Aprasia

Aprasia
Aprasia parapulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
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]

• 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

1. Aprasia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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).