• Source: Aprasia

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




Species


The genus Aprasia contains the following species:

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






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).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kadal tanpa kaki
• Operasi Hurricane
• Aprasia
• Pink-tailed worm-lizard
• Aprasia inaurita
• Legless lizard
• Aprasia aurita
• Gnaraloo worm-lizard
• Shark Bay worm-lizard
• Aprasia clairae
• Sedgelands worm-lizard
• Zuytdorp worm-lizard