Austroablepharus barrylyoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Austroablepharus barrylyoni (Couper, Limpus, McDonald & Amey, 2010)

Holotype: QM J40339, adult ♂, collected by C.J. Limpus and K.R. McDonald on 1 September 1979.
Type locality: “Springfield Stn, via Mt Surprise, Queensland, Australia (18°02’ S, 144°24’ E)”.

Proablepharus barrylyoni Couper, Limpus, Mcdonald & Amey, 2010: 63 [original combination]
Austroablepharus barrylyoni — Couper, Hoskin, Potter, Bragg & Moritz, 2018: 230 [subsequent combination]

Couper, P.J., Limpus, C., McDonald, K.R. & Amey, A.P. 2010. A new species of Proablepharus (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Mt Surprise, north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 2433(1): 62–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2433.1.4 Reference page.
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 60: 227–231. DOI: 10.1082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2017-15 Reference page.

Couper, P., Vanderduys, E. & Macdonald, S.M. 2018. IUCN: Austroablepharus barrylyoni (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480879A109480882. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480879A109480882.en. Accessed on 17 December 2025.