TY - JOUR
T1 - A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Proablepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae)
AU - Couper, Patrick J.
AU - Hoskin, Conrad J.
AU - Potter, Sally
AU - Bragg, Jason G.
AU - Moritz, Craig
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The genus Proablepharus currently contains five species (P. barrylyoni, P. kinghorni, P. naranjicaudus, P. reginae and P. tenuis). Morphologically, these are readily separated into two groups: the small, almost patternless species (P. reginae and P. tenuis) and the larger, striped species (P. kinghorni, P. barrylyoni and P. naranjicaudus). We present genetic and morphological data to demonstrate that these two groups are generically distinct from each other. As P. reginae is the type species for Proablepharus, we erect a new genus, Austroablepharus gen. nov., for the kinghorni group and designate A. kinghorni as the type species.
AB - The genus Proablepharus currently contains five species (P. barrylyoni, P. kinghorni, P. naranjicaudus, P. reginae and P. tenuis). Morphologically, these are readily separated into two groups: the small, almost patternless species (P. reginae and P. tenuis) and the larger, striped species (P. kinghorni, P. barrylyoni and P. naranjicaudus). We present genetic and morphological data to demonstrate that these two groups are generically distinct from each other. As P. reginae is the type species for Proablepharus, we erect a new genus, Austroablepharus gen. nov., for the kinghorni group and designate A. kinghorni as the type species.
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U2 - 10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2017.2017-15
DO - 10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2017.2017-15
M3 - Article
SN - 0079-8835
VL - 60
SP - 227
EP - 231
JO - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
JF - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
ER -