Proablepharus (original) (raw)
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Genus of lizards
| Proablepharus | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | ProablepharusFuhn, 1969[1] |
Proablepharus is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Two species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Proablepharus reginae (Glauert, 1960) – western soil-crevice skink
- Proablepharus tenuis (Broom, 1896) – Broom's small skink, northern soil-crevice skink
- ^ "Proablepharus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
- ^ Genus Proablepharus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Fuhn IE (1969). "The “polyphyletic” origin of the genus Ablepharus (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution". Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung 7: 67–76. (Proablepharus, new genus).