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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Probably throughout the Lesser Sunda Islands from Lombok to Wetar (Indonesia)
Type locality: Waimangura, western Sumba, elevation 440 m.

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Taylor's blind skink

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Taylor's blind skink (Dibamus taylori), also known commonly as the Lesser Sunda blind lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.^[2]

Reproduction

D. taylori is oviparous.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Species Dibamus taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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 taylori, p. 261).

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