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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards) Genus Aprasia (Blunt-tailed Scaly-foots)   * Aprasia aurita Eared Worm Lizard Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Hutchinson, Adams & Ehmann 2007 Kluge 1974 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia clairae Batavia Coast Worm Lizard Cogger 2014 Maryan, How & Adams 2013 Maryan, Stevenson, Pearson, How & Schmitt 2009 [as Aprasia sp.]   * Aprasia haroldi Shark Bay Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Maryan & Reinhold 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia inaurita Red-tailed Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia litorea Gnaraloo Worm Lizard Maryan, Bush & Adams 2013   * Aprasia parapulchella Pink-tailed Worm Lizard Bennett 1997 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 King 1997 Kluge 1974 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia picturata Black-headed Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Smith & Henry 1999 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia pseudopulchella Flinders Ranges Worm Lizard Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia pulchella Western Granite Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia repens Southwestern Sandplain Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Brooker, Smith, Saunders, Ingram, Leone & Rebeira 1995 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia rostrata Ningaloo Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Maryan & Bush 2007 Maryan, Bush & Adams 2013 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia smithi Zuytdorp Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia striolata Striated Worm Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Armstrong 1999 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Hutchinson 2010 (according to map) Kluge 1974 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aprasia wicherina Wicherina Worm Lizard Maryan, Adams & Aplin 2015 Genus Delma (Smooth-scaled Scaly-foots)   * Delma australis Marble-headed Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 How, Pearson, Desmond & Maryan 2004 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Storr, Hanlon & Dunlop 1983 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma borea Rusty-topped Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma butleri Spinifex Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Aplin, Donnellan & Dell 2008 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Maryan 1996 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma concinna Javelin Legless Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma desmosa Desert Snake Lizard Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Maryan, Aplin & Adams 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma elegans Pilbara Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma fraseri Southwestern Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Maryan & Reinhold 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma grayii Side-barred Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 How, Pearson, Desmond & Maryan 2004 Kluge 1974 Storr, Hanlon & Dunlop 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma haroldi Neck-barred Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma hebesa Esperance Snake Lizard Maryan, Brennan, Adams & Aplin 2015   * Delma impar Striped Snake Lizard Bennett 1997 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma inornata Stripe-tailed Legless Lizard Bennett 1997 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma labialis Single-striped Snake Lizard Cogger 2014 Macdonald, Borsboom, Best & Hoskin 2013 Magnetic Island Nature Care Inc. (http://www.minca.org/reptiles.html), viewed 30th June 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma mitella Atherton Snake Lizard Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma molleri Adelaide Snake Lizard Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma nasuta Long-nosed Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma pax Peace Snake Lizard Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Maryan, Aplin & Adams 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma petersoni Throat-banded Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma plebeia Basalt Snake Lizard Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma tealei Cape Range Snake Lizard Cogger 2014 Maryan, Aplin & Adams 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Delma tincta Black-necked Snake Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Magnetic Island Nature Care Inc. (http://www.minca.org/reptiles.html), viewed 30th June 2021 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma torquata Collared Snake Lizard Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Delma vescolineata Hunter Valley Snake Lizard Mahony, Cutajar & Rowley 2022 Genus Lialis (Long-headed Scaly-foots)   Lialis burtonis Sharp-snouted Snake Lizard Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Aplin, Donnellan & Dell 2008 [listed for "Dorre/Bernier Island"] Bennett 1997 Brooker, Smith, Saunders, Ingram, Leone & Rebeira 1995 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 How, Pearson, Desmond & Maryan 2004 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 Low 1978 Magnetic Island Nature Care Inc. (http://www.minca.org/reptiles.html), viewed 30th June 2021 Maryan 1996 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Storr, Hanlon & Dunlop 1983 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005 Genus Ophidiocephalus (Bronzeback Snake Lizard)   * Ophidiocephalus taeniatus Bronzeback Snake Lizard Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 Kluge 1974 McDonald 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010 Genus Paradelma (Brigalow Scaly-foot)   * Paradelma orientalis Brigalow Scaly-foot Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005 Genus Pletholax (Keeled Legless Lizards)   * Pletholax edelensis Shark Bay Keeled Legless Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Kealley, Doughty, Edwards & Brennan 2020 Maryan & Reinhold 2009 Storr 1978 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Pletholax gracilis West Coast Keeled Legless Lizard Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Kealley, Doughty, Edwards & Brennan 2020 Wilson & Swan 2010 Genus Pygopus (Typical Scaly-foots)   * Pygopus lepidopodus Southern Scaly-foot Aplin & Smith 2001 Aplin, Donnellan & Dell 2008 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hutchinson 2010 Littlejohn & Rawlinson 1971 Maryan 1996 Oliver, Couper & Amey 2010 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Pygopus nigriceps Western Hooded Scaly-foot Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 James, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2001 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Pygopus robertsi Cape York Scaly-foot Cogger 2014 Oliver, Couper & Amey 2010   * Pygopus schraderi Eastern Hooded Scaly-foot Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson 2010 James, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2001 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Pygopus steelescotti Northern Hooded Scaly-foot Cogger 2014 James, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2001 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005