Biology:Delma
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Short description: Genus of lizards
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| Striped legless lizard (Delma impar) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Delma Gray, 1831[1][2] |
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Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus Delma contains 22 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia .
Species
Recognized species of Delma according to the Reptile Database:
- Delma australis Kluge, 1974 – marble-faced delma
- Delma borea Kluge, 1974 – rusty-topped delma
- Delma butleri Storr, 1987 – Butler's legless lizard, Butler's scalyfoot, spinifex snake-lizard, unbanded delma
- Delma concinna (Kluge, 1974) – javelin lizard
- Delma desmosa Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007 – desert delma
- Delma elegans Kluge, 1974 – Pilbara delma
- Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 – Fraser's delma, Fraser's scalyfoot
- Delma grayii A. Smith, 1849 – side-barred delma, Gray's legless lizard
- Delma hebesa Maryan, Brennan, Adams & Aplin, 2015 – heath delma
- Delma impar (Fischer, 1882) – striped legless lizard
- Delma inornata Kluge, 1974 – patternless delma, olive legless lizard, olive snake-lizard
- Delma labialis Shea, 1987 – striped-tailed delma, single-striped delma
- Delma mitella Shea, 1987 – Atherton delma
- Delma molleri Lütken, 1863 – Gulfs delma, Adelaide delma
- Delma nasuta Kluge, 1974 – sharp-snouted delma, sharp-snouted legless lizard
- Delma pax Kluge, 1974 – peace delma
- Delma petersoni Shea, 1991 – painted delma
- Delma plebeia De Vis, 1888 – leaden delma
- Delma tealei Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007 – North West Cape delma, Teale's delma
- Delma tincta De Vis, 1888 – excitable delma
- Delma torquata Kluge, 1974 – collared delma, adorned delma
- Delma vescolineata Mahony, Cutajar & Rowley, 2022 - Hunter Valley delma
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Delma.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Delma, p. 243).
- Gray JE (1831). "Description of a new Genus of Ophisaurean Animal, discovered by the late James Hunter, Esq., in New Holland". Zoological Miscellany 1:14. (Delma, new genus).
Wikidata ☰ Q2713798 entry
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