| Smith's blind skink | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (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. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dibamus smithi Greer, 1985 | |
Smith's blind skink (Dibamus smithi) is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology
The specific name, smithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.
Geographic range
D. smithi is found in central Vietnam.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. smithi is forest, at altitudes of 1,212–1,515 m (3,976–4,970 ft).
Reproduction
D. smithi is oviparous.
References
- ^ Nguyen, T.Q.; Bain, R.H.; Hallermann, J. (2018). "Dibamus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T177544A112130900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T177544A112130900.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 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 smithi, p. 247).
- ^ Species Dibamus smithi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Greer AE (1985). "The Relationships of the Lizard Genera Anelytropsis and Dibamus ". Journal of Herpetology 19 (1): 116–156. (Dibamus smithi, new species).
- Nguyen VS, Ho TC, Nguyen QT (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
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| Dibamus smithi | |
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