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Dibamus Oetamai
''Dibamus oetamai'', also known as the Buton blind skink, is a species of blind lizard (''Dibamus'') endemic to Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi. This blind lizard lives hidden beneath the ground surface, especially in the moist leaf litter layer of forests. Morphology This species has a maximum body length of and a short tail ranging from 12–14 percent of the body length. The females are completely limbless, while the males possess small, fin-shaped hind limbs. One of the distinctive features of this species, not found in other ''Dibamus'' species, is the presence of two to three light bands across the body. Additionally, there are no medial (mid-snout) or lateral (side-snout) rostral sutures (the joining lines of bones at the front of the skull), and it has a unique number and arrangement of head and chin scales. These head scales serve as one of the key diagnostic characteristics for this species. Identification The species was identified by researchers from Gadjah Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamidae
Dibamidae or blind skinks is a family of lizards characterized by their elongated cylindrical body and an apparent lack of limbs. Female dibamids are entirely limbless and the males retain small flap-like hind limbs, which they use to grip their partner during mating. They have a rigidly fused skull, lack pterygoid teeth and external ears. Their eyes are greatly reduced, and covered with a scale. They are small insectivorous lizards, with long, slender bodies, adapted for burrowing into the soil. They usually lay one egg with a hard, calcified shell, rather than the leathery shells typical of many other reptile groups. The family Dibamidae has two genera, '' Dibamus'' with 23 species native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and western New Guinea and the monotypic '' Anelytropsis'' native to Mexico. Recent phylogenetic analyses place the dibamids as the sister clade to all the other lizards and snakes or classify them as sharing a common ancestor with the infraord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dibamus
''Dibamus'' is a genus of legless lizards in the Family (biology), family Dibamidae.species:Thy Neang, Neang T, species:Jeremy Holden, Holden J, species:Toby Eastoe, Eastoe T, species:Rathea Seng, Seng R, species:Saveng Ith, Ith S, :fr:Larry Lee Grismer, Grismer LL (2011). "A new species of ''Dibamus'' (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". ''Zootaxa'' 2828: 58-68. Etymology Greek δίβαμος ''dibamos'' "two-footed, on two legs". Species The following 24 species are recognized as being valid. *''Dibamus alfredi'' – Alfred's blind skink, Alfred's dibamid lizard, Alfred's limbless skink *''Dibamus bogadeki'' *''Dibamus booliati'' – Boo Liat's blind lizard *''Dibamus bourreti'' – René Léon Bourret, Bourret's blind skink *''Dibamus celebensis'' *''Dibamus dalaiensis'' *''Dibamus deharvengi'' *''Dibamus dezwaani'' *''Dibamus floweri'' – Flowers's blind lizard *''Dibamus greeri'' – :fr:Allen Edd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buton Island
Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th List of islands by area, largest island in the world and Indonesia's 19th largest in area. History In the precolonial era, the island, then usually known as Butung, was within the sphere of influence of Sultanate of Ternate, Ternate. Especially in the sixteenth century, Buton served as an important secondary regional center within the Ternaten empire, controlling regional trade and collecting tribute to be sent to Ternate. The Sultanate of Buton ruled over the island from the 14th until the 20th century. Sultan Murhum, the first Islamic monarch on the island, is remembered in the name of the island's major harbor, Murhum Harbor, in Baubau. Geography Its largest town is Baubau, where the Wolio language, Wolio and Cia-Cia language, Cia-Cia languages are spoken. Major near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadjah Mada University
Gadjah Mada University (; , abbreviated as UGM) is a public research university located in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949, Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country, and has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings, UGM is ranked 2nd in Indonesia and 263rd in the world. During the period when native education was often restricted, the institution was the first to open its medicine to native Indonesians when it was founded in the 1940s under Dutch rule. Comprising 18 faculties and 27 research centers, UGM offers 68 undergraduate, 23 diplomas, 104 master's and specialist, 43 doctorates, and 4 clusters of post-doctoral study programs. The university has enrolled approximately 55,000 students, 1,187 foreign students, and has 2,500 faculty members. UGM maintains a campus of , with facilities that include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Research And Innovation Agency
The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN, ) is a cabinet-level agency of the Indonesian government, formed in 2019. Originally a new agency attached to the Ministry of Research and Technology, which became the Ministry of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency, the agency was controversially separated and established as a new non-ministerial government agency directly under the President of Indonesia on 28 April 2021. On 23 August 2021, the agency gained cabinet-level status through enactment of Presidential Decree No. 78/2021. Under the new presidential regulation, it became the sole national research agency of Indonesia. The agency has been characterized as a "scientific merger company" for its controversial strategy of subsuming many pre-existing scientific agencies. Aswismarmo, an Indonesian scholar and historian, noted that BRIN is a form of "holding research institution". BRIN chairman Laksana Tri Handoko claimed that the agency is a "R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Its Parkville Campus (University of Melbourne), main campus is located in Parkville, Victoria, Parkville, an inner suburb north of Melbourne central business district, Melbourne's central business district, with several other campuses located across the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Incorporated in the 19th century by the State of Victoria, colony of Victoria, the University of Melbourne is one of Australia's six sandstone universities and a member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, Universitas 21, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University's McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Since 1872, many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herpetology
Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and tuataras). Birds, which are cladistically included within Reptilia, are traditionally excluded here; the separate scientific study of birds is the subject of ornithology. The precise definition of herpetology is the study of ectothermic (cold-blooded) tetrapods. This definition of "herps" (otherwise called "herptiles" or "herpetofauna") excludes fish; however, it is not uncommon for herpetological and ichthyological scientific societies to collaborate. For instance, groups such as the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists have co-published journals and hosted conferences to foster the exchange of ideas between the fields. Herpetological societies are formed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogor Zoology Museum
Bogor Zoology Museum (Indonesian, ''Museum Zoologi Bogor'' or ''Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense'', often abbreviated to ''MZB'') is a museum located next to the main entrance of the Bogor Botanical Gardens in the city of Bogor, Indonesia. The museum and its laboratory were founded in 1894 by government of Dutch East Indies during the colonial era. It contain one of the largest collections of preserved fauna specimens in southeast Asia. History Bogor Zoology Museum was founded by Dr. Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger, J.C. Koningsberger in August 1894, and was originally just a small laboratory at the corner of the Bogor Botanical Garden (formerly known as s Lands Plantentuin''). The first laboratory was known as (Agriculture and Zoological Laboratory), which focussed on insect pest (organism), pests in plants. Inspired by his visit to Sri Lanka in 1898, J. Koningsberger went to collect animal specimens for research with assistance of Dr Melchior Treub. At the end of August 1901, a bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Oetama
Jakob Oetama (27 September 1931 – 9 September 2020) was an Indonesian teacher, journalist, and businessman who was one of the co-founders and owners of Kompas Gramedia Group, the largest media group in Indonesia, together with P. K. Ojong. He has served as President Director of Kompas Gramedia, Advisor to the Central Board of the Indonesian Journalists Association, and Advisor to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Journalists Confederation. He was the recipient of the Honoris causa Doctorate in Communications from Gadjah Mada University and the Mahaputra Utama Star award from President Suharto in 1973. The son of a retired teacher in Sleman, Yogyakarta. His journalistic career began when he became the editor of Penabur Weekly in 1956 and continued with the founding of Intisari magazine in 1963 with P. K. Ojong, who may have been inspired by America's Reader's Digest. Two years later, 28 June 1965, together with P. K. Ojong, Oetama founded the ''Kompas'' daily newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper published in Jakarta, founded on 28 June 1965. It is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is part of Kompas Gramedia Group. The paper's head office is located at the Kompas Multimedia Towers, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. It is considered Indonesia's newspaper of record. The paper manages an online portal, kompas.id, which contains updated news and the digital subscription version of the paper, while Kompas Gramedia also manages another editorially separated portal, kompas.com. ''Kompas'' is one of two newspapers in Indonesia audited by the International Federation of Audit Bureau of Circulations. History General Ahmad Yani, then commander of the Indonesian Army, first suggested the paper to Frans Seda, a government minister and leader of the Catholic Party. Yani encouraged Seda to publish a newspaper representative of the Catholic Party faction to counter the communist propaganda spearheaded by the PKI. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
