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Genus of lizards
Dibamus is a
genus of legless
lizards in the
family
Dibamidae .
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Etymology
Greek διβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs".
[4]
Species
The following 24
species are recognized as being valid.
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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
Díaz ,
Leong , L. Grismer & Yaakob, 2004 – Tioman Island blind lizard
Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim, 2003
Added in 2023:
Dibamus tropcentr [
ia ]
Kliukin ,
Nguyen ,
Bragin &
Poyarkov in Kliukin et al. , 2023 – Ninh Thuận blind lizard
Note: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dibamus .
References
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).