<strong>A new species of <em>Dibamus </em>(Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia</strong>

THY NEANG; JEREMY HOLDEN; TOBY EASTOE; RATHEA SENG; SAVENG ITH; L. LEE GRISMER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2828.1.5

Issue: Vol. 2828 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2011

Type: Articles

Published: 2011-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2828.1.5

Page range: 58–68

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**A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia**

THY NEANG⁺⁻
JEREMY HOLDEN⁺⁻
TOBY EASTOE⁺⁻
RATHEA SENG⁺⁻
SAVENG ITH⁺⁻
L. LEE GRISMER⁺⁻

Department of National Parks, Ministry of Environment, 48 Samdech Preah Sihanouk, Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Cambodia. # 19, Street 360, BKK1, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Cambodia. # 19, Street 360, BKK1, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Cambodia. # 19, Street 360, BKK1, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Department of International Conventions and Biodiversity, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

Center for Biodiversity Conservation, Room 415, Faculty of Science, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Confederation of Russia Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA

Reptilia Cambodia Dibamidae genus herpetofauna legless lizard new species reptile systematics

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Abstract

A new species of legless lizard, Dibamus dalaiensis sp. nov. of the family Dibamidae is described from Phnom Dalai in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, based on the following unique combination of characters: maximum SVL 127.6 mm; tail 18–22% of SVL; a single postocular scale; three scales bordering the posterior edge of first infralabial; an enlarged, medial, sublabial scale; labial and nasal sutures complete; rostral suture present but incomplete; 20 midbody scale rows; 22 scale rows just posterior to head and 20 scale rows just anterior to vent; 185–209 ventrals; and 48–52 subcaudal scales. The discovery of D. dalaiensis sp. nov. represents a new family, genus and species record for Cambodia.

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