Dibamus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dibamia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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

Familia: Dibamidae
Genus: Dibamus
Species (28): D. alfredi – D. bogadeki – D. booliati – D. bourreti – D. celebensis – D. dalaiensis – D. deharvengi – D. deimontis – D. dezwaani – D. elephantinus – D. floweri – D. greeri – D. ingeri – D. kondaoensis – D. leucurus – D. manadotuaensis – D. montanus – D. nicobaricum – D. novaeguineae – D. oetamai – D. seramensis – D. smithi – D. somsaki – D. taylori – D. tebal – D. tiomanensis – D. tropcentr – 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 Reference page.
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.
Díaz, 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; BHL Reference page.
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: 1–15. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2088.1.2 Reference page.
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., Shahrul Anuar M.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.
Kliukin, N.S., Nguyen, T.V., Le, S.X., Bragin, A.M., Tran, T.T.V., Gorin, V.A. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2023. A new species of the genus Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from the driest and hottest place of Vietnam. Zootaxa 5380(4): 301–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.4.1 Reference page.
Kliukin, N.S., Bragin, A.M., Nguyen, T.V., Le, S.X., Tran, T.T.V., Gorin, V.A. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Another new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5406(1): 87–104. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.1.4 Reference page.
Kliukin, N.S., Bragin, A.M., Neang, T., Gorin, V.A., Lisenkova, A., Bogatyreva, V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Новый вид червеобразных ящериц рода Dibamus Duméril et Bibron, 1839 (Squamata, Dibamidae) из Камбоджи [A New Species of Blind Skink of the Genus Dibamus Duméril et Bibron, 1839 (Squamata, Dibamidae) from Cambodia]. Зоологический журнал 103(11): 97–120. DOI: 10.31857/S0044513424110077 Reference page.
Prasetyo, M.D., Yudha, D.S., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ineich, I., Gillespie, G.R. & Riyanto, A. 2025. A new blind skink (Reptilia: Dibamidae: Dibamus) from buton island, Indonesia. Taprobanica 14(1): 25–38. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v14i1.349 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Dibamus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2025.

Vernacular names

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