# Eyed lizard (*Timon lepidus*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/eyed-lizard  
Data as of: 2026-11-14

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 75.4 g – 119.8 g |
| Length | 15 cm – 15.9 cm |
| Lifespan | 10.5 years |
| Diet | Omnivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 35 years |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland, woodland |
| Egg incubation | 88 days |
| Young per litter or clutch | 10.5 – 25 |
| Age at maturity | 19 months – 3 years |
| Litters or clutches a year | 1 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Active | By day (diurnal) |
| Brain mass | 224 mg |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Recorded prey and predators

Recorded prey: Iberian worm lizard (*Blanus cinereus*). Recorded predators: Lizard snake (*Malpolon monspessulanus*), Lataste's viper (*Vipera latastei*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 2 countries. Introduced: Denmark, South Africa. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Reptilia
- order: Squamata
- family: Lacertidae
- genus: Timon
- species: *Timon 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*

## Common questions

### 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.

### What eats the eyed lizard?

Animals recorded preying on the eyed lizard include lizard snake and lataste's viper. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

### Which animals does the eyed lizard eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the eyed lizard include iberian worm lizard. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), CC0 1.0, E096-269. Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
- [AnimalTraits: a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size](https://animaltraits.org/), CC0 1.0, 1.0.7. Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E. et al. (2022) AnimalTraits: a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data 9: 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01364-9. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6468938
- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products](https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/), CC0 1.0, 0.11. Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference.
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4), CC BY 4.0, v1-2. Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
- [SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b), CC0 1.0, 1.0-dryad-v5. Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b

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