Nick Volpe
Red-tailed Worm-lizard (Aprasia inaurita)
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One of the most colourful species of the genus, Aprasia inaurita is found in the mallee of southern Australia. These legless lizards can grow to just over 100mm long but are extremely thin - like spaghetti! Rarely surfacing, these lizards almost exclusively feed on ant pupae so they spend most of their time underground in active ant nests!
Red-tailed Worm-lizard (Aprasia inaurita)
contact me on nick.volpe3@hotmail.com for use of this image.
One of the most colourful species of the genus, Aprasia inaurita is found in the mallee of southern Australia. These legless lizards can grow to just over 100mm long but are extremely thin - like spaghetti! Rarely surfacing, these lizards almost exclusively feed on ant pupae so they spend most of their time underground in active ant nests!