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]

References

  1. 1 2 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


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 23, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.