Species Aprasia striolata Lütken, 1863
Lined Worm-lizard, Striated Worm-lizard
- Aprasia pulchella striolata Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye krybdyr og padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1862: 292-331 [1862 on title page] [300, pls 1-2 figs 3a-d].
Type data:
Holotype UZM R3505, unknown, restriction to one mi[le] NE Tea Tree Gully, SA, proposed by Kluge (1974).Type locality references:
Kluge, A.G. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the lizard family Pygopodidae. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 147: 1-221. - Aprasia pulchella lineolata Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye krybdyr og padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1862: 292-331 [1862 on title page] [300].
Type data:
Holotype UZM R3504, locality unknown. - Aprasia octolineata Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [233].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 4720 3 specimens, Loos, 4.5 km W Gawler (as Buchsfelde), SA.Type locality references:
Praite, R. & Tolley, J.C. 1970. Place names of South Australia. Adelaide : Rigby 203 pp. - Aprasia striolata glauerti Parker, H.W. 1956. The lizard genus Aprasia, its taxonomy and temperature correlated variation. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 3: 365-385 [378].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R10949, Albany, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [103]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, low shrubland, nocturnal, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland.
General References
Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(51–94) [85]
Kluge, A.G. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the lizard family Pygopodidae. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 147: 1-221
Parker, H.W. 1956. The lizard genus Aprasia, its taxonomy and temperature correlated variation. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 3: 365-385 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Striated Worm-lizard)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |