Eared Worm Lizard Research Project

Posted at 26 Feb 2026 at 12:19h in News, Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Threatened Species Conservation by
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It is with great excitement that I share news that the Eared Worm-lizard (Aprasia aurita) has become a nationally listed species under the Environment, Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, 1999. The species has been listed as Endangered, because it was assessed as being at...

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:09h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Fish conservation, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, OBP Recovery, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Threatened mainland fauna, Threatened Orchids, Volunteer, Wetland Restoration by
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National Threatened Species Day is celebrated annually on the 7th September to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in Hobart in 1936. Although the origin of National Threatened Species Day is sad and gloomy, it is a good time to reflect on...

Posted at 04 Feb 2019 at 14:38h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, News, Threatened mainland fauna by
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The Eared Worm-Lizard (Aprasia aurita) is an endangered legless lizard species endemic to south-eastern Australia. The species was only relatively recently identified in the South East, with annual surveys conducted since 2012. The surveys occur along the Reedy Creek Range between the months of September...

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:50h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Media, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The annual monitoring event for the South Australian population of Eared Worm-lizards was recently undertaken at Furner forest, north of Millicent in the lower South East. The Eared Worm Lizard or Aprasia aurita, only discovered in South Australia in 1997, is a species of legless...