Heliobolus neumanni

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
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[2]
  • Eremias neumanni
    Tornier, 1905
  • Heliobolus neumanni
    — Broadley & Howell, 1991

Geographic range

H. neumanni is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, neumanni, is in honor of German ornithologist Oscar Neumann.[3]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

H. neumanni is oviparous.[2]

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).


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