Nucras

Nucras livida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Nucras
Species (13): N. aurantiaca – N. boulengeri – N. broadleyi – N. caesicaudata – N. damarana – N. holubi – N. intertexta – N. lalandii – N. livida – N. ornata – N. scalaris – N. taeniolata – N. tessellata

Name

Nucras Gray, 1838: 280

• Type species: Lacerta lalandii Milne-Edwards, 1829, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. Annals of Natural History. Series 1 1(4): 274–283. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809512291 ; BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bauer, A.M., Childers, J.L., Broeckhoven, C. & Mouton, P.L.N. 2019. 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 Reference page. 
• Branch, W.R., Conradie, W., Pinto, P.V. & Tolley, K.A. 2019. Another Angolan Namib endemic species: a new Nucras Gray, 1838 (Squamata: Lacertidae) from south-western Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2)[Special Section]: 82–95 (e199). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Nucras . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 March 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Spitzkopf-Eidechsen
English: Sandveld Lizards

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