. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 4, p. 6 Asiatic Herpetological Research February 1992. FIG. 6. X-ray photograph ol Dibamus greeri (holotype, ZIN 20011). Comment.—Greer (1985) noted a considerable morphological resemblance between the species of Anelytropsis and Dibamus and in particular he singled out the species D. bourreti which is most close to Anelytropsis papillosus in having a complete rostral suture passing through the nostril, a complete nasal suture, and in some other features. As to D. greeri, this species resemble
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 4, p. 6 Asiatic Herpetological Research February 1992. FIG. 6. X-ray photograph ol Dibamus greeri (holotype, ZIN 20011). Comment.—Greer (1985) noted a considerable morphological resemblance between the species of Anelytropsis and Dibamus and in particular he singled out the species D. bourreti which is most close to Anelytropsis papillosus in having a complete rostral suture passing through the nostril, a complete nasal suture, and in some other features. As to D. greeri, this species resembles A. papillosus in the presense of one narrow and long scale bordering on the posteromedial edge of the infralabials (Fig. 7). Coloration.—Living animals (Holotype) uniformly purplish-brown above and below with three distinct brightly blue rings, 6-9 body scale rows wide, two on the body and one on the tail. Shortly after capture, one of the rings on the body disappeared and the two others remained (Plate 1). The two other known individuals (females) had the same coloration as the holotype in life, but they lacked the blue rings.* Hemipenis.—Everted hemipenes are quite smooth conic formations tapering to the apex with a small hollow near the tip (Fig. 8). The length of the organ is mm, and the width is mm. No accounts about hemipenes in the family Dibamidae have been given prior to this account (Greer, 1985). Distribution. All three known specimens were taken in the central part of the Gilai- Contum Province in southern Vietnam (Fig. 2). It can be assumed that this t1 observed whitish-gray rings on the body and the tail in some preserved Dibamus novaeguineae specimens from the Philippine Islands (CAS 26647, 26678, 27538, 140218, and others). It is very possible that in living animals the rings were blue as in D. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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