Delma

For other uses of "Delmas", see Delmas (disambiguation).

Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus Delma contains 22 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia.

Delma
Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Delma Gray, 1831
Species
22 recognized species, see article.

Species

Recognized species of Delma according to the Reptile Database:

• Delma australis Kluge, 1974 – marble-faced delma
• Delma borea Kluge, 1974 – rusty-topped delma
• Delma butleri Storr, 1987 – Butler's legless lizard, Butler's scalyfoot, spinifex snake-lizard, unbanded delma
• Delma concinna (Kluge, 1974) – javelin lizard
• Delma desmosa Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007 – desert delma
• Delma elegans Kluge, 1974 – Pilbara delma
• Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 – Fraser's delma, Fraser's scalyfoot
• Delma grayii A. Smith, 1849 – side-barred delma, Gray's legless lizard
• Delma hebesa Maryan, Brennan, Adams & Aplin, 2015 – heath delma
• Delma impar (Fischer, 1882) – striped legless lizard
• Delma inornata Kluge, 1974 – patternless delma, olive legless lizard, olive snake-lizard
• Delma labialis Shea, 1987 – striped-tailed delma, single-striped delma
• Delma mitella Shea, 1987 – Atherton delma
• Delma molleri Lütken, 1863 – Gulfs delma, Adelaide delma
• Delma nasuta Kluge, 1974 – sharp-snouted delma, sharp-snouted legless lizard
• Delma pax Kluge, 1974 – peace delma
• Delma petersoni Shea, 1991 – painted delma
• Delma plebeia De Vis, 1888 – leaden delma
• Delma tealei Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007 – North West Cape delma, Teale's delma
• Delma tincta De Vis, 1888 – excitable delma
• Delma torquata Kluge, 1974 – collared delma, adorned delma
• Delma vescolineata Mahony, Cutajar & Rowley, 2022 - Hunter Valley delma

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Delma.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Delma, p. 243).
• Gray JE (1831). "Description of a new Genus of Ophisaurean Animal, discovered by the late James Hunter, Esq., in New Holland". Zoological Miscellany 1:14. (Delma, new genus).