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Taxonomy of the genus Nucras Biodiversity of the family Lacertidae

Bibliography of the genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Nucras in general

Bedriaga, J. 1886. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lacertiden - Familie (Lacerta, Algiroides, Tropidosaura, Zerzumia, und Bettaia). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 14: 17-444.

Bischoff, W. 1991. Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 4. Die Gattungen Latastia, Meroles, Mesalina, Nucras, Ophisops, Pedioplanis und Philochortus. Die Eidechse 2(4): 17-25.

Boulenger, G.A. 1917. A revision of the lizards of the genus Nucras. Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 13: 195-216.

Broadley, D.G. 1965. Some problems presented by the sand lizards of the Nucras tesseliata group. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 1: 18-23.

Edwards, S.; Tolley, K.A.; Vanhooydonck, B.; John, M.G.; Herrel, A. 2013. Is dietary niche breadth linked to morphology and performance in Sandveld lizards Nucras (Sauria: Lacertidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(3): 674-688.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1997. Family Lacertidae genus Nucras. pp. 55-57. In: Wyk, J.H. van (ed.). Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium (South African lizards: 50 years of progress) and Third H.A.A. Symposium on African herpetology: held at the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11-15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Matieland. 227 pp.

Meer, M.H. van der; Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R. 2010. Ecology of southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras). Copeia 2010(4): 568-577.

Nucras boulengeri

Loveridge, A. 1922. New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 313-315.

Müller, J. 1998. Zur besseren Kenntnis von Nucras boulengeri (Neumann, 1900), einer wenig bekannten Eidechse aus Ostafrika. Die Eidechse 8(3): 88-96.

Neumann, O. 1900. Description of a new lizard of the genus Nucras from Usoga, British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 5: 56.

Nucras caesicaudata

Broadley, D.G. 1972. A review of the Nucras tessellata group (Sauria: Lacertidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 5(20): 1-36.

Nucras holubi

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

Meer, M.H. van der; Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R. 2010. Ecology of southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras). Copeia 2010(4): 568-577.

Nucras intertexta

Bourquin, O.; Haacke, W.D. 1993. Nucras intertexta. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 41.

Broadley, D.G. 1972. A review of the Nucras tessellata group (Sauria: Lacertidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 5(20): 1-36.

FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A short account of the reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe 1: 99-104.

Hoesch, W. 1961. Südwestafrikanische Echsen in Freiheit und in Gefangenschaft. 2. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 14: 307-309.

Kirchhof, S. 2011. [In search of lacertids in South Africa: results of an expedition to the northeast of the country]. (In German). Die Eidechse 22(3): 71-82.

Meer, M.H. van der; Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R. 2010. Ecology of southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras). Copeia 2010(4): 568-577.

Nucras lalandii

Boycott, R.C. 1990. Nucras lalandii. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 57.

Boycott, R.C. 1990. Nucras lalandii. Delalande's sandveld lizard. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 50.

Masterson, G.P.R.; Koen, D.; Toit, L. du; Horn, N. 2010. Size-class distributions for four lizard species found in Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa. African Herp News 51: 4-6.

Meer, M.H. van der; Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R. 2010. Ecology of southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras). Copeia 2010(4): 568-577.

Yeadon, R.B. 1991. Nucras lalandii. Size and reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 22.

Nucras livida

Branch, W.R.; Bauer, A.M. 1995. Herpetofauna of the Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa with notes on life history and taxonomy. Herpetological Natural History 3(1): 47-89.

Burger, M.; Hahndiek, Q. 1993. Nucras tessellata livida. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 41.

Burger, M.; Hahndiek, Q. 1993. Nucras tessellata livida. Striped sandveld lizard. Avian predation. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 36.

Toit, D.A. du; Alblas, A. 2003. Nucras livida Smith, 1838. Karoo Sandveld Lizard. African Herp News 36: 15-16.

Nucras ornata

Broadley, D.G. 1972. A review of the Nucras tessellata group (Sauria: Lacertidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 5(20): 1-36.

Gray, J.E. 1864. Notes on some new lizards from south-eastern Africa, with the descriptions of several new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864(1): 58-62.

Meer, M.H. van der; Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R. 2010. Ecology of southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras). Copeia 2010(4): 568-577.

Nucras taeniolata

Branch, W.R.; Burger, M. 2009. Nucras taeniolata Smith, 1838 (striped sandveld lizard) (Sauria, Lacertidae) additional records. Herpetological Bulletin 107: 40-41.

Broadley, D.G. 1972. A review of the Nucras tessellata group (Sauria: Lacertidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 5(20): 1-36.

Conradie, W. 2012. Geographical distribution: Nucras taeniolata Smith, 1838. Albany Sandveld Lizard. South Africa: Eastern Cape Province. African Herp News 58: 21-22.

Nucras tessellata

Broadley, D.G. 1972. A review of the Nucras tessellata group (Sauria: Lacertidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 5(20): 1-36.

FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A short account of the reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe 1: 99-104.

Goldberg, S.R. 2006. Note on reproduction of the striped sandveld lizard, Nucras tessellata (Squamata: Lacertidae) from southern Africa. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(3): 137-139.

Huey, R.B.; Bennett, A.F.; John-Alder, H.; Nagy, K.A. 1984. Locomotor capacity and foraging behaviour of Kalahari lacertid lizards. Animal Behaviour 32(1): 41-50.

Meer, M.H. van der; Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R. 2010. Ecology of southern African Sandveld Lizards (Lacertidae, Nucras). Copeia 2010(4): 568-577.

Plessis, I.J. du; Mouton, P. le F.N. 2012. Foraging strategies of coexisting lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa. African Zoology 47(1): 113-118.

Vanhooydonck, B.; Measey, J.; Edwards, S.; Makhubo, B.; Tolley, K.A.; Herrel, A. 2015. The effects of substratum on locomotor performance in lacertid lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115(4): 869-881.