Aprasia

Aprasia is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.[1] The species in the genus Aprasia are worm-like, burrowing lizards. At least four of the species are oviparous.[2]

Aprasia
Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Aprasia
Gray, 1839

Species

The genus Aprasia contains the following species:[1]

  • Aprasia aurita Kluge, 1974 – eared worm-lizard, mallee worm-lizard
  • Aprasia clairae Maryan, How & Adams, 2013
  • Aprasia haroldi Storr, 1978 – Shark Bay worm-lizard
  • Aprasia inaurita Kluge, 1974 – mallee worm-lizard, red-tailed worm-lizard
  • Aprasia litorea Maryan, Bush & Adams, 2013 – Gnaraloo worm-lizard
  • Aprasia parapulchella Kluge, 1974 – granite worm-lizard, pink-tailed worm-lizard
  • Aprasia picturata L.A. Smith & Henry, 1999
  • Aprasia pseudopulchella Kluge, 1974 – Flinders Ranges worm-lizard
  • Aprasia pulchella Gray, 1839 – pretty worm-lizard
  • Aprasia repens (Fry, 1914) – sedgelands worm-lizard
  • Aprasia rostrata Parker, 1956 – Exmouth worm-lizard, Hermite Island worm-lizard
  • Aprasia smithi Storr, 1970 – Zuytdorp worm-lizard
  • Aprasia striolata Lütken, 1863 – striated worm-lizard
  • Aprasia wicherina Maryan, Adams & Aplin, 2015 – Wicherina worm-lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aprasia.

References
  1. Aprasia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 March 2014.
  2. Webb, Jonathan K.; Shine, Richard (1994). "Feeding habits and reproductive biology of Australian pygopodid lizards of the genus Aprasia". Copeia. 1994 (2): 390–398. doi:10.2307/1446986. JSTOR 1446986.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Aprasia, p. 245).
  • Gray JE (1839). Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 2: 331–337. (Aprasia, new genus, pp. 331–332).


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