''Austroablepharus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. S ...
s
endemic
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to
Australia.
Species
Three
species
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are recognized.
*''
Austroablepharus barrylyoni''
Couper
Couper is a surname. It may refer to:
* Archibald Scott Couper, scientist
* Heather Couper, British astronomer
* James Couper (disambiguation)
* Scott Couper, American football player
* William Couper (bishop), 17th-century Scottish bishop and ...
et al., 2010 – Lyon's snake-eyed skink
*''
Austroablepharus kinghorni''
( Copland, 1947) – red-tailed soil-crevice skink
*''
Austroablepharus naranjicauda''
Greer, Fisher & Horner
Horner is an English and German surname that derives from the Middle English word for the occupation ''horner'', meaning horn-worker or horn-maker, or even horn-blower.
People
*Alison Horner (born 1966), British businesswoman
*Arthur Horner (disa ...
, 2004 – orange-tailed snake-eyed skink
References
Lizard genera
Skinks of Australia
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