Taylor's blind skink
Taylor's blind skink (Dibamus taylori), also known commonly as the Lesser Sunda blind lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands.[1]
| Taylor's blind skink | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Dibamus |
| Species: | D. taylori |
| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus taylori Greer, 1985 | |
Etymology
The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[2]
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References
- Species Dibamus taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 taylori, p. 261).
Further reading
- Greer AE (1985). "The Relationships of the Lizard Genera Anelytropsis and Dibamus ". Journal of Herpetology 19 (1): 116–156. (Dibamus taylori, new species, p. 151).
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