Genus Proablepharus Fuhn, 1969

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• Proablepharus Fuhn, I.E. 1969. The "polyphyletic" origin of the genus Ablepharus (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 7: 67-76 [73].

  Type species:

   Ablepharus reginae Glauert, 1960 by subsequent designation, see Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 31: 1-67.

Introduction

A new genus, Austroablepharus, was erected by Couper at al. (2018) for the kinghorni group of Proablepharus, thus removing 3 species from Proablepharus.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

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) ; NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN)

General References

Couper, P.J., Hoskin, C.J., Potter, S., Bragg, J.G. & 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

History of changes