NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Boo Liat’s Blind Lizard
Dibamus booliati Das & Yaakob, 2003
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dibamus booliati Das & Yaakob, 2003
- Name authority
- Das & Yaakob, 2003
- Common name
- Boo Liat’s Blind Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Dibamidae
- Genus
- Dibamus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- familyDibamidae
- genusDibamus
- speciesDibamus booliati Das & Yaakob, 2003
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dibamus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dibamus deharvengi Ineich, 1999 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dibamus dezwaani Das & Lim, 2005 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dibamus kondaoensis Honda, Ota, Hikida & Darevsky, 2001 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White Blind SkinkDibamus leucurus (Bleeker, 1860) | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain Blind SkinkDibamus montanus Smith, 1921 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dibamus novaeguineae Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taylor's Blind SkinkDibamus taylori Greer, 1985 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dibamus vorisi Das & Lim, 2003 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dibamus dalaiensis Neang, Holden, Eastoe, Seng, Ith & Grismer, 2011 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flower’s blind lizardDibamus floweri Quah, Anuar, Grismer & Grassby-Lewis, 2017 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dibamus deimontis Kliukin, Bragin, Van Nguyen, Le, Tran, Gorin & Poyarkov, 2024 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alfred's Blind SkinkDibamus alfredi Taylor, 1962 | DibamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Dibamus&species=booliati Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:35GNB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.