Dibamus is a genus of legless lizards in the family Dibamidae.
Etymology
Greek διβαμος dibamos "two-footed, on two legs".
Species
The following 24 species are recognized as being valid. Dibamus alfredi – Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink Dibamus bogadeki Dibamus booliati – Boo Liat's blind lizard Dibamus bourreti – Bourret's blind skink Dibamus celebensis Dibamus dalaiensis Dibamus deharvengi Dibamus dezwaani Dibamus floweri – Flowers's blind lizard Dibamus greeri – Greer's blind skink Dibamus ingeri Dibamus kondaoensis Dibamus leucurus – white blind skink Dibamus manadotuaensis Dibamus montanus – mountain blind skink Dibamus nicobaricum Dibamus novaeguineae Dibamus seramensis – Seram blind skink Dibamus smithi – Smith's blind skink Dibamus somsaki – Somsak's blind lizard, Somsak's dibamid lizard Dibamus taylori – Lesser Sunda blind lizard, Taylor's blind skink Dibamus tebal Dibamus tiomanensis – Tioman Island blind lizard Dibamus vorisi
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dibamus.
References
Further reading
Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... , Dibamidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Dibamus, p. 435). Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Dibamus, new genus, pp. 833–834). (in French).