Lacerta margaritata = Timon lepidus (ocellated lizard)

Query: Common blue

Result: 638^th of 979

Subject:	Lacerta margaritata = Timon lepidus (ocellated lizard)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Lacerta margaritata (=Timon lepidus)
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABirds_of_other_lands%2C_reptiles%2C_fishes%2C_jointed_animals_and_lower_forms%3B_%281917%29_%2814745826741%29.jpg

The ocellated lizard, eyed lizard, jeweled lacerta or jewelled lizard (Timon lepidus) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). Timon lepidus is one of the largest members of its family. The species is endemic to southwestern Europe. The ocellated lizard gains its common name from the bright blue, eye-like ocelli on the sides of its body.

Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Species: Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms
- Lacerta lepida
- Lacerta ocellata

Common blue
638/979

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