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Pink-tailed Worm Lizard
Photograph copyright: Damon Bryce - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Pink-tailed Worm Lizard
Photograph copyright: Damon Bryce - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
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. The total length is up to 14 cm long. It has a pink tail and is white underneath. The head and neck is brown and the rest of the top of the body is pale grey. Scales on the back each have a dark bar, and so the appearance is dots down the back. The head and tail are both rounded in shape. It differs from a snake in that there are scaly hind limb flaps. Also the tongue is not forked but is flat and long. There are no ears visible.
Size
14cm
Habitat
They can be found under rocks
Food
invertebrates. their main diet is ant eggs
Range
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.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Pygopodidae | | Genus: | Aprasia | | Species: | parapulchella | | Common Name: | Pink-tailed Worm Lizard |
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