THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - LEGLESS LIZARDS

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Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Reptilia

Order:

Squamata

Infraorder:

Gekkota

Family:

Pygopodidae

 

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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

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, NSW, SA, Vic

Northern Hooded Scaly-foot

Pygopus steelescotti

NT, Qld, 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)



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LEGLESS LIZARD SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods of Australia

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Legless Lizards of
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Legless Lizards
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AUSTRALIAN REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

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REPTILES OF VICTORIA
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LIZARDS OF THE WORLD - SPECIES LIST

Legless Lizards of the World

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods of Australia

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 Lizards of the World

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Reptiles of Lord Howe Island

Reptiles of Christmas Island

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Reptiles of Australia

Selection of Australian Frogs

Reptiles of the World

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