The snout of this lizard is conical, obtuse, and slightly projecting. It has four enlarged shields on the head besides the rostral and labial scales - a frontal, an interparietal, and an ocular on each side; the interparietal shield is the largest. The eyes are scarcely distinguishable through the ocular scale. It has a narrow, elongate, trapezoidal mental, and a very large sublabial on each side. Scales equal, 22 to 26 round the middle of the body. The preanal scales very small. Its tail is very short and obtuse. Its body is a uniform purplish-brown color.[1]
Total body and tail length is five to eight inches.
DistributionEdit
D. nicobaricum is found on Great Nicobar Island, and probably Little Nicobar Island. The type locality is given as "Nicobar Islands".
NotesEdit
^Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
ReferencesEdit
Das, I. 1996 The validity of Dibamus nicobaricum (Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867) (Squamata: Sauria: Dibamidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 3 (2): 157-162
Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43–77
Diaz, R.E., M.T. Leong, L.L. Grismer & N.S. Yaakob 2004 A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from West Malaysia. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 1-7
Stoliczka,F. 1873 Notes on some Andamese and Nicobarese Reptiles, with the descriptions of three new species of lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 42: 162-169
External linksEdit
Dibamus nicobaricum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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dibamus, nicobaricum, species, lizard, found, nicobar, islands, india, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, reptiliaorder, squamatafamily, dibamidaegenus, dibamusspecies, nicobaricumbinomial, name, steindachner, 18. Dibamus nicobaricum is a species of lizard found in the Nicobar Islands of India Dibamus nicobaricumScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ReptiliaOrder SquamataFamily DibamidaeGenus DibamusSpecies D nicobaricumBinomial nameDibamus nicobaricum Steindachner 1867 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksDescription EditThe snout of this lizard is conical obtuse and slightly projecting It has four enlarged shields on the head besides the rostral and labial scales a frontal an interparietal and an ocular on each side the interparietal shield is the largest The eyes are scarcely distinguishable through the ocular scale It has a narrow elongate trapezoidal mental and a very large sublabial on each side Scales equal 22 to 26 round the middle of the body The preanal scales very small Its tail is very short and obtuse Its body is a uniform purplish brown color 1 Total body and tail length is five to eight inches Distribution EditD nicobaricum is found on Great Nicobar Island and probably Little Nicobar Island The type locality is given as Nicobar Islands Notes Edit Boulenger G A 1890 Fauna of British India Reptilia and Batrachia References EditDas I 1996 The validity of Dibamus nicobaricum Fitzinger in Steindachner 1867 Squamata Sauria Dibamidae Russ J Herpetol 3 2 157 162 Das I 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands India In Ota H ed Tropical Island herpetofauna Elsevier pp 43 77 Diaz R E M T Leong L L Grismer amp N S Yaakob 2004 A new species of Dibamus Squamata Dibamidae from West Malaysia Asiatic Herpetological Research 10 1 7 Stoliczka F 1873 Notes on some Andamese and Nicobarese Reptiles with the descriptions of three new species of lizards J Asiat Soc Bengal 42 162 169External links EditDibamus nicobaricum at the Reptarium cz Reptile Database nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Dibamus nicobaricus nbsp This lizard article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dibamus nicobaricum amp oldid 1009970591, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
