Heliobolus spekii

Heliobolus spekii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Heliobolus
Species:	H. spekii
Binomial name
	Heliobolus spekii; (Günther, 1872)
Synonyms
	Eremias spekii; Günther, 1872; Eremias rugiceps; W. Peters, 1878; Lampreremias spekii; — Szczerbak, 1989; Heliobolus spekii; — Broadley & Howell, 1991;

Last updated February 26, 2023

Heliobolus spekii, also known commonly as Speke's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, spekii, is in honor of British explorer John Hanning Speke.^[3]

Geographic range

H. spekii is found in Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.^[1]^[2]

Reproduction

H. spekii is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Heliobolus spekii scorteccii (Arillo, Balletto & Spanò, 1965)
Heliobolus spekii sextaeniata (Stejneger, 1893)
Heliobolus spekii spekii (Günther, 1872)

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

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References

1 2 Howell, K.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Heliobolus spekii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T196978A42375636. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T196978A42375636.en . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
1 2 3 4 Heliobolus spekii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ 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; H. spekii, p. 249).

Arillo A, Balletto E, Spanò S (1965). "II e III spedizione Scortecci in Migiurtinia: il genere Eremias Wiegmann (Reptilia, Lacertidae)". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici della Università di Genova33: 85–109. (Eremias spekii scorteccii, new subspecies). (in Italian).
Goldberg SR (2009). "Reproduction in Speke's Sand Lizard, Heliobolus spekii (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Kenya". African Herp News (48): 2–4.
Günther A (1872). "Description of three new Species of Eremias ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series9: 381–382. (Eremias spekii, new species, p. 381).
Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Heliobolus spekii, p. 199).
Stejneger L (1893). "On some collections of reptiles and batrachians from East Africa and the adjacent islands, recently received from Dr. W. L. Abbott and Mr. William Astor Chanler, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum16: 711–741. (Eremias sextæniata, new species, pp. 718–719).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 Howell, K.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Heliobolus spekii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T196978A42375636. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T196978A42375636.en . Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Heliobolus spekii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[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; H. spekii, p. 249).

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