Burton's Legless Lizard
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Burton's Legless Lizard

Lialis burtonis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Ningaloo Marine Park
13 Verified records at Ningaloo Marine Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species lacks forelegs and has only rudimentary hind legs. Pygopodid lizards are also referred to as "legless lizards", "flap-footed lizards" and "snake-lizards". This species is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Burton's Legless Lizard sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park

Black-headed Scaly Foot
LC Endemic

Black-headed Scaly Foot

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Pygopus nigriceps

10–20% · With luck
Sharp-snouted Delma
LC Endemic

Sharp-snouted Delma

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Delma nasuta

Insufficient data
Excitable Delma
LC Endemic

Excitable Delma

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Delma tincta

Insufficient data
Butler's Legless Lizard
LC Endemic

Butler's Legless Lizard

Reptile

Delma butleri

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
30–40
Feb
<5
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
40–50
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
2 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
4 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
9 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
10 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
11 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Burton's Legless Lizard in Ningaloo Marine Park?

About 15% of wildlife watchers report a Burton's Legless Lizard sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Burton's Legless Lizard in Ningaloo Marine Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Burton's Legless Lizard in Ningaloo Marine Park in our monthly data.

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