Dibamus

Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae.<ref name="ZT2828">Neang T, Holden J, Eastoe T, Seng R, Ith S, Grismer LL (2011). "A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". Zootaxa 2828: 58-68.</ref>

Etymology

Greek δίβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs".Template:R

Species

The following 24 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>

• Dibamus alfredi Template:Small – Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink
• Dibamus bogadeki Template:Small
• Dibamus booliati Template:Small – Boo Liat's blind lizard
• Dibamus bourreti Template:Small – Bourret's blind skink
• Dibamus celebensis Template:Small
• Dibamus dalaiensis Template:Small<ref name="ZT2828"/>
• Dibamus deharvengi Template:Small
• Dibamus dezwaani Template:Small
• Dibamus floweri Template:Small – Flowers's blind lizard
• Dibamus greeri Template:Small – Greer's blind skink
• Dibamus ingeri Template:Small
• Dibamus kondaoensis Template:Small
• Dibamus leucurus Template:Small – white blind skink
• Dibamus manadotuaensis Template:Small
• Dibamus montanus Template:Small – mountain blind skink
• Dibamus nicobaricum Template:Small
• Dibamus novaeguineae Template:Small
• Dibamus oetamai Template:Small – Buton blind skink
• Dibamus seramensis Template:Small – Seram blind skink
• Dibamus smithi Template:Small – Smith's blind skink
• Dibamus somsaki Template:Small – Somsak's blind lizard, Somsak's dibamid lizard
• Dibamus taylori Template:Small – Lesser Sunda blind lizard, Taylor's blind skink
• Dibamus tebal Template:Small
• Dibamus tiomanensis Template:Small – Tioman Island blind lizard
• Dibamus vorisi Template:Small

Added in 2023: Template:Ill Template:Small – Ninh Thuận blind lizard

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

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... , Dibamidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Dibamus, p. 435).
• Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Dibamus, new genus, pp. 833–834). (in French).

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