Dibamus nicobaricum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dibamia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Dibamia

Dibamus nicobaricum (Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867)

Holotype: NMW 23461, collected by Frauenfeld during Novara-Expedition between 1857–1859.
Type locality: “Nikobaren [=Nicobar]”, Nicobar Islands, India.

Rhinophidion nicobaricum Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867: 53 [original combination]
Typhloscincus nicobaricum — Steindachner, 1867: 94 [subsequent combination]
Dibamus nicobaricus — Stoliczka, 1873: 168 [subsequent combination]
Dibamus nicobaricum — Das, 1996 [subsequent combination]

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.
Das, I. 1996. The validity of Dibamus nicobaricum (Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867) (Squamata: Sauria: Dibamidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 3(2): 157–162. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-1996-3-2-157-162 [nonfunctional]

Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2003. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51(1): 143–147. PDF Reference page.
Chandramouli, S.R., Gokulakrishnan, G. & Sivaperuman, C. 2020. Status and distribution of the little-known and elusive Nicobarese worm lizard Dibamus nicobaricum (Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867) (Squamata: Dibamidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 69(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2020.69.1.131 Reference page.

Mohapatra, P. 2021. IUCN: Dibamus nicobaricum (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T202866A2757451. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202866A2757451.en. Accessed on 20 September 2025.