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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyPygopodidae
Observations recorded4,285

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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 rank
genus
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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Encyclopedic overview

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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.