Proablepharus tenuis (original) (raw)
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Species of lizard
| Proablepharus tenuis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
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Scientific classification  |
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| 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]
Within Australia, P. tenuis is found in northern Northern Territory, northern Queensland, and northern Western Australia.[1][2]
The preferred natural habitats of P. tenuis are forest and savanna.[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.
- ^ a b c d Proablepharus tenuis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- 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](/w/index.php?title=Stephen%5FKarl%5F%22Steve%22%5FWilson&action=edit&redlink=1 "Stephen Karl "Steve" Wilson (page does not exist)"), Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.