Dibamidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squamata
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata

Familia: Dibamidae
Genera (2): Anelytropsis – Dibamus

Name

• Dibamidae Boulenger, 1884
  • Type genus: Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Synonyms

• Anelytropidae Cope, 1885
  • Type genus: Anelytropsis Cope, 1885

References

• Cope, E.D. 1885: A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proceedings of the American philosophical Society, [22]: 379-404. BHL
• Greer, A.E. 1985: The relationships of the lizard genera Anelytropsis and Dibamus. Journal of herpetology, 19(1): 116-156. JSTOR
• Townsend, T.M.; Larson, A.; Louis, E.; Macey, J.R. 2004: Molecular phylogenetics of Squamata: the position of snakes, amphisbaenians, and dibamids, and the root of the squamate tree. Systematic biology, 53(5): 735–757. doi: 10.1080/10635150490522340
• Townsend, T.M.; Leavitt, D.H.; Reeder, T.W. (in press): Intercontinental dispersal by a microendemic burrowing reptile (Dibamidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2598