This lizard is an insectivore and feeds on insects it finds when travelling through grass, logs, surface soil, and loose rocks.

[4] The twelve subgenera are:[5] The excitable delma looks remarkably like a snake, because through evolution, the species has completely lost its limbs.

[11] Studies have now found this statement to be incorrect, and this legless lizard has been observed in five of the eight states and territories of Australia.

The distribution of the lizard is:[10] An observational study by Glenn M. Shea in 1991 resulted in 10 specimens of excitable delma being reported around Australia.

Seven specimens were examined in Queensland, one in New South Wales, one in a museum in Western Australia, and the last observed from Mt.

[10] The excitable delma has a wide variety of habitats from dry forests and spinifex deserts to rocky outcrops.

[14] It has a unique jumping defense mechanism in which its body twists in a display of acrobatics to scare or confuse predators.

[6] When the excitable delma is agitated, it uses its long tail to generate an upward thrust, which causes its entire body to lift from the ground.