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.
Heliobolus neumanni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Heliobolus |
Species: | H. neumanni
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Binomial name | |
Heliobolus neumanni (Tornier, 1905)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Geographic range
editH. neumanni is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.[1][2]
Etymology
editThe specific name, neumanni, is in honor of German ornithologist Oscar Neumann.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of H. neumanni is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c Heliobolus neumanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 April 2019.
- ^ 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
edit- 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).