Dibamus somsaki

Dibamus somsaki
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Dibamia
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus
Species:	D. somsaki
Binomial name
Dibamus somsaki Honda, Nabhitabhata, Ota & Hikida, 1997

Dibamus somsaki, also known commonly as Somsak's blind lizard and Somsak's dibamid lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Thailand. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, somsaki, is in honor of Thai zoologist Somsak Panha. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. somsaki is forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

D. somsaki is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Cota, M.; Duengkae, P. (2018). "Dibamus somsaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T104680864A104718301. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104680864A104718301.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Species Dibamus somsaki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus somsaki, p. 248).

Further reading

• Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN   978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN   978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
• Honda M, Nabhitabhata J, Ota H, Hikida T (1997). "A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology45 (2): 275–279. (Dibamus somsaki, new species).