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, 1974
- Aprasia clairae Maryan, How & Adams, 2013
- Aprasia haroldi Storr, 1978
- Aprasia inaurita Kluge, 1974
- Aprasia litorea Maryan, Bush & Adams, 2013
- Aprasia parapulchella Kluge, 1974
- Aprasia picturata L.A. Smith & Henry, 1999
- Aprasia pseudopulchella Kluge, 1974
- Aprasia pulchella Gray, 1839
- Aprasia repens (Fry, 1914)
- Aprasia rostrata Parker, 1956
- Aprasia smithi Storr, 1970
- Aprasia striolata Lütken, 1863
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.
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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).
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