Zuytdorp worm-lizard

Zuytdorp worm-lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Aprasia
Species:	A. smithi
Binomial name
Aprasia smithi Storr, 1970
Synonyms[2]
Aprasia smithi Storr, 1970 Abilaena smithi — Wells, 2007 Aprasia smithi — Wilson & Swan, 2010

The Zuytdorp worm-lizard (Aprasia smithi), also known commonly as Smith's legless lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, smithi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Lawrence Alec Smith (born 1944).[3]

Geographic range

A. smithi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. smithi are grassland, and shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

A smithi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Lloyd R, Wilson S (2017). "Aprasia smithi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102828358A102828392. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102828358A102828392.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2019.
2. Aprasia smithi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aprasia smithi, p. 247).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Ellis, Ryan J.; Doughty, Paul; Bauer, Aaron M. (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 (1): 51–94. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.051-094.
• Storr GM (1970). "Aprasia smithi a New Worm-Lizard (Pygopodidae) from Western Australia". Western Australian Naturalist 11 (6): 141. (Aprasia smithi, new species).
• Wells RW (2007). "Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia. A review of species in the genus Aprasia GRAY 1839 (Apraisiaidae) including the description of a new genus". Australian Biodiversity Record (6): 1–17. (Abilaena smithi, new combination).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.