Dibamus bogadeki

Bogadek's burrowing lizard is a reptile unique to Hong Kong.

In 2012, the Hong Kong SAR government included the islands of Dawn Island and Shek Kwu Chau, where the species was discovered in 2011, in the government's reclamation research plan and incinerator plan. Some environmental groups believe that if the Hong Kong bipedal lizard is discovered again, reclamation or large-scale infrastructure in the above-mentioned places should be stopped. The Development Bureau said that it will announce several reclamation sites in the fourth quarter of 2012 for public consultation, but did not disclose whether the above islands are on the list.

The Hong Kong lizard is very similar to the white-tailed lizard. The difference between the two is that the nasal scale groove of this species is incomplete and the body is larger. Not much is known about the living habits of the Bao's lizard.

Listed in the 2013 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver3.1--Near Threatened (NT).

Listed in the China Biodiversity Red List-Vertebrate Volume, with an assessment level of Vulnerable (VU).

Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

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Endemic to Hong Kong, China

The head and body of the Hong Kong bipedal lizard are 177mm long, 6mm in diameter, and the regenerated tail is 40mm long. The whole body is similar in thickness and shaped like an earthworm, but covered with round scales of similar size. There are 23 scales around the middle section, and 51 regenerated scales under the tail. It has no limbs, and only a pair of flat fin-like hind limbs on both sides of the male cloaca are 4.7 mm long, accounting for 2.6% of the head and body length. There are no ear holes, and the eyes are hidden under the eye scales. It is lavender or lavender gray in life.