Menetia

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

Menetia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. 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 5 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Menetia alanae Rankin, 1979
  • Menetia concinna Sadlier, 1984
  • Menetia greyii Gray, 1845 – common dwarf skink
  • Menetia maini Storr 1976
  • Menetia surda Storr, 1976

References

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

Further reading

  • 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).


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