Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.
 
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Genus
Heliobolus
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Bushveld Lizards, (Sand Lizards, True Sand Lizards)
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Sonnenrenner
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Solfirben
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1843 |  |
Heliobolus Fitzinger (type species: Lacerta lugubris Smith 1838) |
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1843 | |
Pediophylax Fitzinger (type species: Eremias dorsalis Dumeril & Bibron 1839; syn. Loveridge 1957) |
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1918 | |
Lampreremias Boulenger (type species: Eremias nitida Günther 1872; syn. Arnold 1989) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 2 (33.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Eremias (e.g., Boulenger 1921).
Revalidated as Lampreremias by Szczerbak (1975) and as Heliobolus by Arnold (1989).
Distribution:
Africa.
Reported from:
Algeria,
Angola,
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Mali,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zimbabwe.
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Heliobolus bivari
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Virulundo Bushveld Lizard, (Bivar's Bushveld Lizard)
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Virulundo-Sonnenrenner
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Virulundo-solfirben
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2022 | |
Heliobolus bivari Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of lugubris (Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer 2022).
Distribution:
Angola.
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Heliobolus crawfordi
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Serra da Neve Bushveld Lizard, (Crawford-Cabral's Bushveld Lizard)
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Serra-da-Neve-Sonnenrenner
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Serra da Neve-solfirben
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2022 | |
Heliobolus crawfordi Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of lugubris (Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer 2022).
Distribution:
Angola.
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Heliobolus lugubris
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Southern African Bushveld Lizard
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Südafrikanischer Sonnenrenner
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Sydafrikansk Solfirben
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1838 | |
Lacerta lugubris Smith |
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Eremias lugubris Duméril & Bibron 1839 |
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Lampreremias lugubris Szczerbak 1975 |
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Mesalina lugubris Welch 1982 |
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Heliobolus lugubris Arnold 1986 |
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1839 | |
Eremias dorsalis Duméril & Bibron (Szczerbak 1975) |
Remarks:
Previously included the populations now assigned to bivari and crawfordi (Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer 2022).
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape),
Zimbabwe.
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Heliobolus neumanni
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Ethiopian Bushveld Lizard, (Neumann's Bushveld Lizard)
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Äthiopischer Sonnenrenner
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Etiopisk Solfirben
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1905 | |
Eremias neumanni Tornier |
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Mesalina neumanni Welch 1982 |
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Heliobolus neumanni Arnold 1989 |
Remarks:
Dubke, Hipsley & Müller (2018) suggested that neumanni is not a valid species, since the known specimens are not closely related and may belong to other
genera and species. Moreover, the holotype is lost and no other specimens have been found at the type locality.
Distribution:
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Heliobolus nitidus
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Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard, Red-tailed Sand Lizard, Glittering Sand Lizard
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Rotschwanz-Sonnenrenner
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Rødhalet Solfirben
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1872 | |
Eremias nitida Günther |
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Lampreremias nitida Szczerbak 1975 |
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Mesalina nitida Welch 1982 |
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Heliobolus nitida Arnold 1986 |
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1912 | |
Eremias nigerica Klaptocz (Szczerbak 1975) |
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1918 | |
Eremias quadrinasalis Chabanaud (Loveridge 1937; Szczerbak 1975) |
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Eremias nitida quadrinasalis Loveridge 1937 |
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Lampreremias nitida quadrinasalis Szczerbak 1975 |
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Mesalina quadrinasalis Welch 1982 |
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1919 | |
Eremias nitida garambensis Schmidt |
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Lampreremias nitida garambensis Szczerbak 1975 |
Other common names:
garambensis: Garamba Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Heliobolus spekii
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East African Bushveld Lizard, (Speke's Bushveld Lizard)
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Ostafrikanischer Sonnenrenner
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Østafrikansk Solfirben
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1872 | |
Eremias spekii Günther |
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Lampreremias spekii Szczerbak 1975 |
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Mesalina spekii Welch 1982 |
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Heliobolus spekii Lanza 1983 |
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1878 | |
Eremias rugiceps Peters (Szczerbak 1975) |
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1894 | |
Eremias sextaeniata Stejneger (Szczerbak 1975) |
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Eremias spekii sextaeniata Tornier 1905 |
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Lampreremias spekii sextaeniata Szczerbak 1975 |
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Heliobolus spekii sextaeniata Lanza 1988 |
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Eremias spekii scortecci Arillo, Baletto & Spano |
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Lampreremias spekii scortecci Szczerbak 1975 |
Other common names:
sextaeniata: Northern Speke's Bushveld Lizard
spekii: Southern Speke's Bushveld Lizard
Distribution:
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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