Frazers legless lizard

This is one of the larger Delma Legless lizards.

Its tail is 2-3 times the length of its body. The body length is approx 120mm.

Found from Shark Bay in the north of Western Australia to Israelite bay in the south-east.

It is cold tolerant meaning it tolerates cold conditions more than a lot of other reptiles.

A subspecies Delma fraseri petersoni is also found in the south-west of Western Australia.

I think this legless lizard can be diurnal or nocturnal depending on the temperature becoming more nocturnal on warm summer nights.

It is often mistaken as a baby Dugite due to its black head.

It moves from side to side like a snake.

It is an egg laying reptile. It lays 2 eggs.

Shelters beneath grass tussocks, rocks and logs including mulch. Making easy work of pushing its way under and over any plant material in its way.

This photograph was taken at the Armadale Reptile Centre in Perth.

Legless lizards usually have ear openings snakes don't.

What does it eat?

Cockroaches, spiders, grasshoppers, moths, bugs and beetles.

This is possibly a cockroach found at Piney Lakes in Perth where this Legless lizard has been seen.

Text;
"Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region" by Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson.
"Australian Reptiles A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia" by Stephen K Wilson, David G Knowles.
CD Rom "Australian Reptiles and Frogs" by Herald Ehnann and Micheal Tyler.