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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]
The specific name, grayii, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray. [3]
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]
The preferred natural habitats of D. grayii are forest and shrubland. [1]
D. grayii is limbless. [2]
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]
The specific name, grayii, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray. [3]
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]
The preferred natural habitats of D. grayii are forest and shrubland. [1]
D. grayii is limbless. [2]