Aprasia parapulchella
Pink-tailed Worm-lizard at Strathnairn, ACT
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| Aprasia parapulchella | wombey | 14 Apr 2023 | ||
| Aprasia parapulchella | CarbonAI | 14 Apr 2023 | ||
| Aprasia parapulchella | AndyRoo | 14 Apr 2023 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
14 Apr 2023
First record of the nationally vulnerable Pink-tailed Worm-lizard colonising the scrape and sow restoration site, within the Ginninderry Conservation Area - well done Ginninderry team
User's notes
Found under brick in native grassy monitoring scrape. Location GPSed. Shed skin? Clutch pencil is 143mm long and max body thickness is 8mm. Estimate length >300mm. Judging by scale pattern, number of rows of mid-body scales and what looks like tail tip at centre left in close up image Pink-tailed Worm-lizard is my best guess. My other other guess would be Striped Legless Lizard.
2 comments
14 Apr 2023
Thanks Jason and Michael. Credit for the find is Jessica's, or possibly Bridie's or Violet's, during our FOG visit last Thursday?
Location information
- Maps Ginninderry Conservation Corridor
- Places Strathnairn, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Significant AndyRoo Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Aprasia parapulchella Legless Lizards Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Aprasia parapulchella Scientific name
- Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 815.66m Recorded at altitude
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