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.<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Menetia alanae Template:Small – Alana's menetia,<ref name=EDR>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).</ref> Top End dwarf skink
- Menetia amaura Template:Small – common dwarf skink
- Menetia concinna Template:Small – Jabiluka dwarf skink
- Menetia greyii Template:Small – common dwarf skink, Grey's menetia<ref name=EDR/>
- Menetia maini Template:Small – Main's menetia,<ref name=EDR/> Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink
- Menetia surda Template:Small – western dwarf skink
References
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.
- Template:Cite book 588 pp. (Genus Menetia, p. 408).