| Aprasia | |
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| Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Aprasia Gray, 1839 |
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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]
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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
- ^ a b Aprasia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 March 2014.
- ^ 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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