Inger's Worm Lizard

Skinks & Other Lizards

Dibamus ingeri

Basic stats

Diet

Soil invertebrates

Habitat

Underground

Range

Endemic to Borneo

Clutch size

1 egg (typical for Dibamus)

Incubation period

About 8–10 weeks (typical for Dibamus)

Size

Small (up to 18cm)

Weight

~3–5g

A blind, limbless, burrowing worm lizard named after herpetologist Robert Inger, sharing the same underground lifestyle as other Dibamus species.

Feeds on soil invertebrates, spending its life underground and surfacing only rarely, typically when leaf litter or soil is disturbed.

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