Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean-François, Afiademanyo, Komlan M., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, David, Patrick, Meirte, Danny, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, Petrozzi, Fabio & Luiselli, Luca, 2015, Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation, Zoosystema 37 (2), pp. 381-402 : 389

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Genus Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843

Heliobolus nitidus ( Günther, 1872) ( Fig. 6 View FIG )

Eremias nitida Günther, 1872: 381 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 6 specimens: Togo. No precise locality, ZMB 16062 and 62740 ; Payo , RMCA 73.009 View Materials .R.0149-0150. Ghana. Kété-Kratchi), ZMB 16603 and 62739 .

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — Heliobolus nitidus is a species occurring in savannah and in the dry forest ecosystems (e.g., Rödel et al. 1997). We have recorded this species in the regions of Fazoa, Parc national de la Kéran, and in the southern areas of Vogan and Tabligbo. Its presence in the ecological zone IV is doubtful. It was first mentioned for Togo by Tornier (1901).