersicht. Draco 5 (21): 4-27 - get paper here
  • Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistan. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 14: 31-35 - get paper here
  • BOSCH, H. A. J. IN DEN 1998. Erste vorläufige Daten zur Fortpflanzung von Timon princeps princeps (BLANFORD, 1874). Die Eidechse 9 (3): 77-81 - get paper here
  • BOSCH, H.A.J. IN DEN 1998. Terrarienbeobachtungen an Timon princeps. Die Eidechse 8 (3): 80-87 - get paper here
  • Eiselt, J. 1968. Ein Beitrag zur Taxonomie der Zagros Eidechse, Lacerta princeps Blanf. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 72: 409-434. - get paper here
  • Eiselt, J. 1969. Zweiter Beitrag zur Taxonomie der Zagroseidechse Lacerta princeps BLANFORD. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 73: 209-220. - get paper here
  • Frynta,D. et al. 1997. Results of the Czech biological expedition to Iran. Part 1. Notes on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 61: 3-17
  • Ghaffari, S.M. & Parsa, H. 2007. New Chromosome Count on Endemic Subspecies of Laceta [sic] princeps subsp. Princeps (Lacertidae) from Iran. Cytologia 72(2): 205–208 - get paper here
  • Ilgaz, Ç. & Kumlutaş, Y. 2008. The Morphology and Distribution of Timon princeps (Blanford 1874) (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. North-Western Journal of Zoology 4 (2): 247-262 - get paper here
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
  • Kosswig, C. 1955. Zoogoegraphy in the near east. Systematic Zoology 4 (2): 49-73+96 - get paper here
  • Leviton,A.E.; Anderson,S.C.; Adler, K.; Minton,S.A. 1992. Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. SSAR, Oxford, Ohio (Contr. to Herpetol. No. 8), 1-252
  • Mayer, W., and Bischoff, W. 1996. Beiträge zur taxonomischen Revision der Gattung Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Teil 1: Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon und Teira als eigenständige Gattungen. Salamandra 32 (3): 163-170 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1952. Türkiye amfibi ve reptilleri hakkinda. Amphibien und Reptilien aus der Türkei. Rev. Istanbul Üniversitesi fen Fakültesi Mecmuasi, 17:41-75. - get paper here
  • Mulder, J. 1998. Die Zagros-Eidechse Timon princeps (BLANFORD, 1874) im natürlichen Lebensraum . Die Eidechse 8 (3): 75-79 - get paper here
  • Niazi A.D. 1976. The Iraqi Lacerta – its taxonomy, geographical distribution and natural history remarks. Bulletin of the Natural History Research Centr. – Baghdad 7 (1): 16 – 37
  • Rahimi, E., Rastegar Pouyani, N., & Karamiani, R. 2020. The Lizard Fauna of Arsanjan County, Northeast Fars Province. Journal of Animal Research (Iranian Journal of Biology) - get paper here
  • RASTEGAR-POUYANI, NASRULLAH; HAJI GHOLI KAMI, MEHDI RAJABZADEH, SOHEILA SHAFIEI AND STEVEN CLEMENT ANDERSON 2008. Annotated Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 4 (1): 7-30
  • RYKENA, S. & W. BISCHOFF 1997. Kurzporträt: Timon princeps kurdistanicus (SUCHOV, 1936) - Kurdische Zagros-Eidechse. Die Eidechse 8 (2): 41-43 - get paper here
  • Rykena, S.; Nettmann, H.-K. & Bings, W. 1977. Zur Biologie der Zagros-Eidechse, Lacerta princeps BLANFORD 1874. I. Beobachtungen im Freiland und im Terrarium an Lacerta princeps kurdistanica SUCHOV 1936. Salamandra 13 (3-4): 174-184 - get paper here
  • SCHMIDTLER, J.F. & W. BISCHOFF 2016. Die Zagroseidechse, Timon princeps und ihr Entdecker WILLIAM BLANFORD (1832-1905). Die Eidechse 27 (3): 91-95 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Alberto Venchi, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Marco A. Bologna 2000. The Reptiles of Anatolia: a Checklist and Zoogeographical analysis. Biogeographia, 21-2000: 441-554. - get paper here
  • ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ; JIŘÍ MORAVEC, PETR KODYM, LUKÁŠ KRATOCHVÍL, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI & DANIEL FRYNTA 2014. Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran. Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097 - get paper here
  • Trapp, B. 2006. Dünne Luft - eine Exkursion ins Hochland des Irans und die Türkei. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (59): 40-49 - get paper here
  • Wettstein, O. 1960. Drei seltene Echsen aus Südwest-Asien. Zool. Anz. 165: 190-193
 
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