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Nucras boulengeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
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

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.

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 6.5 cm (2.6 in), with a tail about twice SVL.

Reproduction

N. boulengeri is oviparous.

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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