Heliobolus

Heliobolus is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.^[1]

Heliobolus
Heliobolus lugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843
Type species
Lacerta lugubris A. Smith, 1838

Species

There are six recognized species:^[1][2]

• Heliobolus bivari Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley, & Bauer, 2022 – Bivar’s bushveld lizard
• Heliobolus crawfordi Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley, & Bauer, 2022 – Crawford-Cabral’s bushveld lizard
• Heliobolus lugubris (A. Smith, 1838) – bushveld lizard, mourning racerunner, black and yellow sand lizard
• Heliobolus neumanni (Tornier, 1905) – Neumann's sand lizard
• Heliobolus nitidus (Günther, 1872) – glittering sand lizard
• Heliobolus spekii (Günther, 1872) – Speke's sand lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heliobolus.