Dibamus nicobaricum
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| Dibamus nicobaricum (Steindachner, 1867) |
Dibamus nicobaricum is a species of lizard found in the Nicobar Islands of India.
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[edit] Description
Snout conical, obtuse, slightly projecting. 4 enlarged shields on the head besides the rostral and labials, viz. a frontal, an interparietal, and an ocular on each side; interparietal shield largest; eye scarcely distinguishable through the ocular; a narrow, elongate, trapezoidal mental; a very large sublabial on each side. Scales equal, 22 to 26 round the middle of the body. Praanal scales very small. Tail very short, obtuse. Uniform purplish-brown.[1]
Total length 8-5 inches.
[edit] Distribution
(Great Nicobar Island, probably Little Nicobar Is.) Type locality: Nicobar Islands
[edit] Notes
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
[edit] References
- Das, I. 1996 The validity of Dibamus nicobaricum (Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867) (Squamata: Sauria: Dibamidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 3 (2): 157-162
- Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77
- Diaz, R.E., M.T. Leong, L.L. Grismer & N.S. Yaakob 2004 A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from West Malaysia. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 1-7
- Stoliczka,F. 1873 Notes on some Andamese and Nicobarese Reptiles, with the descriptions of three new species of lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 42: 162-169
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