Dibamus vorisi
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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. vorisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim, 2003
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Dibamus vorisi is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Borneo.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, vorisi, is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940) of the Field Museum of Natural History.[2][3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of D. vorisi is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]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.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d Dibamus vorisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2020.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).
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