Menetia
Genus of lizards
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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.
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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
"Menetia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
- 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).
