THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - LEGLESS LIZARDS

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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LEGLESS LIZARDS - SPECIES LISTING

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
Eared Worm-lizard	Aprasia aurita	NSW, Vic, SA
Mallee Worm-lizard or Red-tailed Worm-lizard	Aprasia inaurita	NSW, SA, Vic, WA
*Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard	Aprasia pseudopulchella	SA
Striated Worm Lizard	Aprasia striolata	SA, Vic, WA
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,
Banded or Desert Delma	Delma desmosa	WA, SA, NT
*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.
Many-lined Delma or Striped Legless Lizard	Delma impar	NSW, SA, Vic
Patternless Delma	Delma inornata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Gulfs Delma	Delma molleri	SA
Sharp-snouted Delma	Delma nasuta	NSW(?), NT, Qld, SA, WA
Peterson's Delma	Delma petersoni (was Delma fraseri petersoni)	SA, 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, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Bronzeback	Ophidiocephalus taeniatus	NT, SA
Common Scaly Foot	Pygopus lepidopodus	NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
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

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

Key to the Legless Lizards of South Australia
South Australian Museum

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LEGLESS LIZARD SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY


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