THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - LEGLESS LIZARDS

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REPTILES OF NSW

COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHONS OF NEW SOUTH WALES

ELAPID SNAKES OF NSW

SEA SNAKES OF NSW

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops NSW

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKOS OF NSW

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

Skinks of Australia

REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS


NEW SOUTH WALES - LEGLESS LIZARDS - SPECIES LISTING

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Reptilia

Order:

Squamata

Infraorder:

Gekkota

Family:

Pygopodidae

 

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods
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COMMON NAME
 (Internal Link)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(External Link)

DISTRIBUTION

Eared Worm-lizard

Aprasia aurita

NSW, Vic, SA

Mallee Worm-lizard or Red-tailed Worm-lizard

Aprasia inaurita

NSW, SA, Vic, WA

* Pink-tailed worm-lizard
Granite Worm-lizard

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
or Striped Legless Lizard

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
 

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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CI = Christmas Island

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

NT = Northern Territory

Qld = Queensland

SA = South Australia

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

WA = Western Australia

NI = Norfolk Island

LHI = Lord Howe Island

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)



LINKS OF INTEREST

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LEGLESS LIZARD SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods of Australia

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods of NSW

Queensland LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

NORTHERN TERRITORY - LEGLESS LIZARDS - SPECIES LISTING

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - LEGLESS LIZARDS - SPECIES LISTING

VICTORIAN LEGLESS LIZARDS - SPECIES LIST

Legless_Lizards_of_ACT.html

Legless Lizards of
Australia

Legless Lizards
of SA

Legless Lizards
of NSW

Legless Lizards of Qld

Legless Lizards of NT

Legless Lizards of WA

Legless Lizards of
Victoria

Legless Lizards
of ACT

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

Reptiles of South Australia
REPTILES OF VICTORIA
 REPTILES OF NSW REPTILES OF QUEENSLAND REPTILES OF NORTHERN TERRITORY REPTILES OF Western Australia Reptiles of the ACT(Canberra)

Reptiles of South Australia

Reptiles
of
Victoria

Reptiles
of
NSW

Reptiles
of
Qld

Reptiles
of
NT

Reptiles
of
WA

Reptiles
of the
ACT

Reptiles of Tasmania


LIZARDS OF THE WORLD - SPECIES LIST

Legless Lizards of the World

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods of Australia

LIZARDS OF AUSTRALIA

 Lizards of the World

Legless Lizards of
The World

Legless Lizards of
Australia

Lizards
of
Australia

Lizards
of The World


MORE REPTILE SPECIES LISTS

Reptiles of Lord Howe Island

Reptiles of Christmas Island

Reptiles
of Cocos Keeling Islands

Reptiles of Norfolk Island

Reptiles of Australia

Selection of Australian Frogs

Reptiles of the World

Amphibians of the World

Reptiles
of
Australia

Frogs
of
Australia

Reptiles
of
The World

Amphibians of the
World

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