Nucras is a genus of African lacertid lizards, commonly called sandveld lizards.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. . (Genus Nucras, p. 167-168; species of Nucras, pp. 168-170).
Species The following 13 species are recognized as being valid."Nucras ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 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).