THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - LEGLESS LIZARDS

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AUSTRALIAN LEGLESS LIZARDS

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
*Batavia Coast Worm-lizard	Aprasia clairae	WA
Shark Bay Worm-lizard	Aprasia haroldi	WA
Mallee Worm-lizard or Red-tailed Worm-lizard	Aprasia inaurita	NSW, SA, Vic, WA
Gnaraloo Worm-lizard	Aprasia litorea	WA
* Pink-tailed worm-lizard Granite Worm-lizard	Aprasia parapulchella	NSW, ACT, Vic
*Black-headed Worm-lizard	Aprasia picturata	WA
*Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard	Aprasia pseudopulchella	SA
Pretty Worm-lizard or Granite Worm-lizard	Aprasia pulchella	WA
Sedgelands Worm-lizard or Sand-plain Worm-lizard	Aprasia repens	WA
* Ningaloo Worm-lizard, Monte Bello Worm-lizard, Atomic Worm Lizard, or Hermite Island worm-lizard	Aprasia rostrata	WA
Zuytdorp Worm-lizard or (Black-tipped worm-lizard)	Aprasia smithi	WA
Striated Worm Lizard	Aprasia striolata	SA, Vic, WA
Wicherina Worm Lizard	Aprasia wicherina	WA
Marble-faced Legless lizard	Delma australis	NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA
Rusty-topped Delma	Delma borea	NT, Qld, SA(?), WA
*Western Excitable Delma	Delma branchia (Split from Delma tincta in 2025)	WA:- occurs throughout the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions, south to near Kalbarri National Park. Scattered records along the western coast and inland
Unbanded Delma and Neck-barred Delma	Delma butleri	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic,
Common Javelin Lizard	Delma concinna concinna	WA (lower west coast)
Shark Bay Javelin Lizard	Delma concinna major	WA (Shark Bay region)
Banded or Desert Delma	Delma desmosa	WA, SA, NT
Pilbara Delma	Delma elegans	WA
Fraser's Delma	Delma fraseri	WA
Side-barred Delma	Delma grayii	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.
*Heath Delma	Delma hebesa (split from D. australis)	South-western WA
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
Single-striped Delma	Delma labialis	Qld
Atherton Delma	Delma mitella	Qld
Gulfs Delma	Delma molleri	SA
Sharp-snouted Delma	Delma nasuta	NSW(?), NT, Qld, SA, WA
Peace Delma	Delma pax	NT, WA
Peterson's Delma	Delma petersoni (was Delma fraseri petersoni)	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
Adorned Delma	Delma torquata	Qld
*Hunter Valley Delma	Delma vescolineata	NSW
Burton's Legless Lizard	Lialis burtonis	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Bronzeback	Ophidiocephalus taeniatus	NT, SA
Brigalow Scaly-foot	Paradelma orientalis	Qld
Edel Slender (Slider) Legless Lizard (Status uncertain)	Pletholax edelensis (or Pletholax gracilis edelensis	Shark Bay WA
Slender (Slider) Legless Lizard (Status uncertain)	Pletholax gracilis (or Pletholax gracilis gracilis)	WA (South West Coast)
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
Roberts' Scaly-foot	Pygopus robertsi	Qld
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


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