Aprasia
Sign in to saveAprasia 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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyPygopodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Pygopodidae
- Collections
- WAM, NMV, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pygopodidae
- Image
- Pink-tailed Worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) (9106385763).jpg
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- taxon name
- Aprasia
- topic's main category
- Category:Aprasia
- Commons category
- Aprasia
- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- Gray, 1839
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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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 – eared worm-lizard, mallee worm-lizard Aprasia clairae Aprasia haroldi – Shark Bay worm-lizard Aprasia inaurita – mallee worm-lizard, red-tailed worm-lizard Aprasia litorea – Gnaraloo worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella – granite worm-lizard, pink-tailed worm-lizard Aprasia picturata Aprasia pseudopulchella – Flinders Ranges worm-lizard Aprasia pulchella – pretty worm-lizard Aprasia repens – sedgelands worm-lizard Aprasia rostrata – Exmouth worm-lizard, Hermite Island worm-lizard Aprasia smithi – Zuytdorp worm-lizard Aprasia striolata – striated worm-lizard Aprasia wicherina – Wicherina worm-lizard
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aprasia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.