title: Heliobolus
text: # Heliobolus
  
  Heliobolus is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are six recognized species:
  
  * 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.
  
  