Genus Delma Gray, 1831
Compiler and date details
October 2013 - ABRS
- Delma Gray, J.E. 1831. Description of a new genus of ophisaurean animal, discovered by the late James Hunter. 14 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würtz & Co. Vol. 1. [14].
Type species:
Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 by monotypy. Type species:
Delma grayii Smith, 1849 by monotypy.- Pseudodelma Fischer, J.G. 1882. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 48: 281-302 [286].
Type species:
Pseudodelma impar Fischer, 1882 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kluge, A.G. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the lizard family Pygopodidae. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 147: 1-221
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [103]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NT, Qld, WA: Northern Kimberley (NK) ; SA, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; WA: Warren (WAR)
Distribution References
- Brennan, I.G., Bauer, A.M. & Jackman, T.R. 2015. Mitochondrial introgression via ancient hybridization, and systematics of the Australian endemic pygopodid gecko genus Delma. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 577–590 [Date published online 23 Oct 2015] [587]
General References
Brennan, I.G., Bauer, A.M. & Jackman, T.R. 2015. Mitochondrial introgression via ancient hybridization, and systematics of the Australian endemic pygopodid gecko genus Delma. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 577–590 [Date published online 23 Oct 2015]
Maryan, B, Aplin, K.P. & Adams, M. 2007. Two new species of the Delma tincta group (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(3): 273-305
Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Adams, M. & Aplin, K.P. 2015. Molecular and morphological assessment of Delma australis Kluge (Squamata: Pygopodidae), with a description of a new species from the biodiversity 'hotspot' of southwestern Western Australia. Zootaxa 3946(3): 301–330
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKOTA | 13-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |