Alfred's blind skink
| Alfred's blind skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Dibamus |
| Species: | D. alfredi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus alfredi Taylor, 1962
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Alfred's blind skink (Dibamus alfredi), also known
Related species
Another species of Dibamus once had been referred to as Alfred's blind skink, but is now a separate species, Dibamus dezwaani.[4]
Geographic range
Alfred's blind skink is known with certainty only from
Peninsular Thailand. Records from Sabah in Malaysian Borneo represent Dibamus vorisi.[1] The Nias (Indonesia) record represents Dibamus dezwaani.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural
dipterocarp forests, where it lives in humus or leaf litter.[1]
Reproduction
Naming
D. alfredi is named after ichthyologist Eric R. Alfred, who was the director of the
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Dibamus alfredi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 November 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus alfredi, p. 5).
- ^ S2CID 85831919. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
- ^ "Former Directors". Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
Further reading
Wikispecies has information related to Dibamus alfredi.
- Taylor EH (1962). "New Oriental Reptiles". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 43 (7): 209–263. (Dibamus alfredi, new species, pp. 246–248, Figure 13).
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