Aprasia aurita
Appearance
Mallee worm-lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Pygopodidae |
Genus: | Aprasia |
Species: | A. aurita
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Binomial name | |
Aprasia aurita Kluge, 1974
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Aprasia aurita, also called the mallee worm-lizard or eared worm-lizard, is a species of
Victoria. Due to human land use, it is now mostly found in 400 ha (990 acres) of Wathe State Wildlife Reserve, north-western Victoria. It has also been found in Cobbler Creek Recreation Park in South Australia and Mambray Creek Reserve. It inhabits tall shrubland and open heath, primarily mallee and other vegetation that has not been burnt for at least 40 years, Shelters under rotting logs, leaf litter and mallee root.[3]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Aprasia aurita at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 March 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-642-16803-0. Archived from the originalon 14 September 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2019.