Algeria and Tunisia. 

Species:

Timon pater  (LATASTE, 1880)

Synonyms:

Lacerta ocellata  DAUDIN, 1802

Lacerta ocellata pater  LATASTE, 1880

Lacerta lepida pater  ANGEL, 1946

Lacerta pater  BISCHOFF, 1982

Timon pater  MAYER & BISCHOFF, 1996

Common names:

North African Ocellated Lizard (English)
Berbereidechse (German)
Lagarto Ocelado Del Atlas (Spanish)

Types:

Syntype: MCZ R-4613

Terra Typica:

Sétif, Algeria.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Lataste, F. (1880) -  Diagnose de reptiles nouveaux d´Algerie. 3. Lacerta ocellata pater n.subsp. -  Le Naturaliste, 1880: 306-307.  

  • Ahmadzadeh, F. & Flecks, M. & Carretero, M.A. & Böhme, W. & Ihlow, F. & Kapli, P. & Miraldo, A. & Rödder, D. (2016) -  Separate histories in both sides of the Mediterranean: phylogeny and niche evolution of ocellated lizards. -  Journal of Biogeography, 43: 1242-1253.