Dibamus vorisi

Dibamus vorisi is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Borneo.[1][2]

Dibamus vorisi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus
Species:	D. vorisi
Binomial name
Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, vorisi, is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940) of the Field Museum of Natural History.[2][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. vorisi is forest.[1]

Description

D. vorisi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in). The tail is short, about 14% SVL in males, and only about 6% SVL in females.[2]

Reproduction

D. vorisi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. McGuire J, Iskandar D (2018). "Dibamus vorisi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T99942500A99942508. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. Dibamus vorisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2020.
3. 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 vorisi, p. 276).

Further reading

• Das I, Lim KKP (2003). "Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 137–141. (Dibamus vorisi, new species).
• Das I (2004). Lizards of Borneo: A Pocket Guide. Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Natural History Publications. 89 pp. ISBN 978-9838120807.
• Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Dibamus vorisi, p. 12).