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Fraser's delma

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Species of lizard

Fraser's delma
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. fraseri
Binomial name
Delma fraseri
Gray, 1831

Fraser's delma (Delma fraseri), also known commonly as Fraser's scalyfoot, is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of Australian botanist Charles Fraser.

Habitat

D. fraseri is found in a variety of habitats including forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas.

Reproduction

D. fraseri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Gaikhorst, G.; Lloyd, R.; Craig, M. (2017). "Delma fraseri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178369A101746106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178369A101746106.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Delma fraseri 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 fraseri, p. 94).

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. (Delma fraseri, pp. 243–244).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • 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; Delma fraseri, new species).
  • 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 fraseri


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