title: Dibamus dezwaani
text: # Dibamus dezwaani
  
  Dibamus dezwaani is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to the island of Nias, off Sumatra (Indonesia).
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, dezwaani, is in honor of Dutch anthropologist Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of D. dezwaani is forest.
  
  ## Description
  
  Small for its genus, D. dezwaani may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 12 cm (4.7 in), and a tail length of about 1.5 cm (0.59 in).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  D. dezwaani is oviparous.
  
  