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Heliobolus neumanni

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Species of lizard

Heliobolus neumanni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Heliobolus
Species: H. neumanni
Binomial name
Heliobolus neumanni
(Tornier, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Eremias neumanni
    Tornier, 1905
  • Heliobolus neumanni
    — Broadley & Howell, 1991

Heliobolus neumanni, also known commonly as Neumann's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to East Africa.

Geographic range

H. neumanni is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Etymology

The specific name, neumanni, is in honor of German ornithologist Oscar Neumann.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. neumanni is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).

Reproduction

H. neumanni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Spawls S, Msuya CA (2021). "Heliobolus neumanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T196976A42372340.en. Accessed on 2 November 2022.
  2. ^ Heliobolus neumanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 April 2019.
  3. 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).

Further reading

  • Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A Check List of the Reptiles of Tanzania, with Synoptic Keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70. (Heliobolus neumanni, new combination, p. 18).
  • Largen, Malcolm; Spawls, Stephen (2010). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 687 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669.
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.
  • Tornier G (1905). "Schildkröten und Eidechsen aus Nordost-Afrika und Arabien. Aus Carlo v. Erlanger's und Oscar Neumann's Forschungreise ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 22: 365–388. (Eremias neumanni, new species, pp. 376–377). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Heliobolus neumanni


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