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Dibamus
''Dibamus'' is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae. 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. 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'' *''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'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamidae
Dibamidae or blind skinks is a family of lizards characterized by their elongated cylindrical body and an apparent lack of limbs. Female dibamids are entirely limbless and the males retain small flap-like hind limbs, which they use to grip their partner during mating. They have a rigidly fused skull, lack pterygoid teeth and external ears. Their eyes are greatly reduced, and covered with a scale. They are small insectivorous lizards, with long, slender bodies, adapted for burrowing into the soil. They usually lay one egg with a hard, calcified shell, rather than the leathery shells typical of many other reptile groups. The family Dibamidae has two genera, ''Dibamus'' with 23 species native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and western New Guinea and the monotypic '' Anelytropsis'' native to Mexico. Recent phylogenetic analyses place the dibamids as the sister clade to all the other lizards and snakes or classify them as sharing a common ancestor with the infraorder G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Alfredi
Alfred's blind skink (''Dibamus alfredi''), also known commonly as Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink, and Taylor's limbless skink, is a species of blind lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. Related species Another species of ''Dibamus'' once had been referred to as Alfred's blind skink, but is now a separate species, ''Dibamus dezwaani''. Geographic range Alfred's blind skink is known with certainty only from Peninsular Thailand. Records from Sabah in Malaysian Borneo represent ''Dibamus vorisi''. The Nias (Indonesia) record represents ''Dibamus dezwaani''. Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''D. alfredi'' are monsoonal evergreen forests and mixed dipterocarp forests, where it lives in humus or leaf litter. Reproduction ''D. alfredi'' is oviparous. Naming ''D. alfredi'' is named after ichthyologist Eric R. Alfred, who was the director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Bogadeki
''Dibamus bogadeki'', or Bogadek's burrowing lizard (Chinese: 鮑氏雙足蜥), is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Hong Kong. Etymology ''D. bogadeki'' is named after its first collector, Father Anthony Bogadek, a herpetologist and teacher at the St Louis School in Hong Kong, and a coauthor of the first major guide to Hong Kong Amphibians and Reptiles. Distribution and ecology The species ''D. bogadeki'' can only be found on Hei Ling Chau, Shek Kwu Chau and Sunshine Island in Hong Kong. It was discovered in 1987 on the island of Hei Ling Chau, the species is also the only legless lizard that can be found in Hong Kong. It lives in soil or under stones or rotting wood lying on the forest floor. The first live specimen was discovered hiding under a mass of dead leaves and soil in a drain beside woodland. As a nocturnal and burrowing species it is practically blind, and its eyes are covered by scales. Reproduction ''D. bogadeki'' is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Dezwaani
''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 , and a tail length of about . Reproduction ''D. dezwaani'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and .... References 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). Dibamus Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Leucurus
The white blind skink (''Dibamus leucurus'') is a legless lizard found in Indonesia and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ .... References Dibamus Reptiles of Indonesia Reptiles of the Philippines Reptiles described in 1860 Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Floweri
Flower's blind lizard (''Dibamus floweri'') is a legless lizard endemic to peninsular Malaysia. It is between 8–13 cm (3.1–5.1 in) long and is gray-brown in color with a lighter ventral surface and a silver-gray band. It burrows beneath rocks, leaf-litter and rotting logs. Description Flowers's blind lizard is a legless lizard with a wormlike body and smooth scales. Its snout is rounded, the eyes are covered by scales, and it lacks external ear openings. It is gray-brown in color with a lighter ventral surface and a wide silver-gray band. There are a few differences between the sexes, such as males being approximately 13 cm (3.1 in) long and females being approximately 8 cm (5.1 in) long and males having a larger number of scales. The main external difference is the absence of two short, flattened hindlimbs in females. Distribution and habitat Flower's blind lizard has so far only been found on Mount Korbu, on Fraser's Hill, Malaysia between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Bourreti
''Dibamus bourreti'', also known commonly as Bourret's blind skink, the white-tailed dibamid, or the white-tailed worm-like lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Asia. Etymology The specific name, ''bourreti'', is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Dibamus bourreti'', p. 35). Geographic range ''D. bourreti'' is found in China and Vietnam. www.reptile-database.org. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''D. bourreti'' is forest, at altitudes of . Behavior ''D. bourreti'' is terrestrial and fossorial. Reproduction ''D. bourreti'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Deharvengi
''Dibamus deharvengi'' is a legless lizard endemic to Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i .... References Dibamus Reptiles of Vietnam Reptiles described in 1999 {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Dalaiensis
''Dibamus dalaiensis'' is a legless lizard endemic to Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t .... References Dibamus Reptiles of Cambodia Reptiles described in 2011 {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Celebensis
''Dibamus celebensis'' is a legless lizard endemic to Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar .... References Dibamus Reptiles of Indonesia Reptiles described in 1858 {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus Booliati
''Dibamus booliati'', sometimes known as Boo Liat's blind lizard, is a legless lizard endemic to Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, .... References Dibamus Reptiles of Malaysia Endemic fauna of Malaysia Reptiles described in 2003 Taxa named by Indraneil Das Taxa named by Norsham S. Yaakob {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Léon Bourret
René Léon Bourret (28 January 1884, Nérac, (Lot-et-Garonne) – 28 July 1957) was a French herpetologist and geologist. In 1900, he arrived in French Indochina as a member of the military. Beginning in 1907, he worked as a surveyor for the "cadastral survey". From 1919 to 1925, he performed geological surveys in Indochina, becoming a professor in 1925 at the ''École Supérieure des Sciences'', ''Université Indochinoise'' in Hanoi. Two years later, he released his first zoological publication, a general review on vertebrates native to Indochina. During the ensuing years, he published three major works on herpetofauna native to Indochina: monographs on snakes (1936), chelonians (1941), and amphibians (1942). During the Japanese occupation of Indochina, he remained in Hanoi, where he continued regular publications. In 1947, he returned to France and settled in Toulouse. Most of his specimens are preserved in museums in Toulouse and Paris. These herpetological species/subspecies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |