| Higher Taxa | Pygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Sedgelands Worm-lizard |
| Synonym | Ophioseps repens FRY 1914: 178
Aprasia repens — KLUGE 1993
Aprasia repens — COGGER 2000: 282
Abilaena repens — WELLS 2007
Aprasia repens — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia)
Type locality: W.A., restricted to Swan View National Park (35°51’ S, 116° 03’ E), W.A. by KLUGE 1974.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R364 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Repens differs from all other species in the genus Aprasia in possessing the following combination of character states: a) nasal and first supralabial scales distinct posterior to nostril, b) nasal almost never contacts second supralabial, c) one postorbital scale, d) usually eight nuchal scales, e) usually seven gular scales, f) ventral scales in males average 139.4, in females 147.9, g) almost always 12 midbody scale rows, h) usually two preanal scales, i) lateral head pattern usually present (Figs. 7, 28-9). (Kluge 1974) |
| Comment | Limb morphology: Limbless. |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin repens (creeping) in reference to the long slender body. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
| References |
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
- Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
- Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 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: 051–094 - get paper here
- Fry, D. B. 1914. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Western Australia. Rec. West. Austral. Mus. 1:174-210 - get paper here
- Glauert, L. 1956. Herpetological Miscellanea VIII Snake Lizards and Worm Lizards (Family Pygopodidae). Western Australian Naturalist 5 (6): - get paper here
- Hallermann, J. 2020. An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61 - get paper here
- Kinghorn, J. Roy 1926. A brief review of the family Pygopodidae. Rec. Austral. Mus. 15 (1): 40-64 - get paper here
- Kluge, A. G. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the lizard family Pygopodidae. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, (147): 1-221. - get paper here
- Kluge, Arnold G. 1976. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard family Pygopodidae: an evaluation of theory, methods and data. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (152): 1-72 - get paper here
- Maryan, B. 2005. A HERPETOFAUNA HOTSPOT, THE CENTRAL WEST COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Western Australian Naturalist 25 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
- Stokely, P.S. 1947. The post-cranial skeleton of Aprasia repens. Copeia 1947 (1): 22-28. - get paper here
- Wells, R. W. 2007. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia. A review of species in the genus Aprasia GRAY 1839 (Aprasiaidae) including the description of a new genus. Australian Biodiversity Record (6): 1-17 - get paper here
- Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
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