• Source: Nucras

Nucras is a genus of African lacertid lizards, commonly called sandveld lizards.




Species


The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.

Nucras aurantiaca Bauer, Childers, Broeckhoven, and Mouton, 2019
Nucras boulengeri Neumann, 1900 - Uganda savannah lizard, Boulenger's scrub lizard
Nucras broadleyi Branch, Conradie, Vaz-Pinto, & Tolley, 2019 - Angolan sandveld lizard
Nucras caesicaudata Broadley, 1972 - bluetailed sandveld lizard, bluetail scrub lizard
Nucras damarana Parker, 1936
Nucras holubi (Steindachner, 1882) - Holub's sandveld lizard
Nucras intertexta (A. Smith, 1838) - spotted sandveld lizard
Nucras lalandii (Milne-Edwards, 1829) - Delalande's sandveld lizard, Laland's lizard, Delalande's spotted lizard
Nucras livida (A. Smith, 1838) - Karoo sandveld lizard
Nucras ornata (Gray, 1864) - ornate sandveld lizard, ornate scrub lizard
Nucras scalaris Laurent, 1964 - scaled sandveld lizard
Nucras taeniolata (A. Smith, 1838) - Albany sandveld lizard, striped scrub lizard
Nucras tessellata (A. Smith, 1838) - western sandveld lizard, striped sandveld lizard, tiger lizard, striped sand lizard, banded sand lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nucras.




References






Further reading


Bischoff W (1991). "Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae 4. Die Gattungen Latastia, Meroles, Nucras, Ophisops, Pedioplanis und Philocortus". Die Eidechse 2 (4): 17–25. (in German).
Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Nucras, new genus, p. 33).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Lacertidae
• Nucras
• Nucras caesicaudata
• Nucras damarana
• Nucras tessellata
• Nucras broadleyi
• Nucras holubi
• Nucras livida
• Nucras boulengeri
• Nucras intertexta
• Nucras lalandii