Nucras

Nucras is a genus of African lacertid lizards, commonly called sandveld lizards.<ref>Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. Template:ISBN. (Genus Nucras, p. 167-168; species of Nucras, pp. 168-170).</ref>

Species

The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.<ref>"Nucras ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

• Nucras aurantiaca Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Nucras boulengeri Template:Small - Uganda savannah lizard, Boulenger's scrub lizard
• Nucras broadleyi Template:Small - Angolan sandveld lizard
• Nucras caesicaudata Template:Small - bluetailed sandveld lizard, bluetail scrub lizard
• Nucras damarana Template:Small
• Nucras holubi Template:Small - Holub's sandveld lizard
• Nucras intertexta Template:Small - spotted sandveld lizard
• Nucras lalandii Template:Small - Delalande's sandveld lizard, Laland's lizard, Delalande's spotted lizard
• Nucras livida Template:Small - Karoo sandveld lizard
• Nucras ornata Template:Small - ornate sandveld lizard, ornate scrub lizard
• Nucras scalaris Template:Small - scaled sandveld lizard
• Nucras taeniolata Template:Small - Albany sandveld lizard, striped scrub lizard
• Nucras tessellata Template:Small - 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.

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).

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