Delma

Delma
Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Delma Gray, 1831[1][2]
Species
21 recognized species, see article.

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 , & , 2007 – desert delma
• Delma elegans Kluge, 1974 – Pilbara delma
• Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 – Fraser's delma
• Delma grayii A. Smith, 1849 – side-barred delma, Gray's legless lizard
• Delma hebesa Maryan, , Adams & Aplin, 2015 – heath delma
• Delma impar (Fischer, 1882) – striped legless lizard
• Delma inornata Kluge, 1974 – patternless delma
• Delma labialis , 1987 – striped-tailed delma, single-striped delma
• Delma mitella Shea, 1987 – Atherton delma
• Delma molleri Lütken, 1863 – Gulfs delma, olive legless lizard, patternless 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

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).

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