Alfred's Blind Skink

Alfred's Blind Skink
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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Related species

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

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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dibamus alfredi". Zipcode Zoo. Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20071220184437/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/D/Dibamus_alfredi.asp. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 
  2. ^ "Dibamus alfredi". UNEP-WCMC Species Database. http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?displaylanguage=ENG&source=animals&speciesNo=34723. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 
  3. ^ Das, Indraneil and Lim, Kelvin K. P. (2005). "New Species of Dibamus from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology 39: pp. 113–117. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0113:NSODSD]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-1511. 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0113:NSODSD]2.0.CO;2. http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1670%2F0022-1511(2005)039%5B0113%3ANSODSD%5D2.0.CO%3B2. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 
  4. ^ a b "Dibamus alfredi". ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. http://aseanbiodiversity.org/cgi-bin/abiss.exe/spd?tx=RE&spd=358. Retrieved 2007-11-15. [dead link]
  5. ^ a b c "Dibamus alfredi TAYLOR, 1962". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Dibamus&species=alfredi. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 
  6. ^ "Former Directors". Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/history/directors.htm#Eric%20R.%20Alfred. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 
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