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.
| Delma | |
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| Striped legless lizard (Delma impar) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Squamata | 
| Family: | Pygopodidae | 
| Genus: | Delma Gray, 1831[1][2]  | 
| Species | |
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 22 recognized species, see article.  | |
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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
 
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Delma.
References
    
- "Delma ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
 - "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).
 
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