Dibamus oetamai PRASETYO, YUDHA, AMARASINGHE, INEICH, GILLESPIE & RIYANTO, 2025
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Dibamus oetamai
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| Higher Taxa | Dibamidae, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Buton blind skink Indonesian: Kadal buta Buton |
| Synonym | Dibamus oetamai PRASETYO, YUDHA, AMARASINGHE, INEICH, GILLESPIE & RIYANTO 2025 Dibamus novaeguineae — GILLESPIE et al. 2005 Dibamus sp. nov. — GILLESPIE et al. 2015 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Buton Island) Type locality: Kakenauwe (5°10'59.10''S, 122°54'59.65''E, datum = WGS84 in all cases; 14 m above sea level), Lasalimu, Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. An adult male, MZB 4273 (SVL 103.4 mm), collected, collected by G.R. Gillespie on 21 July 2002. Paratypes (n=5). Adult males, MZB 4276 (SVL 145.7 mm), MZB 4278 (SVL 117.0 mm); Juvenile male MZB 4272 (SVL 62.4 mm); Adult females, MZB 4274 (SVL 138.6 mm), MZB 4279 (SVL 117.2 mm); other collection data the same as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=6). A species of Dibamus only known from Buton Island which differs from all the nominal species by having the following combination of morphological characters: maximum SVL of 145.7 mm; tail comparatively short, TL comprising 12.0–14.8% of SVL; medial and lateral rostral sutures absent, labial and nasal sutures complete; frontal larger than frontonasal (relative size of frontonasal 0.75– 1.04); interparietal distinctly smaller (half size of) than frontonasal; interparietal more or less similar in size to nuchals (relative size of nuchals 0.67–1.43) with 4–6 surrounding nuchal scales; two postocular scales; a single supralabial; 6–8 chin scales bordering the posterior edge of the first infralabials and mental; the medial sublabial scale not enlarged; 22–24 midbody scale rows; 24–26 transverse scale rows just posterior to head; 21–23 transverse scale rows just anterior to vent; 192–197 ventral scales in males, 214–221 in females; 40–42 subcaudal scales in males, 17– 28 in females; and two or three light-coloured bands present on the body. (Prasetyo et al. 2025) Additional details (5319 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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