Nucras

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

Nucras
Nucras tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Lacertidae
Subfamily:	Lacertinae
Genus:	Nucras Gray, 1845[1]
Species
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Species

The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

• Nucras aurantiaca Bauer, Childers, Broeckhoven, and Mouton, 2019^[4]
• 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.