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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Reptilia |
Order: |
Squamata |
Infraorder: |
Gekkota |
Family: |
Pygopodidae |
Common Name (Internal Link) |
Scientific Name (External Link) |
Distribution |
Marble-faced Legless lizard |
Delma australis |
NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA |
Rusty-topped Delma |
Delma borea |
NT, Qld, SA(?), 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 |
*Hellish Excitable Delma |
Delma hades (Split from Delma tincta in 2025) |
WA, SA, NT, Qld :- occurs across a wide area of central Australia: from the eastern Kimberley, south to central SA, inland Queensland to near the Gulf of Carpentaria and through central NT. |
Banded or Desert Delma |
Delma desmosa |
WA, SA, NT |
Pilbara Delma |
Delma elegans |
WA |
Sharp-snouted Delma |
Delma nasuta |
NSW(?), NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Peace Delma |
Delma pax |
NT, WA |
*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 |
Burton's Legless Lizard |
Lialis burtonis |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Bronzeback |
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus |
NT, SA |
Black-headed or Western Scaly-foot |
Pygopus nigriceps |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic?, WA |
Eastern Hooded Scaly-foot |
Pygopus schraderi |
NT, Qld, WA, SA, Vic |
Northern Hooded Scaly-foot |
Pygopus steelescotti |
NT, Qld, 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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