Delma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha Superfamilia: Pygopodoidea

Familia: Pygopodidae
Genus: Delma
Species (25): D. australis – D. borea – D. branchia – D. butleri – D. concinna – D. desmosa – D. elegans – D. fraseri – D. grayii – D. hades – D. hebesa – D. impar – D. inornata – D. labialis – D. mitella – D. molleri – D. nasuta – D. pax – D. petersoni – D. plebeia – D. reticulata – D. tealei – D. tincta – D. torquata – D. vescolineata

Name

Delma Gray, 1831

• Type species: Delma fraseri Gray, 1831, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume the ninth. The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 110 pp. (Appendix) BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Adams, M. & Aplin, K.P. 2015. Molecular and morphological assessment of Delma australis Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), with a description of a new species from the biodiversity ‘hotspot’ of southwestern Western Australia. Zootaxa 3946(3): 301–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.1 Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Cutajar, T.P. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2022. A new species of Delma Gray 1831 (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from the Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains of New South Wales. Zootaxa 5162(5): 541–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.5.5 Reference page. 
• Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Fletcher, J. & Keogh, J.S. 2025. Molecular and morphological assessment of the widely distributed legless gecko Delma tincta Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), including a taxonomic revision. Records of the Western Australian Museum 40: 1–46. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.40.2025.001-046 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Delma . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 July 2022.