Menetia
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| name = Menetia
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| image_caption = Menetia greyii
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| authority = Gray, 1845"Menetia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
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Menetia is a genus of skinks endemic to Australia. They are ground-dwellers and live in open forests and open grasslands.
Species
The following six species are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Menetia}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Menetia alanae {{small|Rankin, 1979}} – Alana's menetia,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Menetia alanae, p. 3; M. greyii, p. 108; M. maini, p. 166). Top End dwarf skink
- Menetia amaura {{small|Storr, 1978}} – common dwarf skink
- Menetia concinna {{small|Sadlier, 1984}} – Jabiluka dwarf skink
- Menetia greyii {{small|Gray, 1845}} – common dwarf skink, Grey's menetia
- Menetia maini {{small|Storr, 1976}} – Main's menetia, Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink
- Menetia surda {{small|Storr, 1976}} – western dwarf skink
References
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Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Menetia, new genus, p. 65).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
- {{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Steve |last2=Swan |first2=Gerry |title=A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition |date=2023 |publisher=Reed New Holland Publishers |location=Sydney |isbn=978-1-92554-671-2}} 588 pp. (Genus Menetia, p. 408).
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