Alfred's blind skink

Alfred's blind skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Dibamidae
Genus:Dibamus
Species: D. alfredi
Binomial name
Dibamus alfredi
Taylor, 1962[1]

Alfred's blind skink[2] (Dibamus alfredi) is a species of blind lizards in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Another species of Dibamus once had been referred to as Alfred's blind skink, but is now a separate species, Dibamus dezwaani.[3]

Geographic range

Alfred's blind skink is found in Thailand,[1] Malaysia,[4] and Nias.[5]

Habitat

D. alfredi can be found in primary forests, scrub, secondary forests, and plantations, at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[4]

Naming

Also known as Alfred's flat lizard and Alfred's limbless skink, D. alfredi is named after ichthyologist Eric R. Alfred,[5] who was the director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore (1967–1972).[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Dibamus alfredi". Zipcode Zoo. Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Dibamus alfredi ". UNEP-WCMC Species Database. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  3. ↑ Das, Indraneil; Lim, Kelvin K. P. (2005). "New Species of Dibamus from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology. 39: 113–117. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0113:NSODSD]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-1511. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  4. 1 2 "Dibamus alfredi ". ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  5. 1 2 3 "Dibamus alfredi TAYLOR, 1962". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  6. ↑ "Former Directors". Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  7. ↑ 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 alfredi, p. 5).

Further reading

  • Taylor EH (1962). "New Oriental Reptiles". Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43 (7): 209-263. (Dibamus alfredi, new species, pp. 246–248, Figure 13).
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