Dibamus bourreti

Dibamus bourreti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Dibamia
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus
Species:	D. bourreti
Binomial name
Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935

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. ^[2]

Geographic range

D. bourreti is found in China and Vietnam. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 100–900 m (330–2,950 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

D. bourreti is terrestrial and fossorial. ^[1]

Reproduction

D. bourreti is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Nguyen, T.Q.; Wang, Y.; Yang, J. (2019). "Dibamus bourreti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T177579A112101381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177579A112101381.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus bourreti, p. 35).
3. Species Dibamus bourreti at The Reptile Database http://www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Angel F (1935). "Un lézard nouveau de la familie des dibamidés ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Séries 2, 7: 354–356. (Dibamus bourreti, new species). (in French).