Southeastern Türkiye, northeastern Syria, northern Iraq and Iran. 

Species:

Timon kurdistanicus  (SUCHOW, 1936)

Synonyms:

Lacerta princeps kurdistanica  SUCHOW, 1936

Timon princeps kurdistanica  BISCHOFF, 2005

Timon kurdistanicus   AHMADZADEH et al., 2012

Types:

Holotype: ZISP 11441.1 (11441b in the original publication).

Terra Typica:

“Kurdistan, Byare Village” (= Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Byara Town), 35°13′34.5′′N 46°06′51.3′′E, 1130 m asl, 03.06.1914, coll. P.V. Nesterov.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Suchow, G.F. (1936) -  Eine neue Unterart der Eidechse aus dem persischen Kurdistan. -  Travaux de l`Institut zoologique de I`Académie des Sciences de l`URSS, 3: 303-308.  

  • 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.    

  • Doronin, I.V. & Doroninа, M.A. (2020) -  Review of type specimens of lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae) described by Georgy Fedorovich Sukhov. -  Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 324 (4): 506-524.  

    Доронин, И.В. & Доронина, М.А. (2020) -  Обзор типовых экземпляров ящериц (Sauria: Lacertidae), описанных Георгием Федоровичем Суховым. -  Труды Зоологического института РАН, 324 (4): 506-524.