''Dibamus vorisi'' is a
species
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of legless
lizard in the
family
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Dibamidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Borneo
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.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''vorisi'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Harold Knight Voris (born 1940) of the
Field Museum of Natural History.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Dibamus vorisi'', p. 276).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''D. vorisi'' is forest
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.
Description
''D. vorisi'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The tail is short, about 14% SVL in males, and only about 6% SVL in females.[
]
Reproduction
''D. vorisi'' is oviparous.[
]
References
Further reading
* Das I, Lim KKP (2003). "Two new species of ''Dibamus'' (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo". ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' 51 (1): 137–141. (''Dibamus vorisi'', new species).
*Das I (2004). ''Lizards of Borneo: A Pocket Guide''. Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Natural History Publications. 89 pp. .
*Das I (2006). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (''Dibamus vorisi'', p. 12).
Dibamus
Endemic fauna of Borneo
Reptiles of Indonesia
Reptiles of Malaysia
Reptiles described in 2003
Taxa named by Indraneil Das
Reptiles of Borneo
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