Aprasia
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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]
Species
The genus Aprasia contains the following species:[1]
- Aprasia aurita Kluge, 1974Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – eared worm-lizard, mallee worm-lizard
- Aprasia clairae Maryan, How & Adams, 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Aprasia haroldi Storr, 1978Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Shark Bay worm-lizard
- Aprasia inaurita Kluge, 1974Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – mallee worm-lizard, red-tailed worm-lizard
- Aprasia litorea Maryan, Bush & Adams, 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Gnaraloo worm-lizard
- Aprasia parapulchella Kluge, 1974Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – granite worm-lizard, pink-tailed worm-lizard
- Aprasia picturata L.A. Smith & Henry, 1999Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Aprasia pseudopulchella Kluge, 1974Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Flinders Ranges worm-lizard
- Aprasia pulchella Gray, 1839Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – pretty worm-lizard
- Aprasia repens (Fry, 1914)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – sedgelands worm-lizard
- Aprasia rostrata Parker, 1956Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Exmouth worm-lizard, Hermite Island worm-lizard
- Aprasia smithi Storr, 1970Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Zuytdorp worm-lizard
- Aprasia striolata Lütken, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – striated worm-lizard
- Aprasia wicherina Maryan, Adams & Aplin, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Wicherina worm-lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aprasia.
References
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- ↑ a b Aprasia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 March 2014.
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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).