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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Heliobolus
Species:	H. neumanni
Binomial name
Heliobolus neumanni (Tornier, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
Eremias neumanni Tornier, 1905 Heliobolus neumanni — Broadley & Howell, 1991

Geographic range

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

Etymology

The specific name, neumanni, is in honor of German ornithologist Oscar Neumann.[2]

Reproduction

H. neumanni is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Heliobolus neumanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 April 2019.
2. 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).