| Dibamus | |
|---|---|
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| Dibamus leucurus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Dibamus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1][2] |
Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae.[3]
Etymology
Greek διβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs"[4].
Species
The following 24 species are recognized:[2]
- Dibamus alfredi Taylor, 1962 – Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink
- Dibamus bogadeki Darevsky, 1992
- Dibamus booliati Das & Yaakob, 2003 – Boo Liat's blind lizard
- Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935 – Bourret's blind skink
- Dibamus celebensis Schlegel, 1858
- Dibamus dalaiensis Neang, Holden, Eastoe, Seng, Ith & L. Grismer, 2011[3]
- Dibamus deharvengi Ineich, 1999
- Dibamus dezwaani Das & Lim, 2005
- Dibamus floweri Quah, Anuar, L. Grismer & Grassby-Lewis, 2017 – Flowers's blind lizard
- Dibamus greeri Darevsky, 1992 – Greer's blind skink
- Dibamus ingeri Das & Lim, 2003
- Dibamus kondaoensis Honda, Ota, Hikida & Darevsky, 2001
- Dibamus leucurus (Bleeker, 1860) – white blind skink
- Dibamus manadotuaensis Koppetsch, Böhme & Koch, 2019
- Dibamus montanus M.A. Smith, 1921 – mountain blind skink
- Dibamus nicobaricum Steindachner, 1867
- Dibamus novaeguineae A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
- Dibamus seramensis Greer, 1985 – Seram blind skink
- Dibamus smithi Greer, 1985 – Smith's blind skink
- Dibamus somsaki Honda, Nabhitabhata, Ota & Hikida, 1997 – Somsak's blind lizard, Somsak's dibamid lizard
- Dibamus taylori Greer, 1985 – Lesser Sunda blind lizard, Taylor's blind skink
- Dibamus tebal Das & Lim, 2009
- Dibamus tiomanensis Diaz, Leong, L. Grismer & Yaakob, 2004 – Tioman Island blind lizard
- Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim, 2003
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dibamus.
References
- ^ "Dibamus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b Genus Dibamus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Neang T, Holden J, Eastoe T, Seng R, Ith S, Grismer LL (2011). "A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". Zootaxa 2828: 58-68.
- ^ a b Jaeger EC (1944). A Source-book of Biological Names and Terms. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. p. 71.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... , Dibamidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Dibamus, p. 435).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Dibamus, new genus, pp. 833–834). (in French).