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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Beaked Legless Lizard, Hermite Island Worm-lizard, Exmouth Worm-Lizard
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Lepidosauria
()
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Gekkota
()
- Family:
Pygopodidae
()
- Subfamily:
Lialisinae
()
- Tribe:
Aprasiaini
()
- Gray, 1839
- Genus:
Aprasia
()
- Specific name:
rostrata
- Parker, 1956
- Scientific name: - Aprasia rostrata Parker, 1956
- Specific name:
rostrata
- Parker, 1956
- Genus:
Aprasia
(
- Tribe:
Aprasiaini
(
- Subfamily:
Lialisinae
(
- Family:
Pygopodidae
(
- Infraorder:
Gekkota
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Lepidosauria
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Abilaena rostrata — Wells 2007 • Aprasia repens rostrata Parker 1956 • Aprasia rostrata • Aprasia rostrata — Cogger 2000: 282 • Aprasia rostrata — Kluge 1993
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Holotype: WAM R13861 No additional specimens of A. rostrata
have been collected since its locality
was subjected to atomic weapons
testing in the 1950s (Ehmann, 1992). The subspecies
fusca has been
elevated
to full species status by STORR et al.
(1990).
The typical subspecies Aprasia
rostrata rostrata was listed previously on the IUCN
Red List,
but as the other subspecies A.
r. fusca Storr, 1979 is now recognized as a good species,
the typical subspecies now becomes a full species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aprasia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aurita (Eared Worm-Lizard) · A. haroldi (Shark Bat Worm-Lizard) · A. inaurita (Earless Legless Lizard) · A. parapulchella (Granite Worm-Lizard) · A. pseudopulchella (Flinders Ranges Worm-Lizard) · A. pulchella (Pretty Worm-Lizard) · A. repens (Sedgelands Worm-Lizard) · A. rostrata (Hermite Island Worm-Lizard) · A. rostrata rostrata (Hermite Island Worm-Lizard) · A. smithi (Zuytdorp Worm-Lizard) · A. striolata (Striated Worm-Lizard)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Aprasia rostrata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6253589
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-808
- IUCN ID: 192192
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2169
Footnotes
- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Aprasia rostrata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
