Delma

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| image             = Striped legless lizard.jpg
| image_caption     = Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
| taxon             = Delma
| authority         = Gray, 1831"Delma ".  Dahms Tierleben.  www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Pygopodidae.  
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision       = 21 recognized species, see article. 
| range_map         = Delma distribution.svg
| range_map_caption =
}}Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae.  The genus Delma contains 22 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia. 

Species
Recognized species of Delma according to the Reptile Database:
 Delma australis Kluge, 1974 - marble-faced delma
 Delma borea Kluge, 1974 - rusty-topped delma
 Delma butleri Storr, 1987 - unbanded delma, Butler's legless lizard, spinifex snake-lizard
 Delma concinna (Kluge, 1974) - javelin lizard
 Delma desmosa Maryan, Aplin & Adams, 2007 - desert delma
 Delma elegans Kluge, 1974 - Pilbara delma
 Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 - Fraser's delma
 Delma grayii A. Smith, 1849 - side-barred delma, Gray's legless lizard
 Delma hebesa Maryan, Brennan, Adams, & Aplin, 2015 - heath delma
 Delma impar (Fischer, 1882) - striped legless lizard
 Delma inornata Kluge, 1974 - patternless delma
 Delma labialis Shea, 1987 - striped-tailed delma, single-striped delma
 Delma mitella Shea, 1987 - Atherton delma
 Delma molleri Lütken, 1863 - Gulfs delma, olive legless lizard, patternless delma
 Delma nasuta Kluge, 1974 - sharp-snouted delma, sharp-snouted legless lizard
 Delma pax Kluge, 1974 - peace delma
 Delma petersoni Shea, 1991 - painted delma
 Delma plebeia De Vis, 1888 - leaden delma
 Delma tealei Maryan, Aplin, & Adams, 2007 - north west Cape delma
 Delma tincta De Vis, 1888 - excitable delma
 Delma torquata Kluge, 1974 - collared delma, adorned delmaNota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Delma. 

References

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. ( Genus Delma, p. 243). 
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). 

Category:Legless lizards
Category:Pygopodidae
Category:Lizard genera
 
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray