Pink-tailed worm-lizard
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The pink-tailed worm-lizard or granite worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) is a rare legless lizard found in Australia. The animal looks like a combination of small snake and worm. Its total length is up to 14 cm. It has a pink tail and is white underneath. The head and neck are brown, and the rest of the top of the body is pale grey. Scales on the back each have a dark bar, giving the appearance of dots down the back.[2] It is found on two hills near Tarcutta, Bathurst, New South Wales, Bendigo in Victoria, and along the sides of the Molonglo River and Murrumbidgee River and on Mount Taylor in the Australian Capital Territory.[3] The lizards eat invertebrates that live under rocks. They can be found under rocks sized from 0.15 to 0.6 m.[4] Their main diet is ant eggs, particularly from Iridomyrmex species and Rhytidoponera metallica.[5]
Pink-tailed worm-lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Pygopodidae |
Genus: | Aprasia |
Species: | A. parapulchella |
Binomial name | |
Aprasia parapulchella Kluge, 1974 | |