Biology:Delma

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Delma
Striped legless lizard.jpg
Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Delma
Gray, 1831[1][2]
Species

22 recognized species, see article.

Delma distribution.svg

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

  1. "Delma ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. "Delma ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Pygopodidae.

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