Smith's blind skink

Smith's blind skink
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Dibamia
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus
Species:	D. smithi
Binomial name
	Dibamus smithi; Greer, 1985

Last updated October 06, 2025

Smith's blind skink (Dibamus smithi) is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology

The specific name, smithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.^[2]

Geographic range

Dibamus smithi is endemic to central Vietnam.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Dibamus smithi is forest, at altitudes of 1,212–1,515 m (3,976–4,970 ft).^[1]

Behavior

Dibamus smithi is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

Dibamus smithi is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Nguyen, T.Q.; Bain, R.H.; Hallermann, J. (2018). "Dibamus smithi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T177544A112130900. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T177544A112130900.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
↑ 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 smithi, p. 247).
1 2 Species Dibamus smithi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Bobrov VV, Semenov DV (2008). [Lizards of Vietnam ]. Moscow: [KMK Scientific Press]. 236 pp. ( in Russian).
Darevsky, I.S. (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 Research. 4: 1–12.
Greer AE (1985). "The Relationships of the Lizard Genera Anelytropsis and Dibamus ". Journal of Herpetology19 (1): 116–156. (Dibamus smithi, new species).
Nguyen VS, Ho TC, Nguyen QT (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Nguyen, T.Q.; Bain, R.H.; Hallermann, J. (2018). "Dibamus smithi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T177544A112130900. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T177544A112130900.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] 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 smithi, p. 247).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Species Dibamus smithi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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