Menetia alanae
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Menetia alanae, also known commonly as Alana's menetia and the Top End dwarf skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
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The specific name, alanae (genitive, feminine) is in honor of Australian herpetologist Alana Young.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Menetia alanae, p. 3).
Geographic range
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M. alanae is found in Northern Territory in Australia.
Habitat
Description
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M. alanae is a small, long-tailed skink. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|29|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The tail is 1.3 times SVL.Rankin (1979).
Reproduction
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M. alanae is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
- Rankin PR (1979). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Northern Territory". Records of the Australian Museum 32 (14): 491–499. (Menetia alanae, new species, pp. 492–493 + Figures 1–3).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
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Category:Reptiles described in 1979
Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
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