| Delma grayii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Delma |
| Species: | D. grayii
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| Binomial name | |
| Delma grayii A. Smith, 1849
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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.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, grayii, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]D. grayii is found in the Australian state of Western Australia,[1][2] mainly along the central portion of the west coast.[1]
The type locality was original given, in error, as "the interior of Southern Africa".[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of D. grayii are forest and shrubland.[1]
Description
[edit]D. grayii is limbless.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c d e Delma grayii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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. [Volume III. Reptilia.] 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.