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Dibamus annae KLIUKIN, NGUYEN, PAWANGKHANANT, PHAM, LE, GORIN, BOS, KRONE & POYARKOV, 2025

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Higher TaxaDibamidae, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Anna’s Blind Skink
Vietnamese: Thằn lằn giun An-na 
SynonymDibamus annae KLIUKIN, NGUYEN, PAWANGKHANANT, PHAM, LE, GORIN, BOS, KRONE & POYARKOV 2025: 18 
DistributionC Vietnam (Gia Lai)

Type locality: Kon Ka Kinh National Park, Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam (N 14.20418°, E 108.31532°; elevation 873 m asl.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. adult male (ZMMu re-15720; field tag aBV-1519) collected on June 01, 2017, by a. B. Vassilieva. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dibamus annae sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) maximum SVl of 92.7 mm; (2) tail comparatively long, tl comprising 18.9% of SVl in a single male; (3) labial and nasal sutures present and complete, rostral suture present and incomplete; (4) one postocular scale; (5) two scales bordering the posteromedial edge of the first infralabial; (6) the medial sublabial scale not enlarged; (7) 19 midbody scale rows; (8) 21 transverse scale rows just posterior to head; (9) 18 transverse scale rows just anterior to vent; (10) 180 ventral scales; (11) 45 subcaudal scales; (12) relative size of frontal to frontonasal 136.3%; (13) relative size of interparietal to nuchal scale 133.9%; and (14) the light-colored band on the body present closer to the head. (Kliukin et al. 2025)


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  • Kliukin, N.S., Nguyen, T.V., Pawangkhanant, P., Pham, H.M., Le, S.X., Gorin, V.A., Bos, C., Krone, I.W. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A new species of Dibamus from the Central Highlands of Vietnam with redescription of Dibamus montanus Smith, 1921 (Squamata: Dibamidae). Zootaxa 5693 (1): 1–31 - get paper here
 
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