''Nucras'' is a
genus
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of
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lacertid
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lizard
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s, commonly called sandveld lizards.
Species
The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.
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Nucras aurantiaca''
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Nucras boulengeri'' - Uganda savannah lizard, Boulenger's scrub lizard
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Nucras broadleyi'' - Angolan sandveld lizard
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Nucras caesicaudata'' - bluetailed sandveld lizard, bluetail scrub lizard
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Nucras damarana
''Nucras'' is a genus of African lacertid lizards, commonly called sandveld lizards.
Species
The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.
*'' Nucras aurantiaca''
*'' Nucras boulengeri'' - Uganda savannah lizard, Boulenger's scrub li ...
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Nucras holubi'' - Holub's sandveld lizard
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Nucras intertexta'' - spotted sandveld lizard
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Nucras lalandii'' - Delalande's sandveld lizard, Laland's lizard, Delalande's spotted lizard
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Nucras livida'' - Karoo sandveld lizard
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Nucras ornata'' - ornate sandveld lizard, ornate scrub lizard
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Nucras scalaris'' - scaled sandveld lizard
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Nucras taeniolata'' - Albany sandveld lizard, striped scrub lizard
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Nucras tessellata'' - western sandveld lizard, striped sandveld lizard, tiger lizard, striped sand lizard, banded sand lizard
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Nota bene
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binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Nucras''.
References
Further reading
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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
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).
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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).
Lizard genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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