Dibamus bourreti
Dibamus bourreti, also known as Bourret's blind skink, the white-tailed dibamid, or the white-tailed worm-like lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
| Dibamus bourreti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Dibamus |
| Species: | D. bourreti |
| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935 | |
Etymology
The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[2]
Geographic range
D. bourreti is found in China and Vietnam.[3]
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References
- Nguyen, T.Q., Wang, Y. & Yang, J. (2019). "Dibamus bourreti'". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T177579A112101381.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- 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 bourreti, p. 35).
- "Dibamus bourreti ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Dibamus&species=bourreti&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Dibamus+bourreti%27%29%29
Further reading
- Angel F (1935). "Un lézard nouveau de la familie des dibamidés ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Séries 2, 7: 354–356. (Dibamus bourreti, new species). (in French).
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