Nucras
| Nucras | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "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).