Alfred's Blind Skink

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Alfred's Blind Skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Dibamidae
Genus: Dibamus
Species: D. alfredi
Binomial name
Dibamus alfredi
Taylor, 1962[1]

The Alfred's Blind Skink[2] (Dibamus alfredi) is a blind species of lizard in the genus Dibamus. It can be found in Southeast Asia.

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[edit] Related species

Another species of Dibamus once had been referred to as the Alfred's Blind Skink, but is now a separate species.[3]

[edit] Distribution

The Alfred's Blind Skink is found in Thailand,[1] Malaysia,[4] and Nias.[5] The Alfred's Blind Snake can be found in primary forests, scrub, secondary forests, and plantations, in an altitude range from zero to one thousand meters.[4]

[edit] Naming

The Alfred's Flat Lizard is named after Eric Alfred,[5] who was the director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore.[6] The Alfred's Flat Lizard is also known as the Alfred's Dibamid Lizard.[5]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dibamus alfredi. Zipcode Zoo. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  2. ^ Dibamus alfredi. UNEP-WCMC Species Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  3. ^ Das, Indraneil and Lim, Kelvin K. P.. "New Species of Dibamus from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology: pp. 113–117. 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0113:NSODSD]2.0.CO;2. 
  4. ^ a b Dibamus alfredi. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  5. ^ a b c Dibamus alfredi TAYLOR, 1962. The Reptile Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  6. ^ Former Directors. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
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