Delma Gray, 1831
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6109325 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA87B5-FFFC-8E74-FF49-FCE52ECD503C |
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Plazi |
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Delma Gray, 1831 |
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Type species: Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 , by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Delma differs from all other pygopodid lizard genera in possessing the following combination of characters: head scales, including the parietals, enlarged and symmetrical; anterior nasal scales nearly always in contact; first pair of lower labials in contact behind mental scale; nostril usually bordered by more than two scales (except in some D. impar ); external ear opening large; 20 or fewer midbody scale rows; dorsal and ventral scales smooth; precloacal pores absent; tail about three times as long as body (except in the D. australis species-group).
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