Dibamus bogadeki
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| Dibamus bogadeki | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Dibamia |
| 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]
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]