Dibamus dezwaani
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Dibamus |
| Species: | D. dezwaani
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| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus dezwaani | |
Dibamus dezwaani is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to the island of Nias, off Sumatra (Indonesia).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, dezwaani, is in honor of Dutch anthropologist Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan.[2][3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of D. dezwaani is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]Small for its genus, D. dezwaani may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 12 cm (4.7 in), and a tail length of about 1.5 cm (0.59 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Amarasinghe A, Iskandar D (2021). "Dibamus dezwaani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104680403A104718276.en. Accessed on 11 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d Dibamus dezwaani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 November 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus dezwaani, p. 71).
Further reading
[edit]- Das I, Lim KKP (2005). "New species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology 39 (1): 113–117. (Dibamus dezwaani, new species).
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