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Heliobolus

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Heliobolus

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyLacertidae
Observations recorded3,387

Heliobolus – rodzaj jaszczurki z rodziny jaszczurkowatych (Lacertidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
42
Family
Lacertidae
Collections
CAS, TCWC
Recorded in
Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Benin, Somalia, Tanzania

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Parent taxon
Lacertinae
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Encyclopedic overview

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

==Species== There are six recognized species: Heliobolus bivari – Bivar’s bushveld lizard Heliobolus crawfordi – Crawford-Cabral’s bushveld lizard Heliobolus lugubris – bushveld lizard, mourning racerunner, black and yellow sand lizard Heliobolus neumanni – Neumann's sand lizard Heliobolus nitidus – glittering sand lizard Heliobolus spekii – Speke's sand lizard

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heliobolus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.