Species Proablepharus tenuis (Broom, 1896)

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• Ablepharus tenuis Broom, R. 1896. On two new species of Ablepharus from north Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 18: 342-343 [342].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 96.11.21.1, Muldiva, QLD.
• Ablepharus broomensis Lönnberg, E. & Andersson, L.G. 1913. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. III. Reptiles. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(3): 1-173 [11].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHRM 3098, Broom, WA; NHRM 3101.
• Ablepharus davisi Copland, S.J. 1952. Taxonomic notes on the genus Ablepharus (Sauria: Scincidae). III. A new species from north-west Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 121-125 [121, figs 2-3 pl. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R18684, Harding Ranges, 8 mi[les] W to 8 mi[les] NW from Munja Station, Walcott Inlet, NW Australia, NT.
• Proablepharus stephensoni Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R95993, 6.6 km SE Greenvale, QLD [19°00'S 145°03'E].

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [62].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [182]

 

Generic Combinations

• Proablepharus tenuis (Broom, 1896).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, litter, low open woodland, low woodland, oviparous, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles in fauna survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildl. Res. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (taxonomy)

Storr, G.M. 1975. The genus Proablepharus (Scincidae: Lacertilia) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 335-338 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [36] (Northern Soil-crevice Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)