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Austroablepharus barrylyoni (COUPER, LIMPUS, MCDONALD & AMEY, 2010)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lyon's Snake-eyed Skink 
SynonymProablepharus barrylyoni COUPER, LIMPUS, MCDONALD & AMEY 2010
Austroablepharus barrylyoni — HOSKIN et al. 2018
Proablepharus barrylyoni — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Austroablepharus barrylyoni — COUPER et al. 2018
Austroblepharus barrylyoni — GEYLE et al. 2021 (in error)
Proablepharus barrylyoni — LINDKEN et al. 2024 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Springfield Stn, via Mt Surprise, Queensland, Australia (18° 02’ S, 144° 24’ E).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: QM J40339, collected by C. J. Limpus and K. R. McDonald, 1 Sept., 1979. PARATYPES QMJ40327–QMJ40338, QMJ40340–QMJ40341, QMJ40710–QMJ40714; QMJ40998–QMJ41003, QMJ69452, QMJ78115– QMJ78116, locality data as for holotype (all paratypes collected Aug-Sept, 1979-1981). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large, longitudinally striped Proablepharus (maximum SVL 51 mm) with four supraoculars, five supraciliaries, fused interparietal/frontoparietals, a well-developed upper preocular, two postsupralabials and smoothly rounded subdigital lamellae on digits of the hind limb. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).

Conservation: this is one of the most-threatened reptile species in Australia (Geyle et al. 2021). 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Couper, P.J.; Limpus, C.J.; McDonald, K.R. & Amey, A.P. 2010. A new species of Proablepharus (Scincidae:Lygosominae) from Mt Surprise, north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 2433: 62–68 - get paper here
  • Couper, Patrick J.; Conrad J. Hoskin, Sally Potter, Jason G. Bragg & Craig Moritz 2018. A New Genus to Accommodate Three Skinks Currently Assigned to Proablepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 60; 227-231. - get paper here
  • Geyle, H. M., Tingley, R., Amy, A., Cogger, H., Couper, P., Cowan, M., Craig, M., Doughty, P., Driscoll, D., Ellis, R., Emery, J-P., Fenner, A., Gardner, M., Garnett, S., Gillespie, G., Greenless, M., Hoskin, C., Keogh, S., Lloyd, R., ... Chapple, D. 2020. Reptiles on the brink: Identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction. Pacific Conservation Biology - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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