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Taxonomy
Dibamidae was named by Boulenger (1884). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was assigned to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Scincoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Pygopodoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Scincomorpha by Seiffert (1975); to Scincoidea by Estes (1983); to Lacertilia by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Scleroglossa by Estes et al. (1988) and Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Squamata by Pyron et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Scincoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Pygopodoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Scincomorpha by Seiffert (1975); to Scincoidea by Estes (1983); to Lacertilia by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Scleroglossa by Estes et al. (1988) and Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Squamata by Pyron et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Dibamidae Boulenger |
| 1898 | Dibamidae Gadow p. 27 |
| 1928 | Dibamidae Perrier p. 3100 |
| 1946 | Dibamidae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1966 | Dibamidae Kuhn p. 49 |
| 1975 | Dibamidae Seiffert p. 10 |
| 1983 | Dibamidae Estes |
| 1988 | Dibamidae Estes et al. |
| 1996 | Dibamidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2000 | Dibamidae Lee and Caldwell |
| 2013 | Dibamidae Pyron et al. |
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Fm. Dibamidae Boulenger 1884
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G. Anelytropis Cope 1885 [Mexican blind lizards]
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Anelytropis papillosus Cope 1885 [Mexican blind lizard]
G. Dibamus Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Blind skinks]
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Dibamus novaeguinea Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [New Guinea blind skink]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Perrier 1928 | Langue sagittée, non échancrée en avant, couverte de plis ou de lamelles courbes. Pas de columelle; pas de septum interorbitaire, pas d'arcs temporaux. Yeux cachés sous la peau, pas d'orifice des oreilles. Corps vermiforme; écailles cycloïdes, imbriquées, sans ostéodermes. Membres antérieurs absents, les postérieurs représentés chez le mâle par 2 appendices spatuliformes très petits; pas de sternum; pas de ceinture scapulaire, ni pelvienne. |