Nucras boulengeri

Nucras boulengeri, also known commonly as the Uganda savannah lizard and Boulenger's scrub lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae ("wall lizards" or "true lizards"). The species is native to East Africa.

Nucras boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Nucras
Species:
N. boulengeri
Binomial name
Nucras boulengeri
Neumann, 1900
Synonyms[2]
  • Nucras boulengeri
    Neumann, 1900
  • Nucras emini
    Boulenger, 1907
  • Nucras kilosae
    Loveridge, 1922
  • Nucras boulengeri
    — Loveridge, 1957
  • Nucras boulengeri kilosae
    — Bischoff, 1991
  • Nucras boulengeri
    — Haagner et al., 2000

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

N. boulengeri is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of N. boulengeri are shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Description

N. boulengeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 6.5 cm (2.6 in), with a tail about twice SVL.[4]

Reproduction

N. boulengeri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Howell, K.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Nucras boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T196987A46110738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T196987A46110738.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Nucras boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 May 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Nucras boulengeri, p. 34).
  4. Loveridge A (1922). "New Reptiles from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 313–315. (Nucras kilosae, new species, pp. 314–315).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1907). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 19: 486–489. (Nucras emini, new species, p. 488).
  • Müller J (1998). "Zur besseren Kenntnis von Nucras boulengeri (NEUMANN, 1900), einer wenig bekannten Eidechse aus Ostafrika". Die Eidechse 8 (3): 88–96. (in German).
  • Neumann O (1900). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Nucras from Usoga, British East Africa". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series 5: 56. (Nucras boulengeri, new species).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Nucras boulengeri, p. 192).



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