Delma
| Delma | |
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| Delma impar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Delma Gray, 1831[1][2] |
| Species | |
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21 recognized species, see article. | |
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Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus Delma contains 21 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia. It belongs to class Reptilia.
Species
Recognized species of Delma according to the Reptile Database:
- Delma australis Kluge, 1974
- Delma borea Kluge, 1974
- Delma butleri Storr, 1987
- Delma concinna (Kluge, 1974)
- Delma desmosa Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007
- Delma elegans Kluge, 1974
- Delma fraseri Gray, 1831
- Delma grayii A. Smith, 1849
- Delma haroldi Storr, 1987
- Delma impar (Fischer, 1882)
- Delma inornata Kluge, 1974
- Delma labialis Shea, 1987
- Delma mitella Shea, 1987
- Delma molleri Lütken, 1863
- Delma nasuta Kluge, 1974
- Delma pax Kluge, 1974
- Delma petersoni Shea, 1991
- Delma plebeia De Vis, 1888
- Delma tealei Maryan, Aplin, & Adams, 2007
- Delma tincta De Vis, 1888
- Delma torquata Kluge, 1974
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).