Eastern Cape to KwaZule-Natal and Swaziland. Relict populations in southern Cape. 

Species:

Nucras lalandii  (MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829)

Synonyms:

Lacerta lalandii  MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829

Eremias (Nucras) lalandii  GRAY, 1838

Nucras lalandii  GRAY, 1845

Bettia delalandii  BEDRIAGA, 1886

Common names:

Delalande`s Sandveld Lizard (English)

Types:

Syntypes: MNHN-RA 0259, MNHN-RA 0264 and MNHN-RA 2745 (composed of MNHN-RA 2745 and MNHN-RA 2745A) - total 4 syntypes

Terra Typica:

Cape of Good Hope.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Milne-Edwards, M.H. (1829) -  Description of Nucras lalandii. -  In: “Recherches zoologiques pour servir à l`histoire des lézards, extraites d`une monographie de ce genre”. - Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, 16: 50-89.   

  • Gray, J.E. (1838) -  Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. -  Annals of natural history, (1) 1: 274-283.