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Latest update: October 31st, 2023.


Taxonomy of the family Lacertidae
Bibliography of the genus Heliobolus
Biodiversity of the family Lacertidae








Genus
Heliobolus

Bushveld Lizards, (Sand Lizards, True Sand Lizards)

Sonnenrenner

Solfirben

1843 Heliobolus Fitzinger (type species: Lacerta lugubris Smith 1838)
1843 Pediophylax Fitzinger (type species: Eremias dorsalis Dumeril & Bibron 1839; syn. Loveridge 1957)
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.

Heliobolus bivari

Virulundo Bushveld Lizard, (Bivar's Bushveld Lizard)

Virulundo-Sonnenrenner

Virulundo-solfirben

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.





Heliobolus crawfordi

Serra da Neve Bushveld Lizard, (Crawford-Cabral's Bushveld Lizard)

Serra-da-Neve-Sonnenrenner

Serra da Neve-solfirben

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.





Heliobolus lugubris

Southern African Bushveld Lizard

Südafrikanischer Sonnenrenner

Sydafrikansk Solfirben

1838 Lacerta lugubris Smith
Eremias lugubris Duméril & Bibron 1839
Lampreremias lugubris Szczerbak 1975
Mesalina lugubris Welch 1982
Heliobolus lugubris Arnold 1986
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.


Heliobolus neumanni

Ethiopian Bushveld Lizard, (Neumann's Bushveld Lizard)

Äthiopischer Sonnenrenner

Etiopisk Solfirben

1905 Eremias neumanni Tornier
Mesalina neumanni Welch 1982
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.


Heliobolus nitidus

Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard, Red-tailed Sand Lizard, Glittering Sand Lizard

Rotschwanz-Sonnenrenner

Rødhalet Solfirben

1872 Eremias nitida Günther
Lampreremias nitida Szczerbak 1975
Mesalina nitida Welch 1982
Heliobolus nitida Arnold 1986
1912 Eremias nigerica Klaptocz (Szczerbak 1975)
1918 Eremias quadrinasalis Chabanaud (Loveridge 1937; Szczerbak 1975)
Eremias nitida quadrinasalis Loveridge 1937
Lampreremias nitida quadrinasalis Szczerbak 1975
Mesalina quadrinasalis Welch 1982
1919 Eremias nitida garambensis Schmidt
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.


Heliobolus spekii

East African Bushveld Lizard, (Speke's Bushveld Lizard)

Ostafrikanischer Sonnenrenner

Østafrikansk Solfirben

1872 Eremias spekii Günther
Lampreremias spekii Szczerbak 1975
Mesalina spekii Welch 1982
Heliobolus spekii Lanza 1983
1878 Eremias rugiceps Peters (Szczerbak 1975)
1894 Eremias sextaeniata Stejneger (Szczerbak 1975)
Eremias spekii sextaeniata Tornier 1905
Lampreremias spekii sextaeniata Szczerbak 1975
Heliobolus spekii sextaeniata Lanza 1988
1965 Eremias spekii scortecci Arillo, Baletto & Spano
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.