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 lizard

• Nucras broadleyi - Angolan sandveld lizard

• Nucras caesicaudata - bluetailed sandveld lizard, bluetail scrub lizard

• Nucras damarana

• Nucras holubi - Holub's sandveld lizard

• Nucras intertexta - spotted sandveld lizard

• Nucras lalandii - Delalande's sandveld lizard, Laland's lizard, Delalande's spotted lizard

• Nucras livida - Karoo sandveld lizard

• Nucras ornata - ornate sandveld lizard, ornate scrub lizard

• Nucras scalaris - scaled sandveld lizard

• Nucras taeniolata - Albany sandveld lizard, striped scrub lizard

• Nucras tessellata - 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

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).