Proablepharus tenuis

Proablepharus tenuis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
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. 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. 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 Series18: 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.