Aprasia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Pygopodidae
Genus: Aprasia
Species (14): A. aurita – A. clairae – A. haroldi – A. inaurita – A. litorea – A. parapulchella – A. picturata – A. pseudopulchella – A. pulchella – A. repens – A. rostrata – A. smithi – A. striolata – A. wicherina
Name

Aprasia Gray, 1839

Type species: Aprasia pulchella Gray, 1839, by monotypy.

References
Additional references

Maryan, B., Bush, B.G. & Adams, M. 2013. Morphological and molecular assessment of Aprasia fusca and A. rostrata (Squamata: Pygopodidae), with a description of a new species from the Lake MacLeod region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(2): 144–163. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(2).2013.144-163 Open access Reference page.
Maryan, B., How, R.A. & Adams, M. 2013. A new species of the Aprasia repens species-group (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(1): 30–43. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.030-043 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Aprasia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 July 2022.

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 – 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.
References

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.

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).