Aprasia striolata LÜTKEN, 1863
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Aprasia striolata
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| Higher Taxa | Pygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Striated Worm-lizard |
| Synonym | Aprasia 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 |
| Distribution | Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: unknown, restricted to one mi NE of Tea Tree Gully, S. A. by Kluge, A. G. (1974). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | holotype: 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] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 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) Additional details (4810 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: after COGGER 1983 and KLUGE 1993. Limb morphology: Limbless. Distribution: not in NSW, nor NT (fide Swan et al. 2017, Field Guide NSW). |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin striola (a small line), converted to an adjective by the addition of -atus. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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