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Species of lizard

Dibamus vorisi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Dibamidae
Genus: Dibamus
Species: D. vorisi
Binomial name
Dibamus vorisi
Das & Lim, 2003

Dibamus vorisi is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Borneo.

Etymology

The specific name, vorisi, is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940) of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. vorisi is forest.

Description

D. vorisi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in). The tail is short, about 14% SVL in males, and only about 6% SVL in females.

Reproduction

D. vorisi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ McGuire, J.; Iskandar, D. (2018). "Dibamus vorisi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T99942500A99942508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T99942500A99942508.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dibamus vorisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus vorisi, p. 276).

Further reading

  • Das I, Lim KKP (2003). "Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 137–141. (Dibamus vorisi, new species).
  • Das I (2004). Lizards of Borneo: A Pocket Guide. Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Natural History Publications. 89 pp. ISBN 978-9838120807.
  • Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Dibamus vorisi, p. 12).


Taxon identifiers
Dibamus vorisi


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