Aprasia Explained
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.[1]
Species
The genus Aprasia contains the following species:
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).
Notes and References
- Webb . Jonathan K. . Shine . Richard . 1994 . Feeding habits and reproductive biology of Australian pygopodid lizards of the genus Aprasia . Copeia . 1994 . 2 . 390–398 . 10.2307/1446986. 1446986 .