| Zuytdorp worm-lizard | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Aprasia |
| Species: | A. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aprasia smithi Storr, 1970 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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).
Geographic range
A. smithi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. smithi are grassland, and shrubland.
Reproduction
A smithi is oviparous.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Aprasia smithi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aprasia smithi | |
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