Menetia
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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.[1]
- Menetia alanae Rankin, 1979Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Alana's menetia,[2] Top End dwarf skink
- Menetia amaura Storr, 1978Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – common dwarf skink
- Menetia concinna Sadlier, 1984Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jabiluka dwarf skink
- Menetia greyii Gray, 1845Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – common dwarf skink, Grey's menetia[2]
- Menetia maini Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Main's menetia,[2] Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink
- Menetia surda Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western dwarf skink
References
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- ↑ Genus Menetia at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ a b c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Menetia alanae, p. 3; M. greyii, p. 108; M. maini, p. 166).
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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. Template:ISBN.
- 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. Template:ISBN.
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". 588 pp. (Genus Menetia, p. 408).