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Delma grayii

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Species of lizard

Delma grayii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Delma
Species: D. grayii
Binomial name
Delma grayii
A. Smith, 1849

Delma grayii, also known commonly as Gray's legless lizard, Gray's scalyfoot, and the side-barred delma, is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, grayii, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.

Geographic range

D. grayii is found in the Australian state of Western Australia, mainly along the central portion of the west coast.

The type locality was original given, in error, as "the interior of Southern Africa".

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. grayii are forest and shrubland.

Description

D. grayii is limbless.

Reproduction

D. grayii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ How, R.; Cowan, M.; Ellis, R. (2017). "Delma grayii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102830633A102830636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102830633A102830636.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Delma grayii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Delma grayi, p. 107).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Kluge AG (1974). "A taxonomic revision of the lizard family Pygopodidae". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (147): 1–221. (Delma grayii, p. 94).
  • Smith A (1849). Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa:" Together with a Summary of African Zoology, and an Inquiry into the Geographical Ranges of Species in that Quarter of the Globe. London: Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. (Smith, Elder and Co., printers). 78 plates + unnumbered pages of text. (Delma grayii, new species, Plate 76, figures 2, 2a–2c + two unnumbered pages). (in English and Latin).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


Taxon identifiers
Delma grayii


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