.::::: Lizards of the World - Scincomorpha - Holaspis :::::.
Last update: 11 July, 2003

The two species in this genus, are beutifull small forest dwellers.

Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863

Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

Holaspis laevis Werner, 1895

Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

Literature
Arnold, E.N. 1989. Systematics and adaptive radiation of Equatorial African lizards assigned to the genera Adolfus, Bedriagaia, Gastropholis, Holaspis and Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). J. Nat. Hist., London, 23(3): 525-555.
Bischoff, W. 1991. Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 2. Die Gattung Eremias, Gallotia, Gastropholis, Heliobolus, Holaspis und Ichnotropis. Die Eidechse, (2): 14-21.
Bischoff, W. 2001. Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 6. Nachtrag. Die Eidechse, 12(1): 17-25.
Branch, B. 1988. Field guide to the snakes and other reptiles of Southern Africa. New Holland Ltd., London, 328 pp.
Herrmann, H.-W. 1998. Holaspis guentheri laevis. Reproduction. Herpetol. Rev., 29(4): 238.
Kroniger, M. 1998. Protokoll einer Paarung bei Holaspis guentheri laevis Werner, 1895. Die Eidechse, 9(1): 41-42.
Kroniger, M. 1998. Haltung und Nachzucht von Holaspis guentheri laevis Werner, 1895. Die Eidechse, 9(3): 82-90.
Schiøtz, A. & H. Vosloe. 1959. The gliding flight of Holaspis guentheri Gray, a west-African lacertid. Copeia, 1959: 259-260.
Schmidt, K.P. 1919. Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part I. Turtles, Crocodiles, Lizards, and Chameleons. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 39: 385-624.