| Dibamus greeri | |
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| 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. greeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus greeri Darevsky, 1992 | |
Dibamus greeri, also known commonly as Greer's blind skink, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology
The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer.
Ecology and reproduction
D. greeri is a fossorial species occurring in both primary and secondary forest. It is oviparous.
References
- ^ Nguyen, T.Q. (2018). "Dibamus greeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104680406A104718281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104680406A104718281.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Dibamus greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2020.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus greeri, p. 108).
Further reading
- Darevsky I (1992). "Two New Species of the Worm-Like Lizard Dibamus (Sauria: Dibamidae), with Remarks on the Distribution and Ecology of Dibamus in Vietnam". Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 1–12. (Dibamus greeri, new species, pp. 5–8, Figures 6, 7A, 7B, 8, 11C + Plate 1).
- Nguyen, Van Sang; Ho, Thu Cuc; Nguyen, Quang Truong (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
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| Dibamus greeri | |
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