Dibamus dezwaani

Dibamus dezwaani is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to the island of Nias, off Sumatra.

Etymology

The specific name, dezwaani, is in honor of Dutch anthropologist Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. dezwaani is forest.

Description

Small for its genus, D. dezwaani may attain a snout-to-vent length of about, and a tail length of about.

Reproduction

D. dezwaani is oviparous.