Snake sneak

Snake sneak
American snake lizard ( Anelytropsis papillosus )
Systematics
without rank: Amniotes (Amniota) without rank: Sauropsida Superordinate : Scale lizards (Lepidosauria) Order : Scale reptiles (Squamata) without rank: Dibamia Family : Snake sneak
Scientific name without rank
Dibamia
Gasc , 1968
Scientific name of the  family
Dibamidae
Boulenger , 1884

The snake snakes (Dibamidae) are a family of the squamata (squamata). There are two genera, Anelytropsis , which is monotypical and occurs in Mexico, and Dibamus , which lives with over 20 species in Southeast Asia , Indonesia , the Philippines and western New Guinea .

features

Snakes are small and worm-shaped, their maximum length is 25 centimeters, the body color is brown. They are legless, only the males have, similar to the pinnacles , stubby hind legs with which they hold on to the females when mating. External ear openings are missing, the rudimentary eyes are of a scale covered.

Snake snakes have a burrowing way of life, Anelytropsis can be found in semi-arid areas, bushland and in forests dominated by pine and oak. Dibamus species live in tropical rainforests under stones and rotting wood. The diet of the animals is unknown. They reproduce oviparously and lay only one egg per clutch.

Systematics

The systematic position of the snake creeps is controversial. Some scientists assume a relationship with the double snakes (Amphisbaenia) and place the snakes with these in the skink-like (Scincomorpha). By molecular biology studies the dibamidae are as primitive members at the base of the family tree of Squamata (Squamata) and are more closely related to any other group.

Genera and species

• Anelytropsis Cope , 1885
  • American snake lizard ( Anelytropsis papillosus Cope , 1885)
• Dibamus Duméril & Bibron , 1839
  • Dibamus alfredi Taylor , 1962
  • Dibamus bogadeki Darevsky , 1992
  • Dibamus booliati Das & Yaakob , 2003
  • Dibamus bourreti Angel , 1935
  • Dibamus celebensis Schlegel , 1858
  • Dibamus dalaiensis Neang et al., 2011
  • Dibamus deharvengi Ineich , 1999
  • Dibamus dezwaani Das & Lim , 2005
  • Dibamus floweri Quah et al., 2017
  • Dibamus greeri Darevsky , 1992
  • Dibamus ingeri Das & Lim , 2003
  • Dibamus kondaoensis Honda , Ota , Hikida & Darevsky , 2001
  • Dibamus leucurus ( Bleeker , 1860)
  • Dibamus manadotuaensis Koppetsch et al., 2019
  • Dibamus montanus Smith , 1921
  • Dibamus nicobaricum ( Steindachner , 1867)
  • New Guinea snake ( Dibamus novaeguineae Duméril & Bibron , 1839)
  • Dibamus seramensis Greer , 1985
  • Dibamus smithi Greer , 1985
  • Dibamus somsaki Honda , Nabhitabhata , Ota & Hikida , 1997
  • Dibamus taylori Greer , 1985
  • Dibamus tebal Das & Lim , 2009
  • Dibamus tiomanensis Diaz , Leong , Grismer & Yaakob , 2004
  • Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim , 2003

literature

• Harold Cogger, Richard Zweifel, Derek Vinyard (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians. Weltbild, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-1559-0 , p. 240.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Böhme: Squamata, Schuppenkriechtiere. In: Wilfried Westheide, Reinhard Rieger (Ed.): Special Zoology. Part 2: vertebrates or skulls. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart et al. 2004, ISBN 3-8274-0900-4 , pp. 354-357.
2. ↑ Nicolas Vidal, S. Blair Hedges: The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes. In: Comptes Rendus Biologies. Volume 328, No. 10-11, 2005, pp. 1000-1008, doi: 10.1016 / j.crvi.2005.10.001 ( full text PDF ).
3. ↑ Thore Koppetsch, Wolfgang Böhme, André Koch: A new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Manado Tua, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: Zootaxa. Volume 4555, No. 3, February 14, 2019, ISSN 1175-5334, pp. 331-345, doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4555.3.3 .

Web links

Commons : Snake Creeps (Dibamidae)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dibamidae in The Reptile Database
• ITIS Dibamidae Boulenger, 1884