Dibamus bogadeki

Dibamus bogadeki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus
Species:	D. bogadeki
Binomial name
	Dibamus bogadeki; Darevsky, 1992

Dibamus bogadeki, or Bogadek's burrowing lizard (Chinese: 鮑氏雙足蜥), is a legless lizard endemic to Hong Kong.[1][2]

Etymology

It is named after its first collector, Father Anthony Bogadek, a herpatologist and teacher at the St Louis School in Hong Kong,[1][3] and author of the first major guide to Hong Kong Amphibians and Reptiles.[4]

Distribution and ecology

The species can only be found on Hei Ling Chau, Shek Kwu Chau and Sunshine Island in Hong Kong. Discovered in 1987 on the island of Hei Ling Chau, the species is also the only legless lizard that can be found in Hong Kong.[5] They live in soil or under stones or rotting wood lying on the forest floor, the first live specimen discovered hiding under a mass of dead leaves and soil in a drain beside woodland. As a nocturnal and burrowing species it is practically blind and its eyes are covered by scales.[2]

References

Dipsas Dibamus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 February 2020.
"Dibamus bogadeki (Darevsky, 1992) Bogadek's Burrowing Lizard 鮑氏雙足蜥". Reptiles of Hong Kong. School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
"The Father of snake charmers". South China Morning Post. 14 September 1997. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
Karsen, Stephen J. (1998). Hong Kong amphibians and reptiles. Lau, Wai-neng, Miguel., Bogadek, Anthony (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Provisional Urban Council. ISBN 962-7849-05-7. OCLC 51381753.
Darevsky, Ilya (1992). "Two new species of the worm-like lizard Dibamus (Sauria: Dibamidae) with remarks on the distribution and ecology of Dibamus in Vietnam" (PDF). Asiatic Herpetological Research. 4: 1–12. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.6175.

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[The_Reptile_Database-1] Dipsas Dibamus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 February 2020.

[Reptiles_of_Hong_Kong-2] "Dibamus bogadeki (Darevsky, 1992) Bogadek's Burrowing Lizard 鮑氏雙足蜥". Reptiles of Hong Kong. School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2020-01-12.

[3] "The Father of snake charmers". South China Morning Post. 14 September 1997. Retrieved 2020-01-12.

[4] Karsen, Stephen J. (1998). Hong Kong amphibians and reptiles. Lau, Wai-neng, Miguel., Bogadek, Anthony (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Provisional Urban Council. ISBN 962-7849-05-7. OCLC 51381753.

[5] Darevsky, Ilya (1992). "Two new species of the worm-like lizard Dibamus (Sauria: Dibamidae) with remarks on the distribution and ecology of Dibamus in Vietnam" (PDF). Asiatic Herpetological Research. 4: 1–12. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.6175.