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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Nucras (sandveld lizards)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Lacertidae (lacertids, wall lizards)

Species native to southern Africa

Nucras caesicaudata (Blue-tailed sandveld lizard)

 

 

Nucras intertexta (Spotted sandveld lizard)

 

Nucras lalandii (Delalande's sandveld lizard)

 

Nucras livida (Karoo sandveld lizard)

 

Nucras taeniolata (Striped sandveld lizard) (includes Holub's and Ornate sandveld lizards)

 

 

Nucras tessellata (Western sandveld lizard)