Biology:Dibamus somsaki
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Short description: Species of lizard
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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. somsaki
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| Dibamus somsaki Honda, Nabhitabhata, Ota & Hikida, 1997
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Dibamus somsaki, also known commonly as Somsak's blind lizard and Somsak's dibamid lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, somsaki, is in honor of Thai zoologist Somsak Panha.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. somsaki is forest.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cota, M.; Duengkae, P. (2018). "Dibamus somsaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104680864A104718301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104680864A104718301.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104680864/104718301. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Species Dibamus somsaki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus somsaki, p. 248).
Further reading
- Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN:978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN:978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
- Honda M, Nabhitabhata J, Ota H, Hikida T (1997). "A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 45 (2): 275–279. (Dibamus somsaki, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q5085158 entry
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