| Proablepharus tenuis | |
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Proablepharus tenuis (Broom, 1896)
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| Synonyms2 | |
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.12
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. tenuis are forest and savanna.1
Reproduction
References
References
- 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.
- Proablepharus tenuis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
Further reading
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.