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Name

Timon lepidus

ocellated lizard

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Lacertilia

Family: Lacertidae

Genus: Timon

Species: lepidus

Habitat

Very diverse, but mainly in Mediterranean scrub, forests and cultivated areas.

Feeding

Carnivorous. Mainly insectivorous, sometimes consuming small vertebrates.

Distribution

Iberian Peninsula, southern France and extreme north-west Italy

Conservation status

Near Threatened (NT), with declining population trend

Additional information

Robust appearance, with a broad head. Colouring greenish with dark mottling, with three or four lateral rows of blue spots or ocelli.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Mateo, J. A. (2017). Lagarto ocelado - Timon lepidus. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Marco, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. - Pleguezuelos J. M., R. Márquez y M. Lizana, (eds.) 2002. Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-Asociación Herpetológica Española (2ª impresión), Madrid, 587 pp. - Salvador A., Pleguezuelos J. M., Reques R. 2021. Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Asociación Herpetológica Española. 345 pp. ISBN: 9788492199976