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Fraser's delma

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Fraser's delma

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gaikhorst, G. |author-link=species:Glen Shannon Gaikhorst |author2=Lloyd, R. |author3=Craig, M. |date=2017 |title=Delma fraseri |volume=2017 |page=e.T178369A101746106 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178369A101746106.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Delma

| species = fraseri

| authority = Gray, 1831

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| range_map = Delma fraseri distribution.svg

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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.{{NRDB species|genus=Delma|species=fraseri}}

Etymology

The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of Australian botanist Charles Fraser.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).

Habitat

D. fraseri is found in a variety of habitats including forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas.

Reproduction

D. fraseri is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • 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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Category:Pygopodids of Australia

Category:Delma

Category:Reptiles described in 1831

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

Category:Endemic fauna of Australia

Category:Reptiles of Western Australia

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