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Aprasia litorea MARYAN, BUSH, ADAMS, 2013

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Higher TaxaPygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAprasia litorea MARYAN, BUSH, ADAMS 2013 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia, west of Lake Mcleod)

Type locality: 1 km S of Gnaraloo Homestead (23° 49’ 29’’ S, 113° 31’ 32’’ E).  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: WAM R141605, collected B. Maryan & B.G. Bush, 20.vi.2000. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maryan et al. 2013 (text protected, not copyable). 
Comment 
EtymologyAfter Latin “litoreus”, meaning “of the seashore”, referring to the coastal distribution of the species. 
References
  • 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
  • Maryan, Brad; Brian G. Bush and Mark Adams 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 Australian Museum 28: 144–163 - get paper here
  • Maryan, Brad; Mark Adams, and Ken P. Aplin 2015. Taxonomic resolution of the Aprasia repens species-group (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from the Geraldton Sandplains: a description of a new species and additional mainland records of A. clairae. Rec. Austr. Mus. 30 012–032, DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.30(1).2015.012-032
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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