Dibamus

Dibamus cf. leucurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dibamia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Dibamia

Familia: Dibamidae
Genus: Dibamus
Species (24): D. alfredi – D. bogadeki – D. booliati – D. bourreti – D. celebensis – D. dalaiensis – D. deharvengi – D. dezwaani – D. floweri – D. greeri – D. ingeri – D. kondaoensis – D. leucurus – D. manadotuaensis – D. montanus – D. nicobaricum – D. novaeguineae – D. seramensis – D. smithi – D. somsaki – D. taylori – D. tebal – D. tiomanensis – D. vorisi

Name

Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 833

• Type species: Dibamus novaeguineae Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Typhloscincus Peters, 1864: 271
  • Type species: Typhloscincus martensii Peters, 1864, by monotypy.
• Rhinophidion Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867: 52
  • Type species: Rhinophidion nicobaricum Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1864. Über neue Amphibien (Typhloscincus, Typhlops, Asthenodipsas, Ogmodon). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 271–276. BHL Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter dem Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Erster Band. Kaiserlich-königlichen Hofund Staatsdruckerel: Wien. 98 pp., 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rieppel, O. 1984. The cranial morphology of the fossorial lizard genus Dibamus with a consideration of its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Zoology 204(3): 289–327. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb02376.x
• Greer, A.E. 1985. The relationships of the lizard genera Anelytropsis and Dibamus. Journal of Herpetology 19(1): 116–156. JSTOR
• 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.
• Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Hikida, T.; Darevsky, I.S. 2001. A new species of the worm-like lizard, Dibamus Dumeril & Bibron 1839 (Squamata Dibamidae), from Vietnam. Tropical Zoology 14(1): 119–125. PDF
• Das, I. & Lim, K.K.P. 2003. Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 51(1): 137–141. PDF
• Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2003. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 51(1): 143–147. PDF
• Diaz, R.E.; Leong, M.T.; Grismer, L.L.; Yaakob, N.S. 2004. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from West Malaysia. Asiatic herpetological research, 10: 1–7. PDF
• Das, I. & Lim, K.K.P. 2005. New species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia. Journal of Herpetology 39(1): 113–117. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0113:NSODSD]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR
• Das, I.; Lim, K.K.P. 2009. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Simeuleu, Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 2088: 15–23. Abstract & excerpt
• Neang, T., Holden, J., Eastoe, T., Seng, R., Ith, S. & Grismer, L.L. 2011. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. Zootaxa 2828: 58–68. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2828.1.5 Reference page. 
• Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Grismer, L.L. & Grassby-Lewis, R. 2017. A New Species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from a Hill Station in Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 681–690. PDF Reference page. 
• Koppetsch, T., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2019. A new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Manado Tua, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4555(3): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Dibamus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 September 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Orientalische Schlangenschleichen
English: Oriental Blind Skinks
中文: 雙足蜥屬

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