Proablepharus tenuis

Proablepharus tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Proablepharus
Species:
P. tenuis
Binomial name
Proablepharus tenuis
(Broom, 1896)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ablepharus tenuis
    Broom, 1896
  • Ablepharus broomensis
    Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913
  • Ablepharus davisi
    Copland, 1952
  • Proablepharus tenuis
    — Fuhn, 1969

Proablepharus tenuis, also known commonly as Broom's small skink and the northern soil-crevice skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]

Geographic range

Within Australia, P. tenuis is found in northern Northern Territory, northern Queensland, and northern Western Australia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. tenuis are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

P. tenuis is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Shea, G. (2017). "Proablepharus tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109480916A109480925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480916A109480925.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Proablepharus tenuis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.

Further reading

  • Broom R (1896). "On Two new Species of Ablepharus from North Queensland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 18: 342–344. (Ablepharus tenuis, new species, pp. 342–343).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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