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 , and a tail length of about .
Reproduction D. dezwaani is oviparous.
References
Further reading Das I, Lim KKP (2005). "New species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia". Journal of Herpetology 39 (1): 113–117. (Dibamus dezwaani, new species).