Dibamus

Dibamus
Dibamus leucurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 [1] [2]

Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae. ^[3]

Etymology

Greek δίβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs". ^[4]

Species

The following 24 species are recognized as being valid. ^[2]

• 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 inKliukinet 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

1. "Dibamus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
2. Genus Dibamus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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". Zootaxa2828: 58-68.
4. Jaeger EC (1944). A Source-book of Biological Names and Terms. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. p. 71.

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).