Ornate Sandveld Lizard
Name
Ornate Sandveld Lizard [Nucras ornata]
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Lacertidae
Length_F
70 - 85 mm
Length_M
70 - 85 mm
Description
The Ornate Sandveld Lizard is a large sandveld lizard with a blotched pattern in adults. Juveniles are blackish-brown on the back with 3 white longitudinal stripes. Adults are brown dorsally with irregular black blotches. Two thin stripes run along the back.
Distribution
From the Lebombo Mountains, Northern Zululand, through Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Northern Gauteng, and Zimbabwe to Southern Zambia, Malawi and Rondo Plateau in South Eastern Tanzania.
Breeding
From 5 - 7 eggs are laid in midsummer.
Diet
Large insects, including centipedes and grasshoppers.
