Global conservation status: critically endangered (Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2)

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    • Eared Worm-lizard
  • Scientific names
    • Abilaena aurita
    • Aprasia aurita

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Description from Wikipedia

Aprasia aurita (Mallee Worm-lizard) is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family. It is endemic to Australia and listed on Schedule 1 under the Commonwealth's Endangered Species Protection Act. It is also listed as "threatened" on Schedule 2 under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. A. aurita was formerly found in the Woomelang and Ouyen area of north-western Victoria. Due to human land use it is now mostly found in 400 hectares (990 acres) of...

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.