AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Scincidae / Proablepharus
Soil-crevice skinks
Proablepharus
- Fuhn, 1969
Pronunciation: | PRO-ah-BLEPH-ah-russ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oviparous - 5 out of 5 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: northern soil-crevice skink (Proablepharus tenuis) at 3.2 cm Longest Australian species: orange-tailed soil-crevice skink (Proablepharus naranjicaudus) at 4.6 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Couper, Patrick J.; Limpus, Colin J.; McDonald, Keith R.; & Amey, Andrew P. (2010). A new species of Proablepharus (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Mt Surprise, north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 2433:62-68. - search web for this article