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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- Etymology
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- Species
- Habitat and natural history
- Flight
- Vivarium keeping
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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.