Fraser's delma (Delma fraseri), also known commonly as Fraser's scalyfoot, is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.[2]
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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. fraseri
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| Binomial name | |
| Delma fraseri Gray, 1831
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Etymology edit
The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of Australian botanist Charles Fraser.[3]
Habitat edit
D. fraseri is found in a variety of habitats including forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Gaikhorst, G.; Lloyd, R.; Craig, M. (2017). "Delma fraseri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178369A101746106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178369A101746106.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Delma fraseri 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 fraseri, p. 94).
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Delma fraseri, pp. 243–244).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Gray JE (1831). "Description of a new genus of Ophisaurean Animal, discovered by the late James Hunter, Esq., in New Holland". Zoological Miscellany 1: 14. (Delma, new genus; Delma fraseri, new species).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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