Heliobolus

Heliobolus is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.<ref name="RDB">Template:NRDB genus</ref>

Species

There are six recognized species:<ref name="RDB"/><ref name=tax>Genus Heliobolus. The Taxonomicon.</ref>

• Heliobolus bivari Template:Small – Bivar’s bushveld lizard
• Heliobolus crawfordi Template:Small – Crawford-Cabral’s bushveld lizard
• Heliobolus lugubris Template:Small – bushveld lizard, mourning racerunner, black and yellow sand lizard
• Heliobolus neumanni Template:Small – Neumann's sand lizard
• Heliobolus nitidus Template:Small – glittering sand lizard
• Heliobolus spekii Template:Small – Speke's sand lizard

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

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. Template:ISBN. (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).

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