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Delma

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Delma
Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Delma
Gray, 1831[1][2]
Species

22 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

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Recognized species of Delma according to the Reptile Database:

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Delma.

References

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  1. ^ "Delma ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ "Delma ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Pygopodidae.

Further reading

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  • 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).