Siirt lizard
Timon princeps (Blanford, 1874)
Status not recordedlizards
The siirt lizard (Timon princeps) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 20.8 g to 39 g and reach 12.7 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the siirt lizard
- Weight
- 20.8 g – 39 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 11.2 cm – 12.7 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 74 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4 – 10src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the siirt lizard?
Where does the siirt lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the siirt 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 siirt lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyLacertidae
- genusTimon
- SpeciesTimon princeps (Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms Lacerta princeps
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Zagrosian lizardEnglish
- سحلية سعردArabic
- سحلية زاغروسيةArabic
- ještěrka královskáCzech
- ZagroseidechseGerman
- Lagarto de los ZagrosSpanish
- Lézard ocellé des Monts ZagrosFrench
- Загросская ящерицаRussian
- Siirt KertenkelesiTurkish
- Kurdische Zagroseidechseroot
Relatives of the siirt lizard
Other species in the same genus Timon.
Eyed lizard
Timon lepidus
North African ocellated lizard
Timon pater
Atlas ocellated lizard
Timon tangitanus
Kurdistan lizard
Timon kurdistanicus
Sierra Nevada lizard
Timon nevadensis
CompareSiirt lizard vs Eyed lizardSiirt lizard vs North African ocellated lizardSiirt lizard vs Atlas ocellated lizardSiirt lizard vs Kurdistan lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the siirt lizard?
An adult siirt lizard weighs 20.8 g – 39 g and measures 11.2 cm – 12.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the siirt lizard?
The siirt lizard (Timon princeps) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · 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 - 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
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