Proablepharus tenuis

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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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
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Proablepharus tenuis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
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
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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]

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