Dibamus bogadeki

Dibamus bogadeki
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Dibamidae
Genus:	Dibamus
Species:	D. bogadeki
Binomial name
Dibamus bogadeki Darevsky, 1992

Dibamus bogadeki, or Bogadek's burrowing lizard (Chinese: 鮑氏雙足蜥), is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Hong Kong.[2][3]

Etymology

D. bogadeki is named after its first collector, Father Anthony Bogadek, a herpetologist and teacher at the St Louis School in Hong Kong,[2][4][5] and a coauthor of the first major guide to Hong Kong Amphibians and Reptiles.[6]

Distribution and ecology

The species D. bogadeki can only be found on Hei Ling Chau, Shek Kwu Chau and Sunshine Island in Hong Kong. It was discovered in 1987 on the island of Hei Ling Chau, the species is also the only legless lizard that can be found in Hong Kong.[7] It lives in soil or under stones or rotting wood lying on the forest floor. The first live specimen was discovered hiding under a mass of dead leaves and soil in a drain beside woodland. As a nocturnal and burrowing species it is practically blind, and its eyes are covered by scales.[3]

Reproduction

D. bogadeki is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Yang, J. (2019). "Dibamus bogadeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T104679625A104679628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T104679625A104679628.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Dibamus bogadeki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 August 2021.
3. "Dibamus bogadeki (Darevsky, 1992) Bogadek's Burrowing Lizard 鮑氏雙足蜥". Reptiles of Hong Kong. School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
4. "The Father of snake charmers". South China Morning Post. 14 September 1997. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
5. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dibamus bogadeki, p. 30).
6. Karsen, Stephen J.; Lau, Wai-neng Miguel; Bogadek, Anthony (1998). Hong Kong Amphibians and Reptiles (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Provisional Urban Council. ISBN 962-7849-05-7. OCLC 51381753.
7. Darevsky, Ilya (1992). "Two new species of the worm-like lizard Dibamus (Sauria: Dibamidae) with remarks on the distribution and ecology of Dibamus in Vietnam" (PDF). Asiatic Herpetological Research. 4: 1–12. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.6175.