Delma

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 <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – marble-faced delma
• Delma borea <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – rusty-topped delma
• Delma butleri <small>Storr, 1987</small> – Butler's legless lizard, Butler's scalyfoot, spinifex snake-lizard, unbanded delma
• Delma concinna <small>(Kluge, 1974)</small> – javelin lizard
• Delma desmosa <small>, & , 2007</small> – desert delma
• Delma elegans <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – Pilbara delma
• Delma fraseri <small>Gray, 1831</small> – Fraser's delma, Fraser's scalyfoot
• Delma grayii <small>A. Smith, 1849</small> – side-barred delma, Gray's legless lizard
• Delma hebesa <small>Maryan, , Adams & Aplin, 2015</small> – heath delma
• Delma impar <small>(Fischer, 1882)</small> – striped legless lizard
• Delma inornata <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – patternless delma, olive legless lizard, olive snake-lizard
• Delma labialis <small>, 1987</small> – striped-tailed delma, single-striped delma
• Delma mitella <small>Shea, 1987</small> – Atherton delma
• Delma molleri <small>Lütken, 1863</small> – Gulfs delma, Adelaide delma
• Delma nasuta <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – sharp-snouted delma, sharp-snouted legless lizard
• Delma pax <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – peace delma
• Delma petersoni <small>Shea, 1991</small> – painted delma
• Delma plebeia <small>De Vis, 1888</small> – leaden delma
• Delma tealei <small>Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007</small> – North West Cape delma, Teale's delma
• Delma tincta <small>De Vis, 1888</small> – excitable delma
• Delma torquata <small>Kluge, 1974</small> – collared delma, adorned delma
• Delma vescolineata <small>, & , 2022</small> - 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.&nbsp;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).