Alfred's blind skink

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

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]

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]

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See also

References
  1. "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. "Dibamus alfredi ". ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  5. "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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