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Aprasia
Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella)
Scientific classification Edit this 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. [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]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aprasia.

References

  1. ^ a b Aprasia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 March 2014.
  2. ^ 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.

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).


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aprasia
Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella)
Scientific classification Edit this 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. [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]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aprasia.

References

  1. ^ a b Aprasia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 March 2014.
  2. ^ 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.

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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