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Aprasia striolata LÜTKEN, 1863

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Higher TaxaPygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striated Worm-lizard 
SynonymAprasia pulchella var. striolata LÜTKEN 1863: 300
Aprasia pulchella lineolata LÜTKEN 1863
Aprasia octolineata PETERS 1863: 233
Aprasia striolata glauerti PARKER 1956
Aprasia striolata — KLUGE 1974: 69
Aprasia striolata — KLUGE 1993
Aprasia striolata — COGGER 2000: 283
Abilaena glauerti — WELLS 2007
Abilaena striolata — WELLS 2007
Aprasia striolata — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)

Type locality: unknown, restricted to one mi NE of Tea Tree Gully, S. A. by Kluge, A. G. (1974).  
Reproductionoviparous 
Typesholotype: ZMUC = UZM R3505
Syntypes: ZMB 4720 [Aprasia octolineata PETERS 1863]
Holotype: WAM R10949, ‘Albany, WA’, [35°02'S, 117°53'E], collected by F.R. Bradshaw, accessioned November 1953 [glauerti] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Striolata 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 always contacts second supralabial, c) almost always two postorbital scales, d) usually 10 or 11 nuchal scales, e) ventrals in males average 143.8, in females 145.0, f) 12 midbody scale rows, g) almost always three preanal scales, h) except for Western Australia and Kangaroo Island populations, very conspicuous head, body and tail stripes present (Figs. 36-9). (Kluge 1974) 
CommentSynonymy: after COGGER 1983 and KLUGE 1993.

Limb morphology: Limbless.

Distribution: not in NSW, nor NT (fide Swan et al. 2017, Field Guide NSW). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin striola (a small line), converted to an adjective by the addition of -atus. (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.
  • Crouch, C. 1977. Legless lizards of the Little Desert. Victorian Naturalist 94: 156-157 - get paper here
  • Glauert, L. 1956. Herpetological Miscellanea VIII Snake Lizards and Worm Lizards (Family Pygopodidae). Western Australian Naturalist 5 (6): - 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
  • Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye krybdyr og padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser f ra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (20—22): 292—311
  • Parker, H. W. 1956. The lizard genus Aprasia; Its taxonomy and temperature correlated variation. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 3:365-385 - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1863. Eine Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1863 (April): 228-236 - 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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