Dibamus Explained

Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae.^[1]

Etymology

Greek διβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs".

Species

The following 24 species are recognized as being valid.

• Dibamus alfredi – Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink
• Dibamus bogadeki
• Dibamus booliati – Boo Liat's blind lizard
• Dibamus bourreti – Bourret's blind skink
• Dibamus celebensis
• Dibamus dalaiensis ^[1]
• Dibamus deharvengi
• Dibamus dezwaani
• Dibamus floweri – Flowers's blind lizard
• Dibamus greeri – Greer's blind skink
• Dibamus ingeri
• Dibamus kondaoensis
• Dibamus leucurus – white blind skink
• Dibamus manadotuaensis
• Dibamus montanus – mountain blind skink
• Dibamus nicobaricum
• Dibamus novaeguineae
• Dibamus seramensis – Seram blind skink
• Dibamus smithi – Smith's blind skink
• Dibamus somsaki – Somsak's blind lizard, Somsak's dibamid lizard
• Dibamus taylori – Lesser Sunda blind lizard, Taylor's blind skink
• Dibamus tebal
• Dibamus tiomanensis – Tioman Island blind lizard
• Dibamus vorisi

Added in 2023: – Ninh Thuận blind lizard

Note: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dibamus.

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).

Notes and References

1. [species:Thy Neang|Neang T]