Dibamus greeri

Dibamus greeri
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. greeri
Binomial name
Dibamus greeri Darevsky, 1992

Dibamus greeri, also known commonly as Greer's blind skink, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer. ^{[2] [3]}

Ecology and reproduction

D. greeri is a fossorial species occurring in both primary and secondary forest. ^[1] It is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Nguyen, T.Q. (2018). "Dibamus greeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T104680406A104718281. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104680406A104718281.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Dibamus greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 November 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus greeri, p. 108).

Further reading

• Darevsky I (1992). "Two New Species of the Worm-Like Lizard Dibamus (Sauria: Dibamidae), with Remarks on the Distribution and Ecology of Dibamus in Vietnam". Asiatic Herpetological Research4: 1–12. (Dibamus greeri, new species, pp. 5–8, Figures 6, 7A, 7B, 8, 11C + Plate 1).
• Nguyen, Van Sang; Ho, Thu Cuc; Nguyen, Quang Truong (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN   978-3899734621.