Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Nucras Ornata
- Length_F
- 70 - 85 mm
- Length_M
- 70 - 85 mm
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Lacertidae
- Description
- 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.
- Class
- Reptilia
- 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.
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