Timon is a genus of wall lizards in the family Lacertidae.
Species
The genus Timon contains the following six extant species, which are recognized as valid.
Timon kurdistanicus (Suchow, 1936) - Kurdistan lizard
Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) - ocellated lizard, jewelled lizard
Timon nevadensis (Buchholz, 1963) - Sierra Nevada lizard
Timon pater (Lataste, 1880)
Timon princeps (Blanford, 1874) - Siirt lizard, Zagrosian lizard
Timon tangitanus (Boulenger, 1887) - Moroccan eyed lizard
Furthermore, two extinct species have been placed in the genus Timon:
†Timon eratosthenesi (Čerňanský & Augé, 2013) - Late Oligocene, Germany
†Timon planeutes Georgalis & Čerňanský - late Eocene–early Oligocene, France
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Timon.