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Taxonomy of the genus Aprasia Biodiversity of the family Pygopodidae

Bibliography of the genus
Aprasia (Blunt-tailed Scaly-foots)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Pygopodidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Aprasia in general

Parker, H.W. 1956. The lizard genus Aprasia. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 3(9): 363-385.

Webb, J.K.; Shine, R. 1994. Feeding habits and reproductive biology of Australian pygopodid lizards of the genus Aprasia. Copeia 1994(2): 390-398.

Wells, R.W. 2007. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A review of species in the genus Aprasia Gray 1839 (Aprasiaidae), including the description of a new genus. Australian Biodiversity Record 2007(6): 1-17.

Aprasia aurita

Hutchinson, M.; Adams, M.; Ehmann, H. 2007. Aprasia aurita (Squamata, Pygopodidae), an addition to the lizard fauna of South Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 37(2): 98-103.

Aprasia clairae

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.

Aprasia haroldi

Storr, G.M. 1978. Taxonomic notes on the reptiles of the Shark Bay region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 303-318.

Aprasia inaurita

Rankin, P.R. 1976. A note on a possible diversionary defence mechanism in the worm lizard, Aprasia inaurita Kluge. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 8(2): 2 pp.

Aprasia litorea

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.

Aprasia parapulchella

King, D. 1997. A corrected identification. Geelong Naturalist 33(5): 5.

McDougall, A.; Milner, R.N.C.; Driscoll, D.A.; Smith, A.L. 2016. Restoration rocks: integrating abiotic and biotic habitat restoration to conserve threatened species and reduce fire fuel load. Biodiversity and Conservation 25(8): 1529-1542.

Michael, D.R.; Herring, M.W. 2005. Habitat of the pink-tailed worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella in Albury, NSW. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(2): 103-111.

Rauhala, M.A. 1993. Above ground movements and new information on habitat of Aprasia parapulchella revealed by pitfall trapping. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(2): 30-31.

Wong, D.T.Y.; Jones, S.R.; Osborne, W.S.; Brown, G.W.; Robertson, P.; Michael, D.R.; Kay, G.M. 2011. The life history and ecology of the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella Kluge - a review. Australian Zoologist 35(4): 927-940.

Aprasia picturata

Smith, L.A.; Henry, J. 1999. Aprasia picturata (Squamata: Pygopodidae), a new legless lizard from the interior of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 82(2): 75-77.

Thompson, S.A.; Thompson, G.G. 2008. Range extension for the black-headed worm-lizard, Aprasia picturata (Squamata: Pygopodidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91(1): 51-52.

Aprasia pulchella

Martens, R. 1926. Über einige Eidechsen in Gefangenschaft. Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde (Stuttgart) 37: 1-11.

Aprasia repens

Bancroft, W.J. 2003. Observations of Aprasia repens on Rottnest Island. Western Australian Naturalist 24(2): 148-149.

Aprasia rostrata

Maryan, B.; Bush, B. 2007. Rediscovery of Aprasia rostrata on the Montebello Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 25(4): 247-251.

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.

Storr, G.M. 1979. Five new lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 134-142.

Aprasia smithi

Storr, G.M. 1970. Aprasia smithi a new worm-lizard (Pygopodidae) from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 141.

Aprasia striolata

Beardsell, C.; Clemann, N.; Silins, J.; McNabb, E. 1999. New records of the striped worm-lizard Aprasia striolata in south-western Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 116(5): 179-180.

Crouch, C. 1977. Legless lizards of the Little Desert. Victorian Naturalist 94(4): 156-157.

Goonan, P.; Mann, A. 1992. Fauna of the Brookfield Conservation Park in the Murray mallee, South Australia. 1. Preliminary results of a survey of the small vertebrate community in a mallee-spinifex habitat. South Australian Naturalist 66(3): 44-48.