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Eyed lizard

Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802)

Status not recordedlizards

The eyed lizard (Timon lepidus) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 75.4 g to 119.8 g, reach 15.9 cm in length and live up to 10.5 years.

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Quick facts about the eyed lizard

Weight
75.4 g – 119.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
15 cm – 15.9 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
10.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
35 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
88 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
10.5 – 25src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
19 months – 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Brain mass
224 mgsrc for Brain mass
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the eyed lizard?

EYED LIZARD · LENGTH 15.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 15.9 cm, the recorded maximum length of the eyed lizard is about 9.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the eyed lizard live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the eyed lizard as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the eyed lizard endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the eyed lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusTimon
  7. SpeciesTimon lepidus (Daudin, 1802)

Synonyms Lacerta lepida, Lacerta lepida iberica, Lacerta lepida oteroi, Lacerta maculata, Lacerta margaritata, Lacerta ocellata, Lacerta ocellata iberica, Lacerta ocellata var. iberica, Lacerta ocellata var. iberica

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Jewelled lizardEnglish
  • Ocellated lizardEnglish
  • llagartónAsturian
  • llangardaix comúCatalan
  • llangardaix ocel·latCatalan
  • ještěrka perlováCzech
  • PerlefirbenDanish
  • PerleidechseGerman
  • Lagarto OceladoSpanish
  • helmisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lezard ocelleFrench
  • Lézard ocelléFrench
  • Lézard ocellé (Le)French
  • Lézard ocellé d'EuropeFrench
  • Lagarto arnalGalician
  • pávaszemes gyíkHungarian
  • lucertola ocellataItalian
  • ホウセキカナヘビJapanese
  • perlefirfisleNorwegian Bokmål
  • jaszczurka perłowaPolish
  • SardaoPortuguese
  • Lagarto-oceladoPortuguese
  • SardãoPortuguese
  • Глазчатая ящерицаRussian
  • Жемчужная ящерицаRussian
  • Украшенная ящерицаRussian
  • Parelhagedisroot

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Relatives of the eyed lizard

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eyed lizard?

An adult eyed lizard weighs 75.4 g – 119.8 g and measures 15 cm – 15.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the eyed lizard live?

The eyed lizard has a recorded lifespan of 10.5 years.

Is the eyed lizard an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the eyed lizard as introduced in 2 countries: Denmark and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the eyed lizard?

The eyed lizard (Timon lepidus) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

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Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{eyed_lizard_2026,
  title = {Eyed lizard (Timon lepidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eyed-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}