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Dibamidae is a family of legless lizards found in tropical
forests. Relatively little is known about the dibamid lizards,
which are native to Mexico, SE Asia, Indonesia, the Philippine
Islands and western New Guinea. They are small insectivorous
lizards, with long, slender bodies, adapted for burrowing into
the soil. They have a rigidly fused skull, no pterygoid teeth,
and no external ears. Their eyes are greatly reduced, and
covered by a scale. While female dibamids are entirely limbless,
the males retain small, flap-like hind limbs, which they use to
grip their partner during mating. They lay eggs with hard,
calcified shells, rather than the leathery shells typical of
many other reptile groups. - 2 genera - 22 species - for
details, see here - Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G