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Lyon's snake-eyed skink

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Species of lizard

Lyon's snake-eyed skink
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Austroablepharus
Species: A. barrylyoni
Binomial name
Austroablepharus barrylyoni
Couper, Limpus, McDonald & Amey, 2010
Synonyms
  • Proablepharus barrylyoni
    Couper, Limpus, McDonald & Amey, 2010
  • Austroablepharis
    — Couper, Hoskin, Potter, Bragg & Moritz, 2018

Lyon's snake-eyed skink (Austroablepharus barrylyoni) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, barrylyoni, is in honour of Australian wildlife conservationist Barry Lyon, who is the ranger in charge of the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. barrylyoni is grassland.

Description

A. barrylyoni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). Its dorsal body pattern consists of alternating dark and light stripes. The tail is red/orange in adults.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of A. barrylyoni is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Couper P, Vanderduys E, Macdonald SM (2018). "Proablepharus barrylyoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480879A109480882. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480879A109480882.en. Downloaded on 06 February 2020.
  2. ^ Austroablepharus barrylyoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Proablepharus barrylyoni, p. 18).
  4. Couper P, Hoskin CJ et al. (2018).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Proablepharus barrylyoni).
  • Couper PJ, Hoskin CJ, Potter S, Bragg JG, Moritz C (2018). "A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Proablepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 60: 227–231. (Austroablepharus barrylyoni, new combination, p. 230).
  • Couper PJ, Limpus CJ, McDonald KR, Amey AP (2010). "A new species of Proablepharus (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Mt Surprise, north-eastern Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 2433: 62–68. (Proablepharus barrylyoni, new species).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280. (Proablepharus barrylyoni).


Taxon identifiers
Proablepharus barrylyoni


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