Nucras boulengeri

Nucras boulengeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
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;

Last updated October 03, 2025

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.^[3]

Geographic range

N. boulengeri is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of N. boulengeri are shrubland, savanna, and forest.^[1]

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.^[4]

Reproduction

N. boulengeri is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 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 London1922: 313–315. (Nucras kilosae, new species, pp. 314–315).

Boulenger GA (1907). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series19: 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 Eidechse8 (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 Series5: 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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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 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 London1922: 313–315. (Nucras kilosae, new species, pp. 314–315).

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