''Delma'' is a genus of lizards in the Family (biology), family Pygopodidae. The genus ''Delma'' contains 22 valid described species, all of which are Endemism, endemic to Australia.
Species
Recognized species of ''Delma'' according to th
Reptile Database
*''Delma australis''
Arnold G. Kluge, Kluge, 1974 – marble-faced delma
*''Delma borea''
Kluge, 1974 – rusty-topped delma
*''Delma butleri''
Glen Milton Storr, Storr, 1987 – Butler's legless lizard, Butler's scalyfoot, spinifex snake-lizard, unbanded delma
*''Delma concinna''
(Kluge, 1974) – javelin lizard
*''Delma desmosa''
species:Brad Maryan, Maryan, species:Ken Aplin, Aplin & species:Mark Adams (herpetologist), Adams, 2007 – desert delma
*''Delma elegans''
Kluge, 1974 – Pilbara delma
*''Delma fraseri''
John Edward Gray, Gray, 1831 – Fraser's delma, Fraser's scalyfoot
*''Delma grayii''
Andrew Smith (zoologist), A. Smith, 1849 – side-barred delma, Gray's legless lizard
*''Delma hebesa''
Maryan, species:Ian G. Brennan, Brennan, Adams & Aplin, 2015 – heath delma
*''Delma impar''
(Johann Gustav Fischer, Fischer, 1882) – striped legless lizard
*''Delma inornata''
Kluge, 1974 – patternless delma, olive legless lizard, olive snake-lizard
*''Delma labialis''
species:Glenn Michael Shea, Shea, 1987 – striped-tailed delma, single-striped delma
*''Delma mitella''
Shea, 1987 – Atherton delma
*''Delma molleri''
Christian Frederik Lütken, 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''
Charles Walter De Vis, 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''
species:Stephen Mahony, Mahony, species:Timothy P. Cutajar, Cutajar & species:Jodi J.L. Rowley, Rowley, 2022 - Hunter Valley delma
''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Delma''.
References
Further reading
*George Albert Boulenger, 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).
*John Edward Gray, 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).
Delma,
Legless lizards
Pygopodidae
Lizard genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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