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Delma butleri
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. butleri
Binomial name
Delma butleri
Storr, 1987
Synonyms

Delma haroldi Storr, 1987

Delma butleri, also known commonly as Butler's legless lizard, Butler's scalyfoot, the spinifex snake-lizard, and the unbanded delma, is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, butleri, is in honor of Australian naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. butleri is grassland. Populations of butleri are broadly separated by the hyperarid center of Australia across the Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields, Stony Plains, Great Victoria Desert, Finke, MacDonnell Ranges, and Nullarbor bioregions- most likely due to recent (<10 Mya) aridification.

Description

Limbless and small for its genus, D. butleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), with a tail length of three times SVL.

Reproduction

D. butleri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea, G.; Ellis, R.; Wilson, S. (2017). "Delma butleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102830450A102830477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102830450A102830477.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Delma butleri 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 butleri, p. 44).
  4. Brennan, Ian G. (May 2014). Interspecific and intraspecific relationships, and biogeography of flap-footed geckos, Delma Gray 1831 (Squamata: Pygopodidae) (Thesis). ProQuest 1614169430.
  5. Storr GM (1987). "Three new legless lizards (Pygopodidae) from Western Australia" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 13 (4): 345–355.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • 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 butleri


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