Nucras

Nucras
Nucras caesicaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lacertidae
Subfamily:	Lacertinae
Genus:	Nucras Gray, 1845[1]
Species
See text.

Nucras is a genus of African lacertid lizards, commonly called sandveld lizards.^[2]

Species

The following ten species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

• Nucras boulengeri Neumann, 1900
• Nucras caesicaudata Broadley, 1972
• Nucras holubi (Steindachner, 1882)
• Nucras intertexta (A. Smith, 1838)
• Nucras lalandii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)
• Nucras livida (A. Smith, 1838)
• Nucras ornata (Gray, 1864)
• Nucras scalaris Laurent, 1964
• Nucras taeniolata (A. Smith, 1838)
• Nucras tessellata (A. Smith, 1838)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nucras.

References

1. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
2. 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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Nucras, p. 167-168; species of Nucras, pp. 168-170).
3. "Nucras ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).