Dibamus bourreti
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Dibamidae |
Genus: | Dibamus |
Species: | D. bourreti
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Binomial name | |
Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935
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Dibamus bourreti, also known commonly as Bourret's blind skink, the white-tailed dibamid, or the white-tailed worm-like lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]D. bourreti is found in China and Vietnam.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of D. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 100–900 m (330–2,950 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]D. bourreti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nguyen, T.Q.; Wang, Y.; Yang, J. (2019). "Dibamus bourreti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177579A112101381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177579A112101381.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus bourreti, p. 35).
- ^ a b Species Dibamus bourreti at The Reptile Database http://www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Angel F (1935). "Un lézard nouveau de la familie des dibamidés ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Séries 2, 7: 354–356. (Dibamus bourreti, new species). (in French).