Nucras

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae Genus: Nucras Species: N. boulengeri - N. caesicaudata - N. intertexta - N. lalandii - N. livida - N. scalaris - N. taeniolata - N. tessellata
Name

Nucras
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Spitzkopf-Eidechsen
Nucras is a genus of African lacertid lizards, commonly called sandveld lizards.[2]
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.
References

"Nucras ". 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.

Mouton, P. Lefras N.; Broeckhoven, Chris; Childers, Jackie L.; Bauer, Aaron M. (2019-02-22). "A new Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the Strandveld of the Western Cape, South Africa". Zootaxa. 4560 (1): 149–163. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30790996.