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Aprasia pulchella (Pretty Worm-lizard)

Synonyms: Aprasia brevirostris; Ophioseps nasutus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  6 grams
Habitat Substrate [2]  Fossorial, Terrestrial
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  1
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.331 inches (11 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Esperance mallee Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Australia savanna Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Australia woodlands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Stirling Range National Park II 281371 Western Australia, Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0