Delma australis

Delma australis species-group Diagnosis. Based on the molecular analysis of Jennings et al. (2003) and this study we formally propose a D. australis species-group, currently comprising D. australis, D. hebesa sp. nov. and D. torquata. The morphological characteristics of this species-group are relatively small-size (SVL to 93 mm); ventral scales usually not markedly larger than adjacent lateral scales (enlarged in some D. torquata); one pair of supranasal scales; modally 16 or 18 midbody scales (occasionally 17, 19 or 20); loreal scale row usually interrupted by a ventral extension of supraloreal scale that contacts upper labials. For comparisons of ventral body scale size between D. australis and D. fraseri see Kluge (1974: 9).
Published as part of 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, pp. 301-330 in Zootaxa 3946 (3) on page 316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244607
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