Aprasia

Aprasia
Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Aprasia Gray, 1839

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.

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).