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NEW SOUTH WALES - LEGLESS LIZARDS - SPECIES LISTING
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Reptilia |
Order: |
Squamata |
Infraorder: |
Gekkota |
Family: |
Pygopodidae |
COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION |
Eared Worm-lizard |
Aprasia aurita |
NSW, Vic, SA |
Mallee Worm-lizard or Red-tailed Worm-lizard |
Aprasia inaurita |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
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Pink-tailed worm-lizard
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Aprasia parapulchella |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Marble-faced Legless lizard |
Delma australis |
NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA |
Unbanded Delma and Neck-barred Delma |
Delma butleri |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, |
Neck-barred Delma = Unbanded Delma |
Delma haroldi (invalid name - see Delma butleri) |
NT, WA |
Many-lined Delma
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Delma impar |
NSW, ACT, SA, Vic |
Patternless Delma |
Delma inornata |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Sharp-snouted Delma |
Delma nasuta |
NSW(?), NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Leaden Delma |
Delma plebeia |
NSW, Qld |
*Coastal Queensland Delma |
Delma retilcuata (Split from Delma tincta in 2025) |
Qld, NSW? :- occurs in eastern Queensland from the tip of the Cape to Brisbane. It may extend into northern New South Wales |
*Excitable Delma |
Delma tincta (Split in 2025, see D. branchia, D. hades, & D. reticulata) | WA, SA, Qld, NT :- occurs across a wide area of central Australia: from the eastern Kimberley, south and east to the Lake Frome region in SA, inland Queensland to near the Gulf of Carpentaria and through the central Northern Territory |
*Hunter Valley Delma |
Delma vescolineata |
NSW |
Burton's Legless Lizard |
Lialis burtonis |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Common Scaly Foot |
Pygopus lepidopodus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Black-headed or Western Scaly-foot |
Pygopus nigriceps |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic?, WA |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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Legless Lizards
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Legless Lizards
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Legless Lizards
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Legless Lizards of Qld |
Legless Lizards of NT |
Legless Lizards of WA |
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Reptiles of South Australia |
Reptiles |
Reptiles
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Reptiles
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Reptiles
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Reptiles
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Reptiles of Tasmania |
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Legless Lizards
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Reptiles of Lord Howe Island |
Reptiles of Christmas Island |
Reptiles |
Reptiles of Norfolk Island |
ANY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED |