STRIPED DELMA

Photographed in Canberra, ACT, December 2021

184.                   STRIPED DELMA.                Delma impar

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                131 

Found in temperate grassy plains from far se SA to ACT and Hunter Valley Region of NSW. Shelters beneath rocks and grass tussocks. Most southernly flap foot lizard. Endangered in Vic and SA; vulnerable NSW and ACT.

SPINIFEX DELMA

152                    SPINIFEX DELMA              Delma butleri

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS              106

Also known as Unbanded Delma. Found in southern half of WA, through SA and nw Victoria to interior of NSW. Variety of habitats ranging from hummock grasslands to arid Acacia scrubs, mallee and savannah woodlands; found commonly in spinifex.