Kurdistan lizard
Timon kurdistanicus (Suchow, 1936)
Status not recordedlizards
The kurdistan lizard (Timon kurdistanicus) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 20.8 g and reach 11.8 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the kurdistan lizard
- Weight
- 20.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 11.8 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 13.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the kurdistan lizard?
Where does the kurdistan lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the kurdistan 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 kurdistan lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyLacertidae
- genusTimon
- SpeciesTimon kurdistanicus (Suchow, 1936)
Synonyms Lacerta princeps kurdistanica
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Kurdistanian ocellated lizardEnglish
- سحلية كردستانArabic
- Kurdische ZagroseidechseGerman
- Lagarto de KurdistánSpanish
- Lézard ocellé du KurdistanFrench
Relatives of the kurdistan lizard
Other species in the same genus Timon.
Eyed lizard
Timon lepidus
Siirt lizard
Timon princeps
North African ocellated lizard
Timon pater
Atlas ocellated lizard
Timon tangitanus
Sierra Nevada lizard
Timon nevadensis
CompareKurdistan lizard vs Eyed lizardKurdistan lizard vs Siirt lizardKurdistan lizard vs North African ocellated lizardKurdistan lizard vs Atlas ocellated lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the kurdistan lizard?
An adult kurdistan lizard weighs 20.8 g and measures 11.8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the kurdistan lizard?
The kurdistan lizard (Timon kurdistanicus) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · 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 - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · 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 · 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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