Dibamus nicobaricum

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: Dibamus nicobaricum
Name

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.

Combinations

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]

References
Primary references

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] Broken access

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Dibamus nicobaricus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 May 2021.

Dibamus nicobaricum is a species of lizard found in the Nicobar Islands of India.

Description

The snout of this lizard is conical, obtuse, and slightly projecting. It has four enlarged shields on the head besides the rostral and labial scales - a frontal, an interparietal, and an ocular on each side; the interparietal shield is the largest. The eyes are scarcely distinguishable through the ocular scale. It has a narrow, elongate, trapezoidal mental, and a very large sublabial on each side. Scales equal, 22 to 26 round the middle of the body. The preanal scales very small. Its tail is very short and obtuse. Its body is a uniform purplish-brown color.[1]

Total body and tail length is five to eight inches.
Distribution

D. nicobaricum is found on Great Nicobar Island, and probably Little Nicobar Island. The type locality is given as "Nicobar Islands".
Notes

Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

References

Das, I. 1996 The validity of Dibamus nicobaricum (Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867) (Squamata: Sauria: Dibamidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 3 (2): 157-162
Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43–77
Diaz, R.E., M.T. Leong, L.L. Grismer & N.S. Yaakob 2004 A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from West Malaysia. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 1-7
Stoliczka,F. 1873 Notes on some Andamese and Nicobarese Reptiles, with the descriptions of three new species of lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 42: 162-169