Species Aprasia rostrata Parker, 1956

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aprasia repens rostrata 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 [384].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R63861, Hermite Is., Monte Bello Group, WA.
• Aprasia rostrata fusca Storr, G.M. 1979. Five new lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 134-142 [136].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R61077, 3 km NW of Bullara, WA [22°40'S 114°02'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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: 144–163 [150]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous.

 

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) [84]

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

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Exmouth Worm-lizard)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	Aprasia Gray, 1839	02-Jan-2014	MODIFIED
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)