THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - LEGLESS LIZARDS

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)	DISTRIBUTION
Eared Worm-lizard	Aprasia aurita	NSW, Vic, SA
Mallee Worm-lizard or Red-tailed Worm-lizard	Aprasia inaurita	NSW, SA, Vic, WA
*Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard	Aprasia pseudopulchella	SA
Striated Worm Lizard	Aprasia striolata	SA, Vic, WA
Marble-faced Legless lizard	Delma australis	NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA
Rusty-topped Delma	Delma borea	NT, Qld, SA(?), WA
* Unbanded Delma and Neck-barred Delma	Delma butleri	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic,
Pilbara Delma	Delma elegans	WA
Banded or Desert Delma	Delma desmosa	WA, SA, NT
Many-lined Delma or Striped Legless Lizard	Delma impar	NSW, SA, Vic
Patternless Delma	Delma inornata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Gulf Delma	Delma molleri	SA
Sharp-snouted Delma	Delma nasuta	NSW(?), NT, Qld, SA, WA
Peterson's Delma	Delma petersoni (was Delma fraseri petersoni)	SA, WA
Excitable Delma	Delma tincta	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
Burton's Legless Lizard	Lialis burtonis	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Bronzeback	Ophidiocephalus taeniatus	NT, SA
Common Scaly Foot	Pygopus lepidopodus	NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Black-headed or Western Scaly-foot	Pygopus nigriceps	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic?, WA
Eastern Hooded Scaly-foot	Pygopus schraderi	NT, Qld, WA, SA, Vic

CI = Christmas Island	CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island	NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory	Qld = Queensland	SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania	Vic = Victoria	WA = Western Australia
NI = Norfolk Island	LHI = Lord Howe Island	ACT = Australian Capital Territory (Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)


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