Dibamus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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 Paywall 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 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Dibamus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 September 2020.

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

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

Etymology

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

The following 24 species are recognized:[2]

Dibamus alfredi Taylor, 1962 – Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink
Dibamus bogadeki Darevsky, 1992
Dibamus booliati Das & Yaakob, 2003 – Boo Liat's blind lizard
Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935 – Bourret's blind skink
Dibamus celebensis Schlegel, 1858
Dibamus dalaiensis Neang, Holden, Eastoe, Seng, Ith & L. Grismer, 2011[3]
Dibamus deharvengi Ineich, 1999
Dibamus dezwaani Das & Lim, 2005
Dibamus floweri Quah, Anuar, L. Grismer & Grassby-Lewis, 2017 – Flowers's blind lizard
Dibamus greeri Darevsky, 1992 – Greer's blind skink
Dibamus ingeri Das & Lim, 2003
Dibamus kondaoensis Honda, Ota, Hikida & Darevsky, 2001
Dibamus leucurus (Bleeker, 1860) – white blind skink
Dibamus manadotuaensis Koppetsch, Böhme & Koch, 2019
Dibamus montanus M.A. Smith, 1921 – mountain blind skink
Dibamus nicobaricum Steindachner, 1867
Dibamus novaeguineae A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Dibamus seramensis Greer, 1985 – Seram blind skink
Dibamus smithi Greer, 1985 – Smith's blind skink
Dibamus somsaki Honda, Nabhitabhata, Ota & Hikida, 1997 – Somsak's blind lizard, Somsak's dibamid lizard
Dibamus taylori Greer, 1985 – Lesser Sunda blind lizard, Taylor's blind skink
Dibamus tebal Das & Lim, 2009
Dibamus tiomanensis Diaz, Leong, L. Grismer & Yaakob, 2004 – Tioman Island blind lizard
Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim, 2003

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

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

Jaeger EC (1944). A Source-book of Biological Names and Terms. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. p. 71.

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).