Heliobolus

Genus of lizards

Heliobolus

Heliobolus lugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Lacertoidea
Family:  | Lacertidae
Genus:  | Heliobolus
Fitzinger, 1843
Type species
Lacerta lugubris

A. Smith, 1838

Heliobolus is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]

## Species

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There are six recognized species:[1][2]

* Heliobolus bivari Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley, & Bauer, 2022 – Bivar’s bushveld lizard
* Heliobolus crawfordi Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley, & Bauer, 2022 – Crawford-Cabral’s bushveld lizard
* Heliobolus lugubris (A. Smith, 1838) – bushveld lizard, mourning racerunner, black and yellow sand lizard
* Heliobolus neumanni (Tornier, 1905) – Neumann's sand lizard
* Heliobolus nitidus (Günther, 1872) – glittering sand lizard
* Heliobolus spekii (Günther, 1872) – Speke's sand lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heliobolus.

## References

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1. ^ a b Heliobolus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2020.
2. ^ Genus Heliobolus. The Taxonomicon.

## Further reading

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* Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Heliobolus, p. 161).
* Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Heliobolus, new genus, p. 20). (in Latin).

Taxon identifiers

Heliobolus|

* Wikidata: Q947124
* Wikispecies: Heliobolus
* ADW: Heliobolus
* CoL: 62TLW
* EoL: 36256
* GBIF: 2469612
* iNaturalist: 35971
* IRMNG: 1309009
* ITIS: 1155163
* NCBI: 71689
* Open Tree of Life: 137993
* Plazi: D63287C4-FFE4-FFF1-2185-FD4AFB71FBDC

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