Aprasia pulchella GRAY, 1839

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Higher Taxa	Pygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pretty Worm-lizard
Synonym	Aprasia pulchella GRAY 1839: 332 Aprasia pulchella — GÜNTHER 1873: 145 Ophioseps nasutus BOCAGE 1873 Aprasia pulchella — BOULENGER 1885: 246 Ophiopsiseps nasutus — BOULENGER 1887: 436 (nom. subst. pro Ophioseps) Aprasia pulchella — LUCAS & FROST 1894: 40 Ophiseps nasutus — KINGHORN 1926 Aprasia brevirostris WERNER 1909: 266 Aprasia pulchella — KLUGE 1993 Aprasia pulchella — COGGER 2000: 281 Aprasia pulchella — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Australia, restriction to Kalamunda National Park, 13 mi E of Perth, W. A. proposed by Kluge, A. G. (1974).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946. 8. 30. 93, unknown collector. Lectotype: ZMB 24596 [Aprasia brevirostris, fide BAUER et al. 1994]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus): Aprasia differs from all other pygopodid genera in possessing the following combination of character states: head scales very large, few in number; parietal scales absent; ring of ocular tissue not completely separated into distinct scales; external auditory meatus absent (small opening present beneath scale in A. aurita); scales smooth; precloacal pores absent; almost always one hind limb scale; snout very short; body diameter very small; tail very short [Kluge 1974].
Comment	Synonymy after COGGER 1983. Type species: Aprasia pulchella Gray, 1839 is the type species of the genus Aprasia GRAY 1839, which is the type genus of the family Aprasiadae GRAY 1841 (now a synonym of Pygopodidae). Reproduction: for a collection of data on reproductive details in Pygopodidae see Rösler 2022. Limb morphology: Limbless.
Etymology	Named after Latin “pulchella” = pretty.
References	Bauer, Aaron M.; Lang, Mathias & Günther, Rainer 1994. An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Pygopods, Xantusiids, Gerrhosaurs and Cordylids (Reptilia: Squamata: Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae, Gerrhosauridae and Cordylidae) in the Collection of the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70 (1): 85-92. - get paper here Bocage, J. V. Barboza du. 1873. 3. Sur quelques sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et de l’Australie. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa, 4: 228—232. - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here 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. Glauert, L. 1956. Herpetological Miscellanea VIII Snake Lizards and Worm Lizards (Family Pygopodidae). Western Australian Naturalist 5 (6): - get paper here Gray,J.E. 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 (11): 331-337 [continued from page 293] - get paper here Günther, A. 1873. Notes on and descriptions of some lizards with rudimentary limbs, in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 145-148 - get paper here Kinghorn, J. Roy 1926. A brief review of the family Pygopodidae. Rec. Austral. Mus. 15 (1): 40-64 - get paper here Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here Rösler, Herbert 2022. Akzente der Fortpflanzungsbiologie oviparer Geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) - Charakter, Evolution, Phylogenie. Vernate 41/2022: 91-212 Werner, F. 1909. Reptilia exkl. Geckonidae und Scincidae. In: Michaelsen, W., and R. Hartmeyer. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2., pp. 263-270. G. Fischer, Wien. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/pygopodidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Pygopodidae/Aprasia/pulchella https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/457006289857308 https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/434763492081588 http://zoobank.org/5986EC58-6DD7-40B6-BA0D-70EA6E648252 Google images

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