Heliobolus
| Heliobolus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Heliobolus lugubris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843 |
Heliobolus is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]
Species
- Heliobolus lugubris (A. Smith, 1838)
- Heliobolus neumanni (Tornier, 1905)
- Heliobolus nitida (Günther, 1872)
- Heliobolus spekii (Günther, 1872)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heliobolus.
Etymology
The specific names, neumanni and spekii, are in honor of German ornithologist Oscar Neumann and British explorer John Hanning Speke, respectively.[3]
References
- 1 2 Genus Heliobolus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Genus Heliobolus. The Taxonomicon.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Heliobolus neumanni, p. 189; H. spekii, p.249).
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).
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