Heliobolus

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

Heliobolus
Heliobolus lugubris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843
Type species
Lacerta lugubris A. Smith, 1838

Species

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

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

Further reading

• 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).