Dibamus dezwaani

Dibamus dezwaani is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Nias in Indonesia.[1]

Dibamus dezwaani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Dibamidae
Genus: Dibamus
Species:
D. dezwaani
Binomial name
Dibamus dezwaani
Das & Lim, 2005

Etymology

The specific name, dezwaani is in honor of Dutch anthropologist Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan.[2]

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References

  1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Dibamus&species=dezwaani&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Dibamus+dezwaani%27%29%29
  2. 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 dezwaani, p. 71).

Further reading

  • Das I, Lim KKP (2005). "New Species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology 39 (1): 113–117. (Dibamus dezwaani, new species).


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