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Nucras caesicaudata. Nucras caesicaudata, the bluetailed sandveld lizard or bluetail scrub lizard, is a wall lizard in the family of true lizards (Lacertidae). It is found in southern Mozambique, southwestern Zimbabwe and the extreme northeast of South Africa. [1] The lizard can clearly be distinguished because of its distinctive blue tail.
Nucras tessellata (A. Smith, 1838) - western sandveld lizard, striped sandveld lizard, tiger lizard, striped sand lizard, banded sand lizard. Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nucras .
Nucras tessellata is a slender, whip-tailed lizard about 25 cm long. The tail accounts for about two-thirds of its length and is used as a rudder during its lightning-fast dashes. In breeding colours, it is strongly striped in black and white over its forequarters, becoming bright orange-brown over its hindquarters and tail.
This is a list of lizards found in South Africa. HmmLab Utils: ( ?hmlab<wikiprojects:[southafrica, list] ) Agama armata [1] Bibron's thick-toed gecko; Broadley's flat lizard; Cape dwarf gecko; Cape flat lizard; Cape grass lizard; Common flat lizard; Dwarf flat lizard; Hemicordylus; Lebombo flat lizard; Nile monitor; Nucras caesicaudata ...
Nucras delalandii. — Boulenger, 1887. Nucras lalandii. — Boycott, 1992. Nucras lalandii, also known commonly as Delalande's sandveld lizard, Delalande's spotted lizard, and Laland's lizard, is a species of wall lizard in the family of true lizards ( Lacertidae ). The species is native to Southern Africa .
Plestiodon fasciatus. Lacerta quinquelineata. The (American) five-lined skink ( Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada .
An adult male Peter's rock agama. While they're nowhere near as large as iguanas or Nile monitors — more non-native species found in Florida — the Peter's rock agamas aren't the little lizards ...
In 1871, P. onocrepis was described by Cope. In 1875, the two species were reassigned to the genus Eumeces. In 1935, two subspecies were defined, E. e. egregius and E. e. onocrepis, and in 1957, E. e. similis was separated from E. e. egregius. In 2005 North American members of genus Eumeces were reassigned to Plestiodon .