Menetia

Menetia
Menetia greyii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Menetia Gray, 1845 [1]

Menetia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The member species of the genus Menetia are 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. ^[2]

• Menetia alanae Rankin, 1979 – Alana's menetia, ^[3] Top End dwarf skink
• Menetia amaura Storr, 1978 – common dwarf skink
• Menetia concinna Sadlier, 1984 – Jabiluka dwarf skink
• Menetia greyii Gray, 1845 – common dwarf skink, Grey's menetia ^[3]
• Menetia maini Storr, 1976 – Main's menetia, ^[3] Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink
• Menetia surda Storr, 1976 – western dwarf skink

References

1. "Menetia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
2. Genus Menetia at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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).

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.
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. ISBN   978-1-92554-671-2. 588 pp. (Genus Menetia, p. 408).