| Dibamus bourreti | |
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| Dibamus bourreti | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Dibamus |
| Species: | D. bourreti |
| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus bourreti Angel, 1935 | |
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.
Etymology
The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.
Geographic range
D. bourreti is found in China and Vietnam.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 100–900 m (330–2,950 ft).
Behavior
D. bourreti is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction
D. bourreti is oviparous.
References
- ^ 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).
- ^ Species Dibamus bourreti at The Reptile Database http://www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- 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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