Aprasia is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. The species in the genus Aprasia are worm-like, burrowing lizards. At least four of the species are oviparous. Species The genus Aprasia contains the following species: Aprasia aurita – eared worm-lizard, mallee worm-lizard Aprasia clairae Aprasia haroldi – Shark Bay worm-lizard Aprasia inaurita – mallee worm-lizard, red-tailed worm-lizard Aprasia litorea – Gnaraloo worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella – granite worm-lizard, pink-tailed worm-lizard Aprasia picturata Aprasia pseudopulchella – Flinders Ranges worm-lizard Aprasia pulchella – pretty worm-lizard Aprasia repens – sedgelands worm-lizard Aprasia rostrata – Exmouth worm-lizard, Hermite Island worm-lizard Aprasia smithi – Zuytdorp worm-lizard Aprasia striolata – striated worm-lizard Aprasia wicherina – Wicherina worm-lizard Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aprasia. References Further reading Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Aprasia, p. 245). Gray JE (1839). Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 2: 331–337. (Aprasia, new genus, pp. 331–332). Legless lizards Pygopodids of Australia Lizard genera Pygopodidae Taxa named by John Edward Gray