Dibamus bourreti, also known commonly as Bourret's blind skink, the white-tailed dibamid, or the white-tailed worm-like lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
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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. bourreti
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| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935
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Etymology edit
The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[2]
Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of D. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 100–900 m (330–2,950 ft).[1]
Behavior edit
D. bourreti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Nguyen, T.Q.; Wang, Y.; Yang, J. (2019). "Dibamus bourreti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177579A112101381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177579A112101381.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus bourreti, p. 35).
- ^ a b Species Dibamus bourreti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
- Angel F (1935). "Un lézard nouveau de la familie des dibamidés ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Séries 2, 7: 354–356. (Dibamus bourreti, new species). (in French).
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