Dibamus

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

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

Etymology

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

Species

The following 24 species are recognized:[2]

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

References

  1. "Dibamus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. Genus Dibamus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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.

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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