Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae.[3]

Dibamus
Dibamus leucurus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Dibamidae
Genus: Dibamus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1][2]

Etymology

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Greek διβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs".[4]

Species

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The following 24 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Added in 2023: Dibamus tropcentr [ia] Kliukin, Nguyen, Bragin & Poyarkov in Kliukin et al., 2023 – Ninh Thuận blind lizard

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

References

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  1. ^ "Dibamus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ a b Genus Dibamus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b Jaeger EC (1944). A Source-book of Biological Names and Terms. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. p. 71.

Further reading

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  • 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).