Dibamus

Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae.

Etymology

Greek ÃÂ´ÃÂ¯ÃÂ²ÃÂ±ÃÂ¼ÃÂ¿ÃÂ dibamos "two-footed, on two legs".

Species

The following 24 species are recognized as being valid.

Dibamus alfredi Ã¢ÂÂ Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink
Dibamus bogadeki
Dibamus booliati Ã¢ÂÂ Boo Liat's blind lizard
Dibamus bourreti Ã¢ÂÂ Bourret's blind skink
Dibamus celebensis
Dibamus dalaiensis
Dibamus deharvengi
Dibamus dezwaani
Dibamus floweri Ã¢ÂÂ Flowers's blind lizard
Dibamus greeri Ã¢ÂÂ blind skink
Dibamus ingeri
Dibamus kondaoensis
Dibamus leucurus Ã¢ÂÂ white blind skink
Dibamus manadotuaensis
Dibamus montanus Ã¢ÂÂ mountain blind skink
Dibamus nicobaricum
Dibamus novaeguineae
Dibamus oetamai Ã¢ÂÂ Buton blind skink
Dibamus seramensis Ã¢ÂÂ Seram blind skink
Dibamus smithi Ã¢ÂÂ Smith's blind skink
Dibamus somsaki Ã¢ÂÂ Somsak's blind lizard, Somsak's dibamid lizard
Dibamus taylori Ã¢ÂÂ Lesser Sunda blind lizard, Taylor's blind skink
Dibamus tebal
Dibamus tiomanensis Ã¢ÂÂ Tioman Island blind lizard
Dibamus vorisi

Added in 2023: ' Ã¢ÂÂ Ninh ThuÃ¡ÂºÂn blind lizard

Note: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dibamus.

References

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... , DibamidÃÂ¦, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Dibamus, p. 435).

DumÃÂ©ril AMC, Bibron G (1839). ErpÃÂ©tologie gÃÂ©nÃÂ©rale ou histoire naturelle complÃÂ¨te des reptiles. Tome cinquiÃÂ¨me [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Dibamus, new genus, pp. 833Ã¢ÂÂ834). (in French).