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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Nucras |
| Species: | N. boulengeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Nucras boulengeri Neumann, 1900
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Etymology edit
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]
Geographic range edit
N. boulengeri is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of N. boulengeri are shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]
Description edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Nucras boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 May 2019.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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 edit
- 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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