Proablepharus tenuis

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]

Proablepharus tenuis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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]