Delma Gray, 1831

Maryan, Brad, Brennan, Ian G., Adams, Mark & Aplin, Ken 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), pp. 301-330 : 316

Delma Gray, 1831

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).