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Aprasia smithi STORR, 1970

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Higher TaxaPygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zuytdorp Worm-lizard 
SynonymAprasia smithi STORR 1970: 141
Aprasia smithi — KLUGE 1974: 66
Aprasia smithi — COGGER 2000: 282
Aprasia smithi — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 187
Abilaena smithi — WELLS 2007
Aprasia smithi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: Kalbarri townsite, in 27° 43’ S, 114° 10’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R34325, Collected by W. J. March on July 13, 1969. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smithi is unique in the genus Aprasia in possessing a jet black head (including the throat) and tail-tip (Fig. 34). (Kluge 1974)


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CommentLimb morphology: Limbless. 
Etymologynamed after Lawrence Alec Smith (born 1944), Australian herpetologist and former assistant of Glen M. Storr. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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.
  • 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
  • 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., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3
  • 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
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1970. Aprasia smithi a new worm-lizard (Pygopodidae) from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 11:141 - 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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