Delma butleri
Delma butleri, also known commonly as Butler's legless lizard, Butler's scalyfoot, the spinifex snake-lizard, and the unbanded delma, is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]
| Delma butleri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Delma |
| Species: | D. butleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Delma butleri Storr, 1987 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Delma haroldi Storr, 1987 | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, butleri, is in honor of Australian naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of D. butleri is grassland.[1] Populations of butleri are broadly separated by the hyperarid center of Australia across the Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields, Stony Plains, Great Victoria Desert, Finke, MacDonnell Ranges, and Nullarbor bioregions- most likely due to recent (<10 Mya) aridification.[4]
Description edit
Limbless and small for its genus, D. butleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), with a tail length of three times SVL.[5]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Shea, G.; Ellis, R.; Wilson, S. (2017). "Delma butleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102830450A102830477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102830450A102830477.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Delma butleri 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 butleri, p. 44).
- ^ Brennan, Ian G. (May 2014). Interspecific and intraspecific relationships, and biogeography of flap-footed geckos, Delma Gray 1831 (Squamata: Pygopodidae) (Thesis). ProQuest 1614169430.
- ^ Storr GM (1987). "Three new legless lizards (Pygopodidae) from Western Australia" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 13 (4): 345–355.
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.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.