Dibamus dezwaani explained

Dibamus dezwaani is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to the island of Nias, off Sumatra (Indonesia).

Etymology

The specific name, dezwaani, is in honor of Dutch anthropologist Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. dezwaani is forest.

Description

Small for its genus, D. dezwaani may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 12cm (05inches), and a tail length of about 1.5cm (00.6inches).

Reproduction

D. dezwaani is oviparous.

Further reading

• Das I, Lim KKP (2005). "New species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology 39 (1): 113–117. (Dibamus dezwaani, new species).