Poole, Karen E.
Holaspis
Sign in to savethumb|Holaspis laevis F. Werner, 1895 thumb|Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863 thumb|Hind foot of Holaspis guentheri Holaspis is a genus of equatorial African lizards in the family Lacertidae. These lizards are capable of gliding flight for distances of 30 meters (98 feet).
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Holaspis – rodzaj jaszczurki z rodziny jaszczurkowatych (Lacertidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Lacertidae
- Collections
- LSUMZ, ZMUC, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Congo FrançAis Ou Gabon, RéPublique DéMocratique Du Congo, Gabon, Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Species
- Habitat and natural history
- Flight
- Vivarium keeping
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Holaspis laevis F. Werner, 1895 thumb|Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863 thumb|Hind foot of Holaspis guentheri Holaspis is a genus of equatorial African lizards in the family Lacertidae. These lizards are capable of gliding flight for distances of 30 meters (98 feet).
==Etymology== The Neo-Latin word "Holaspis " is derived from the Greek words "aspis", ἀσπίς (= a buckler, or round shield) and "holos", ὅλος, ὅλως (= whole, all, complete). It refers to the head scalation with frontoparietal and occipital scales all fused.
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