Nucras boulengeri explained

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.

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.^[1]

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Description

N. boulengeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 6.5cm (02.6inches), with a tail about twice SVL.^[2]

Reproduction

N. boulengeri is oviparous.

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. . (Nucras boulengeri, p. 192).

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge A]