Brigalow scaly-foot

The brigalow scaly-foot or Queensland snake-lizard (Paradelma orientalis) is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family.[1]

Brigalow scaly-foot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Paradelma
Kinghorn, 1926
Species:
P. orientalis
Binomial name
Paradelma orientalis
(Günther, 1876)

It is endemic to Australia.[2] It is monotypic in the genus Paradelma.

References

  1. Paradelma orientalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. Wilson, S., Sanderson, C., Vanderduys, E., Venz, M. & Hobson, R. 2018. Paradelma orientalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T16069A101743558. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T16069A101743558.en. Downloaded on 17 December 2018.


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