Delma impar
5 Striped Legless-lizard at Pialligo, ACT
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| Delma impar | wombey | 29 Oct 2021 | ||
| Delma impar | Gallpix | 29 Oct 2021 |
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3 comments
29 Oct 2021
Not much to go on but the body scales seem to have dark markings present in impar
30 Oct 2021
This is a very useful photograph showing predation on the legless lizard. I once saw a kestrel take a legless lizard out of Themeda grassland in the 2CY transmitter station paddock (near former CSIRO Wildlife at Gungahlin). I have also seen a photograph of a Kestral photographed in Canberra that could not fly because a D. inornata (Olive Legless Lizard) it had caught wrapped its long tail around the birds wing! From memory it had been taken to RSPCA. I am not yet convinced this is D. impar. I would like to see a clearer photograph of picture 2 (the photo that shows the body and not just the tail). When i enlarge that picture, after downloading it, it is too blurry to confirm whether there are markings like D. impar markings. Perhaps John was able to get a clearer view on his computer. Would you mind emailing that picture to me or reloading it at a higher resolution. Thanks Will.
30 Oct 2021
Thanks Will - this was identified by qualified naturalists on the Canberra Wildlife FB page and not by me. I originally thought it was a brown snake but was abruptly told no! I will send you the high res now. If you republish the image at all please credit me.
cheers
Graham
cheers
Graham
Location information
- Places Pialligo, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- Gallpix Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Gallpix Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Delma impar Legless Lizards Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Delma impar Scientific name
- Striped Legless-lizard Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 639.28m Recorded at altitude
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Quality score
5 / 7
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