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Proablepharus

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Genus of lizards

Proablepharus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Proablepharus Fuhn, 1969

Proablepharus is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.

Proablepharus reginae (Glauert, 1960) – western soil-crevice skink
Proablepharus tenuis (Broom, 1896) – Broom's small skink, northern soil-crevice skink

References

"Proablepharus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
Genus Proablepharus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Fuhn IE (1969). "The “polyphyletic” origin of the genus Ablepharus (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution". Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung 7: 67–76. (Proablepharus, new genus).

Taxon identifiers
Proablepharus	Wikidata: Q1997409 Wikispecies: Proablepharus AFD: Proablepharus CoL: 6VYL EoL: 59463 GBIF: 2460939 iNaturalist: 37754 IRMNG: 1451308 NCBI: 1041600 Open Tree of Life: 238451

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